Drug Used for Prevention and Treatment of Skin Aging

Skin plays an important role not only for prevention of damage from the environment, but also for individual appearance. Skin aging, the major characteristic impacting skin appearance, is caused by intrinsic (chronological) and/or extrinsic factors. Intrinsic factors are an accumulative process invo...

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Main Author: Varisa Pongrakhananon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Prince of Songkla University 2012-10-01
Series:Journal of Health Science and Medical Research (JHSMR)
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Online Access:https://www.jhsmr.org/index.php/jhsmr/article/view/298
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description Skin plays an important role not only for prevention of damage from the environment, but also for individual appearance. Skin aging, the major characteristic impacting skin appearance, is caused by intrinsic (chronological) and/or extrinsic factors. Intrinsic factors are an accumulative process involved with the decrease in the skin’s ability to repair and regenerate, which can be accelerated by extrinsic factors such as ultraviolet radiation, pollution, smoking and stress. These factors lead to the destruction and damage of collagen and elastic tissue as well as inadequacy in the portion of skin components, resulting in fine wrinkles, loss of skin strength, and skin dryness. Furthermore, morphological and characteristic changes of melanocyte cause spot pigmentation. At present, there are several medications approved and some are undergoing clinical study for prevention and treatment of skin aging. This review includes molecular pharmacology of these medications which would bring better understanding and benefit in clinical outcome.
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spelling doaj.art-56da4de3c74c4f7fa751eb957b03bef42022-12-22T01:14:42ZengPrince of Songkla UniversityJournal of Health Science and Medical Research (JHSMR)2586-99812630-05592012-10-01305287298312Drug Used for Prevention and Treatment of Skin AgingVarisa Pongrakhananon0Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330,Skin plays an important role not only for prevention of damage from the environment, but also for individual appearance. Skin aging, the major characteristic impacting skin appearance, is caused by intrinsic (chronological) and/or extrinsic factors. Intrinsic factors are an accumulative process involved with the decrease in the skin’s ability to repair and regenerate, which can be accelerated by extrinsic factors such as ultraviolet radiation, pollution, smoking and stress. These factors lead to the destruction and damage of collagen and elastic tissue as well as inadequacy in the portion of skin components, resulting in fine wrinkles, loss of skin strength, and skin dryness. Furthermore, morphological and characteristic changes of melanocyte cause spot pigmentation. At present, there are several medications approved and some are undergoing clinical study for prevention and treatment of skin aging. This review includes molecular pharmacology of these medications which would bring better understanding and benefit in clinical outcome.https://www.jhsmr.org/index.php/jhsmr/article/view/298antiagingphotoagingskin damage
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title Drug Used for Prevention and Treatment of Skin Aging
title_full Drug Used for Prevention and Treatment of Skin Aging
title_fullStr Drug Used for Prevention and Treatment of Skin Aging
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title_short Drug Used for Prevention and Treatment of Skin Aging
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photoaging
skin damage
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