Extrinsic skin aging Images
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Light ageing of the skin: chequered skin with small hyperpigmentations (solar lentigines).

Light ageing of the skin: spotty skin with small hyperpigmentations (solar lentigines) and actinic keratosis.

Light ageing of the skin: chequered skin with small hyperpigmentations (solar lentigines) and several actinic keratoses.

Light aging of the skin: smooth atrophic skin with flat actinic keratosis (frontal area) with translucent vessels

Light ageing of the skin: chequered skin with small hyperpigmentations.

Cheilitis actinica chronica: flat leukoplakia on the lower and upper lip due to chronic UV exposure.

Light aging: severe actinic elastosis with chronic cheilitis solaris and vitilligo.

Chronic actinic damage to the scalp with large squamous cell carcinoma of the auricle.


Chronic photo-aging of the skin: only moderately pronounced photo-aging of the skin; flat, regular base tan; slight signs of lentigia; numerous splashes of depigmentation.

Chronic photo-ageing of the skin: moderately pronounced photo-ageing of the skin; in addition to an extensive base tan, irregularly configured pigment spots; further splashes of depigmentation.



Light ageing of the skin: spotty skin with hyper- and small spot depigmentation.

Chronic photo-aging of the skin: multiple irregularly configured pigment spots of varying colour intensity; furthermore, splashlike depigmentation.



Chronic actinic skin damage: pronounced chronic light damage to the skin with poikilodermatic skin; years of excessive, chronic sun exposure.


Chronic light damage: poikiloderma after years of excessive UV exposure, including hyperpigmentation, depigmentation and numerous precanceroses of the actinic keratosis type.

Chronic light aging of the skin: In addition to a flat base tan, irregularly configured pigment spots.


Chronic actinic damage to the skin, poikilodermatic aspect.

Chronic actinic damage to the skin, extensive atrophy of the skin with hyper- and depigmentation.

Chronic sun damage of the skin: dry, somewhat atrophic skin with solar lentigines, as well as a few precanceroses of the actinic keratosis type.

Chronic sun damage of the skin: Dry, coarse-fielded, atrophic skin with solar lentigines and non-pigmented precancerous lesions of the actinic keratosis type.





Chronic actinic damage to the skin: brown colouring of the leather-like thickened skin with splashes of depigmentation.