Linear skin atrophy: current information and modern approaches to the external therapy

Abstract

S tretch marks are manifestations of epidermal atrophy and result from tissue damage due to excessive tension [1, 2]. Stretch marks are one of the most common skin lesions for both women and men. The most frequent places of their locations are the abdomen, buttocks, thighs, chest, sleep, armpits and groin. Striae are divided according to the type and etiology on atrophic, stretch marks be-belt, linear stretch marks, red stretch marks, white striae, striae black and dark blue [3, 4]. Blue and black stretch marks are less common than other clinical types of stretch marks, especially among patients with dark skin phototypes due to the increasing saturation of melanin and in the foci [5, 6]. Due to its location in a particular anatomical region for stretch marks is characterized by the following pattern. Pragnacy stretch marks are predominantly localised in the abdominal area and on the breast; the adolescent stretch marks are localised on the thighs and in the lumbosacral region; nonpregnant young women get stretch marks mainly in the chest area and hips [5, 7, 8]. Most often striae are perpendicular to the lines of Langer, in directions with a minimum capacity of the skin to stretching [1, 2]. Striae represent linear atrophic scars, able despite the small area and, most often, the localization at closed clothing parts of the body, cause significant psychological difficulties and lower quality of life due to aesthetic concerns, and because of such subjective symptoms as itching [5, 9, 10, 11]. Thus, cross-sectional study of quality of life of Japanese pregnant women with striae showed that overall quality of life was not significantly different between women with stretch marks, and not having such. Howev

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Modeling the Heating in a High Temperature Superconducting Current Carrying Element in Fault Current Limiters

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