Assessment of Methods and Attributes Used to Characterize Skin Quality: A Systematic Literature Review
This extensive review of the current state of the aesthetic medicine literature revealed an absence of consensus definitions for skin quality attributes, which poses a barrier to comparative evaluation of treatment options and could affect physician recommendations, potentially with downstream effects on patient outcomes.
Authors
- Shannon Humphrey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7734-3146)
- Tsing Cheng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5191-3289)
- Rahul Mehta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7613-5847)
- David H. McDaniel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7595-5456)
- Stephanie Manson Brown
- Patricia Ogilvie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4908-6787)
- Ali Abbasi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0482-6208)
- S. Peterson
Institutions
- University of British Columbia (CA)
- Hampton University (US)
- AbbVie (United States) (US)
- BC Research (Canada) (CA)
- Allergan (United Kingdom) (GB)
- Allergan (United States) (US)
- Institute of Aging (CA)
- AbbVie (United Kingdom) (GB)
- Old Dominion University (US)
- Fashion Institute of Technology (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Dermatologic Surgery
- Published
- 2026-01-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/dss.0000000000004968
- Primary Topic
- Skin Protection and Aging
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00