title: Changes in skin color after smoking cessation.
abstract: 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 significantly 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.
authors: Family Medicine Clinic and Research Institute of Convergence of Biomedical Science and Technology, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Yangsan, Korea.
authors: Young Hye
authors: YH
authors: Cho
authors: Dong Wook
authors: DW
authors: Jeong
authors: Sang Hee
authors: SH
authors: Seo
authors: Sang Yeoup
authors: SY
authors: Lee
authors: Eun Jung
authors: EJ
authors: Choi
authors: Yun Jin
authors: YJ
authors: Kim
authors: Jeong Gyu
authors: JG
authors: Lee
authors: Yu-Hyun
authors: YH
authors: Lee
authors: Mi Jin
authors: MJ
authors: Bae
authors: Hyun Woo
authors: HW
authors: Chin