Glycation causes a loss of elasticity of the skin; in direct relation to the age of the patients.
Biological (or physiological) age measures a person’s functional status and roughly corresponds to chronological age in healthy people. In the case of early or accelerated aging, there is a difference between biological age and chronological age.
The skin elasticity is the reversible deformability of the skin related to its functional elastic fibers.
Researchers have shown a link between loss of skin elasticity, early aging and glycation level.
By measuring the elasticity of the skin and comparing it with the glycation level of the body and the chronological age of the subjects, researchers have shown a link between loss of skin elasticity, early aging and glycation level. (1).
The evaluation of cutaneous elasticity is thus a good indicator of general aging and its improvement a good indicator of effective anti-aging management.
