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UV
Photography Reveals Sun Damage
Some
dermatologists use ultraviolet (UV) photography to show their
patients how the sun has damaged the skin. In the following patient
photographs, the two photographs on the left in each series were
taken in ordinary light and show what is visible to the naked eye.
The picture on the right was taken with a UV-light camera and
illustrates the amount of damage that lies beneath the surface of
the skin.
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At age 18
months, sun damage is not yet apparent. |
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At age 4
years, early sun damage is evident. Notice the freckling across the nose
and cheeks. |
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The
photograph above shows that this 17-year-old already has
significant
sun damage. |
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This
37-year-old woman has subsurface sun damage, which is clearly
visible
in the photo on the right. |
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At 52,
this woman has "prematurely aged" skin in visible light and
significantly
sun-damaged skin in ultraviolet light. |
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This
64-year-old beach community resident has skin that chronicles
a lifetime of
chronic sun exposure. UV photography is not necessary to see
that her skin is
dry, inelastic, wrinkled, and heavily mottled.
(Photos provided courtesy of David H.
McDaniel, M.D.)
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