Aesthetic Analysis of Asian Skin

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Aesthetic Analysis of Asian Skin
Available online 19 July 2007
Siegrid S. Yu MD, a, and Roy C. Grekin MDa
Facial Plastic Surgery Clinics of North America
Volume 15, Issue 3, August 2007
ScienceDirect

Copyright © 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

aDepartment of Dermatology, Dermatologic Surgery and Laser Center, University of California, San Francisco, 1701 Divisadero Street, 3rd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA

Attention to restoring healthy and more youthful facial skin complements facial plastic surgery, optimizing cosmetic results. Asian skin has structural and physiologic differences from white skin. These distinctions account for variations in response to ultraviolet light exposure and alternate clinical manifestations of photoaging. The response to cosmetic treatment modalities also differs in patients of darker skin pigmentation, and this needs to be recognized by the cosmetic and laser surgeon. This article reviews the biology of Asian skin and discusses a clinical approach to aesthetic analysis of Asian skin.