Gravitational syndrome and tensile properties of skin in the elderly.

Background: To evaluate the influence of gravitational edema due to chronic venous insufficiency upon the tensile properties of skin.

Method: A total of 30 women aged 66-75 years participated in the study. Evaluations were made twice in the same subjects following the use or nonuse of daytime elastic compression.

[Skin microcirculation, adherence molecules and inflammatory dermatoses].

Skin is a peculiar organ with regard to its microcirculation. The dermal vasculature is enriched with abundant anastomoses. It forms a single compartment where blood can be pulsed in any direction without always following an arteriolovenular gradient.

Tensile properties and contours of aging facial skin. A controlled double-blind comparative study of the effects of retinol, melibiose-lactose and their association.

Background/aims: Facial aging is accompanied by modifications in the tensile properties and contours of skin. In the present study we instrumentally assessed and compared the effect of either 0.04% retinol (ROL), 1% melibiose and 4% lactose (ME-L) and their association (ROL-ME-L) to increase the firmness and smoothness of facial skin.