Describe the physiological affects of sun exposure on the skin: include UVA and UVB damage how do each of these wavelengths affect the skin.

CASE STUDY 5- MOLLY

 

 

Molly is a 62-year-old Caucasian lady with a Fitzpatrick skin type II. She’s grown up in Australia and has had a lot of sun exposure her whole life. She is noticing significant pigmentation, wrinkling and few pink, scaly lesions. What are the physiological changes occurring to the skin with chronic sun exposure and how does this differ to the changes occurring to the skin with intrinsic ageing?

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Describe the physiological affects of sun exposure on the skin: include UVA and UVB damage how do each of these wavelengths affect the skin. Include dna damage, oxadative damage, include terms such as collagen and elastin actinic keratosis. What happens to the skin with age, include terms langerhan cells, rete ridges, dermis epidermis, collagen and elastin.