老年学と老年医学の研究

概要

Wrinkles: A Visual Sign of Being Old

Kashetti S

Ageing can be defined as becoming old. The term ageing is a broad concept being old may includes psychological, social, biological ageing. In the current study author focused on the psychological ageing. It is known that the skin is the biggest and visible organ of the body. There are many factors responsible for the skin ageing such as sun, cold and moisture and many more are responsible for skin ageing. The skin ageing results in wrinkles, age spots, irregular pigmentation, discoloration, etc. Among this wrinkles are more notable signs of ageing. Nowadays the pathophysiological study of wrinkles becomes very important because it becomes a key target for cosmetic industries used for the improvement of the skin appearance.