Molecular aspects of photoaging

* This overview is based on presentation in the 12th international congress of photobiology, September 1-6, 1996, in Vienna, Austria (Abstract S178). Cutaneous aging consists of distinct processes due to either intrinsic or extrinsic factors [1]. The intrinsic aging processes, also known as innate or chronologic aging, probably affect the skin in a manner similar to the way they affect various internal organs. Several mechanisms [...]