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Menopause and Aging Skin in the Elderly

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Skin, Mucosa and Menopause

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Aging is an irreversible dynamic process that affects all organs in the human body and is perceived as an inherent phenomenon involving all individuals. Aging produces a series of physiological changes in the skin that can be delayed to some extent to reduce its progression; however, from the genetic and environmental viewpoint, they are irreversible. Some data suggest that menopause accelerates the age-related deterioration of the skin and that estrogen deprivation facilitates the progress of clinical signs. Many skin diseases are the most prevalent in the elderly, and all of them require assessment and specific treatment.

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    Camil Castelo-Branco MD, PhD & Jhery Davila MD

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    Kenneth W. Miller

  3. School of Nursing, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA

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    Howard I. Maibach

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Castelo-Branco, C., Davila, J. (2015). Menopause and Aging Skin in the Elderly. In: Farage, M., Miller, K., Fugate Woods, N., Maibach, H. (eds) Skin, Mucosa and Menopause. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44080-3_25

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