Towards a reliable, non-invasive melanin assessment for pigmented skin

C. Y. Wright; R. M. Lucas; T. Kapwata; Z. Kunene; J. L. du Plessis

doi:10.1111/srt.12592

Towards a reliable, non-invasive melanin assessment for pigmented skin

C. Y. Wright^*, R. M. Lucas, T. Kapwata, Z. Kunene, J. L. du Plessis

^*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

6 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

Spectrophotometry is used to estimate melanin density (MD) in Caucasians1 but applicability of the calculation to people with pigmented skin, who also experience sun sensitivity, is not known. Here, we directly compared biopsy melanin concentration (MC) with Melanin Index (MI), Individual Typology Angle (ITA) values,2 calculated Melanin Density (MD) and SelfReported Sun Sensitivity (SRSS), with an aim to identify a noninvasive, reliable melanin assessment technique for deeply pigmented skin.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	100-102
Number of pages	3
Journal	Skin Research and Technology
Volume	25
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/srt.12592
Publication status	Published - Jan 2019

Access to Document

10.1111/srt.12592

Cite this

@article{680afbd307f0413e8ed8fc4279cb6001,

title = "Towards a reliable, non-invasive melanin assessment for pigmented skin",

abstract = "Spectrophotometry is used to estimate melanin density (MD) in Caucasians1 but applicability of the calculation to people with pigmented skin, who also experience sun sensitivity, is not known. Here, we directly compared biopsy melanin concentration (MC) with Melanin Index (MI), Individual Typology Angle (ITA) values,2 calculated Melanin Density (MD) and SelfReported Sun Sensitivity (SRSS), with an aim to identify a noninvasive, reliable melanin assessment technique for deeply pigmented skin.",

keywords = "melanin, pigmented skin, skin biopsy, sun sensitivity",

author = "Wright, {C. Y.} and Lucas, {R. M.} and T. Kapwata and Z. Kunene and {du Plessis}, {J. L.}",

year = "2019",

month = jan,

doi = "10.1111/srt.12592",

language = "English",

volume = "25",

pages = "100--102",

journal = "Skin Research and Technology",

issn = "0909-752X",

publisher = "Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd",

number = "1",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Towards a reliable, non-invasive melanin assessment for pigmented skin

AU - Wright, C. Y.

AU - Lucas, R. M.

AU - Kapwata, T.

AU - Kunene, Z.

AU - du Plessis, J. L.

PY - 2019/1

Y1 - 2019/1

N2 - Spectrophotometry is used to estimate melanin density (MD) in Caucasians1 but applicability of the calculation to people with pigmented skin, who also experience sun sensitivity, is not known. Here, we directly compared biopsy melanin concentration (MC) with Melanin Index (MI), Individual Typology Angle (ITA) values,2 calculated Melanin Density (MD) and SelfReported Sun Sensitivity (SRSS), with an aim to identify a noninvasive, reliable melanin assessment technique for deeply pigmented skin.

AB - Spectrophotometry is used to estimate melanin density (MD) in Caucasians1 but applicability of the calculation to people with pigmented skin, who also experience sun sensitivity, is not known. Here, we directly compared biopsy melanin concentration (MC) with Melanin Index (MI), Individual Typology Angle (ITA) values,2 calculated Melanin Density (MD) and SelfReported Sun Sensitivity (SRSS), with an aim to identify a noninvasive, reliable melanin assessment technique for deeply pigmented skin.

KW - melanin

KW - pigmented skin

KW - skin biopsy

KW - sun sensitivity

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85047658600&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1111/srt.12592

DO - 10.1111/srt.12592

M3 - Letter

SN - 0909-752X

VL - 25

SP - 100

EP - 102

JO - Skin Research and Technology

JF - Skin Research and Technology

IS - 1

ER -

Towards a reliable, non-invasive melanin assessment for pigmented skin

Abstract

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this