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KMID : 0384320120330020105
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Korean Journal of Family Medicine
2012 Volume.33 No. 2 p.105 ~ p.109
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Changes in Skin Color after Smoking Cessation
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Cho Young-Hye
Jeong Dong-Wook
Seo Sang-Hee
Lee Sang-Yeoup
Choi Eun-Jung
Kim Yun-Jin
Lee Jeong-Gyu
Lee Yu-Hyun
Bae Mi-Jin
Chin Hyun-Woo
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Abstract
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This study was performed to assess changes in skin color over 1 month after smoking cessation. The study population consisted of 49 men who participated in a smoking cessation program from March 2010 to June 2010 at a public health centre in Yangsan, South Korea. Thirty-four men who stop smoking completely were included in our study. Instrumental evaluations of skin color were performed using Mexameter (MX 18; Courage and Khazaka Electronic GmbH) at the beginning of the study and at 1-week and 4-week follow-up visits. Skin color was evaluated by measurement of 2 main color bases-melanin and haemoglobin-with the results expressed as melanin index (MI) and erythema index (EI). Both MI and EI were signifi cantly reduced at the 4-week follow-up visit on all 7 sites measured. We anticipate that desirable effects on skin color after smoking cessation will play a positive role in maintaining smoking abstinence in routine clinical practice.
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KEYWORD
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Smoking Cessation, Skin, Color, Melanins, Erythema
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