Age-related differences in healing of superficial skin wounds in humans
- 1 January 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Archives of Dermatological Research
- Vol. 272 (3-4), 381-385
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00509069
Abstract
The healing response of human volunteers was measured by monitoring the reestablishment of skin surface markings in unroofed blisters induced by brief exposure to a 1:1 aqueous solution of ammonium hydroxide. At all stages of repair, older individuals (ages 65–75 years) as a group lagged behind young adults (ages 18–25 years). Although individuals differed appreciably, especially in the older cohort, there was a good correlation between the rate of repair at two protected sites, the inner upper arm and the volar forearm. This suggests that healing response may a reliable measure of the physiologic status of the skin. An freiwilligen Probanden wurde die Wundheilungsrate gemessen. Hierzu wurde das Wiederauftreten der Hautlinien nach dem Abtragen von Blasen beobachtet, die durch kurzen Kontakt mit einer 1:1 verdünnten wäßrigen Lösung von Ammoniumhydroxyd induziert worden waren. Während des gesamten Heilungsverlaufs lag die Gruppe der älteren Probanden (65–75 Jahre) hinter den jungen Erwachsenen (18–25 Jahre) zurück. Obwohl insbesondere in der älteren Gruppe deutliche individuelle Unterschiede auftraten, ergab sich eine gute Korrelation zwischen dem Heilungsverlauf an den zwei geschützt liegenden Hautarealen am medialen Oberarm und volaren Unterarm. Es scheint, daß die Wundheilungsrate eine zuverlässige Messung des physiologischen Zustandes der Haut erlaubt.Keywords
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