Excessive Facial Wrinkling Is Associated with COPD Occurrence—Does COPD Damage Skin Beauty and Quality?

Jan Szczegielniak, Katarzyna Bogacz, Jacek Łuniewski, Marcin Krajczy, Wiesław Pilis and Edyta Majorczyk ()
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Jan Szczegielniak: Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Physical Education and Physiotherapy, Opole University of Technology, Proszkowska Street 76, 45-758 Opole, Poland
Katarzyna Bogacz: Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Physical Education and Physiotherapy, Opole University of Technology, Proszkowska Street 76, 45-758 Opole, Poland
Jacek Łuniewski: Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Physical Education and Physiotherapy, Opole University of Technology, Proszkowska Street 76, 45-758 Opole, Poland
Marcin Krajczy: Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Physical Education and Physiotherapy, Opole University of Technology, Proszkowska Street 76, 45-758 Opole, Poland
Wiesław Pilis: Department of Health Sciences and Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Jan Dlugosz University in Czestochowa, Armii Krajowej Street 13/15, 42-200 Częstochowa, Poland
Edyta Majorczyk: Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Physical Education and Physiotherapy, Opole University of Technology, Proszkowska Street 76, 45-758 Opole, Poland

IJERPH, 2023, vol. 20, issue 3, 1-8

Abstract: The aim of this study was to investigate facial wrinkling in COPD patients, its relationship with lung function parameters, and the differences in wrinkling between COPD patients and smokers without COPD. The study included 56 patients with COPD with smoking history and 84 controls. Wrinkle intensity was measured and classified using Daniell’s grading system, and the total length of wrinkles was also estimated. The predominant grades of Daniell’s scale were IV–V for COPD patients (89.3% of current and 75.0% of former smokers), III–V for controls who currently smoke (89.2%), and II–III for former (92.9%) and never smokers (100%) controls. These distributions were statistically significantly different, but current and former smokers with COPD and COPD former smokers and control current smokers did not differ. In terms of the total length of wrinkles, the COPD patients possessed significantly longer wrinkles than the control subgroups (all p -values were <0.004). Negative correlations between wrinkle length and lung parameters were found. This phenomenon seems to be independent of smoking, but the length of wrinkles is related to lung function parameters. It seems that not only smoking but also COPD damages skin beauty and quality.

Keywords: COPD; facial wrinkles; smoking; skin beauty; skin quality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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