Sensitive skin: correlation with skin surface microrelief appearance

Abstract

Sensitive skin is common in the healthy population. ISI can contribute towards the identification of subjects with sensitive skin and the development of more specific skin treatments for this prevalent condition.

What Is Sensitive Skin? A Systematic Literature Review of Objective Measurements

“…The skin of stingers with self-reported sensitive skin appears to be rougher since fast Fourier transform evaluation of tapes after tape-stripping the stratum corneum in 243 stingers revealed a lower content of cells. This implies a more irregular and rougher [57], possibly less hydrated, skin. However, objectively measured skin elasticity and distensibility show no correlation with hypersensitivity [54].…”

“…Individuals with sensitive skin frequently report reddening of their skin [15,35,37,38,43,44,49,57,58]. Therefore, the assessment of erythema in skin irritation has been widely investigated, either by visual assessment [28,37,41,59,60] or by quantitative methods such as tristimulus reflectance colorimetry (a* value) [20,50,51,52], reflectance spectrophotometry (erythema index) [38,53,59] or laser Doppler flowmetry (cutaneous blood flow) [20,41,48,50,51,53,61].…”

Clinical, biophysical and immunohistochemical analysis of skin reactions to acute skin barrier disruption - a comparative trial between participants with sensitive skin and those with nonsensitive skin

“…In agreement with this, Sparavigna et al . observed a correlation ( r = 0·46, P < 0·01) between stinging intensity and irregularity skin index, implying a rougher skin in SS …”

“…21 In agreement with this, Sparavigna et al observed a correlation (r = 0Á46, P < 0Á01) between stinging intensity and irregularity skin index, implying a rougher skin in SS. 22 Vascular reactivity seems to play a role in the pathomechanism. The strong spongiosis in the SS group might explain the relative decrease of Ki67+ cells per mm BM at 24 h, which has also been observed in other studies.…”

Neue Erkenntnisse zur Pathogenese der empfindlichen Haut

“…Bei sensitiver Haut wurde weiterhin eine Verdünnung des Stratum corneum gemessen [1], die mit der Barrierefunktion korreliert. Zudem zeigte sich ein verändertes Oberflächenmikrore-lief [25], was ebenfalls mit einer gestörten Barriere korreliert. Zudem wird ein Zusammenhang mit verschiedenen Hautzuständen und Hauterkrankung berichtet, bei denen ebenfalls eine gestörte Barriere vorliegt (trockene Haut, atopisches Ekzem, seborrhoisches Ekzem, Acne vulgaris, Rosazea, periorale Dermatitis).…”