A quantitative and comprehensive grading scale for rhytides, laxity, and photoaging
Alexiades-Armenakas, M.
Journal of Drugs in Dermatology Jdd 5(8): 808-809
2006
ISSN/ISBN: 1545-9616 PMID: 16989197 Document Number: 8156
The application of the current comprehensive grading scale to the assessment of nonablative technologies is illustrated in the accompanying study. For example, a patient with advanced skin laxity but lacking advanced rhytides or other findings of photoaging would not fit into a Glogau or Fitzpatrick category aptly, but may be assessed for this category independently. Conversely, patients with significant findings in all categories of aging may also be comprehensively evaluated such that the differences in efficacies of treatment on each individual category may be assessed. The quantitative analyses of these changes demonstrate that the percent improvements in each category may be calculated. The accompanying study demonstrates that a scale of the type developed herein is needed in order to accurately assess the individual and independent categories of skin aging that are variously affected by nonablative laser resurfacing. This scale permits the quantitative analysis of the individual categories of skin aging, as well as of overall improvement, thereby making it facile and applicable in the efficacy assessments of a wide range of current cosmetic therapeutic modalities.
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