Evaluation of subclinical chronic sun damage in the skin via the detection of long-lasting ultraweak photon emission.
Yu GabeKatsuya TakedaMegumi TobiishiSho KikuchiKoki TsudaYasushi HaryuuYoko NakajimaYukio InomataShun NakamuraDaiki MuraseShinichi TokunagaMasahiro MiyakiYoshito TakahashiPublished in: Skin research and technology : official journal of International Society for Bioengineering and the Skin (ISBS) [and] International Society for Digital Imaging of Skin (ISDIS) [and] International Society for Skin Imaging (ISSI) (2021)
Subtle oxidative stress detected by long-lasting UPE may contribute to subclinical cutaneous damage at the beginning phase of chronic sun exposure, which potentially enhances skin photoaging over a lifetime.