Skin Rejuvenation Profile in Dr. Soetomo General Hospital Surabaya

Abstract

Skin aging is a condition in which cell and tissue changes occur due to mechanism abnormalities and a decrease in function of a tissue which can be triggered by intrinsic or extrinsic factors. Intrinsic factor is an aging process which originates from the body of an individual itself while extrinsic factor is an aging process caused by factors from the outside, such as excessive exposure to the UV light, smoking, or poor nutrition. Skin rejuvenation therapy, hopefully, would be able to restore or even slow down the aging process itself. This research was a descriptive observational using retrospective approach based on patients’ medical record in the Outpatient Clinic of Dermatology and Venereology Department in Dr. Soetomo General Hospital Surabaya in January to December 2017. This study obtained 203 samples (198 women/females and 5 men/males) with the most age group ranging from 45-<60 years old as many as 94 (46.31%) samples. The majority of the samples’ occupation was civil servants as many as 62 (30.54%) patients. The majority of the samples was diagnoses with Glogau’s Photoaging II as many as 79 (38.91%) patients. The majority of the history taking showed 183 (50.27%) with sunlight exposure and 136 (40.60%) of the samples showed hyperpigmentation during physical examination. Meanwhile, the majority of the samples, as many as 136 (16.98%) samples received SPF30 sunblock as the skin rejuvenation therapy.

Keywords: skin aging; skin rejuvenation; profile; retrospective; therapy