Table 1.
Grading definition for the three measures of skin ageing
| Scale | Grade | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| Wrinkles | 0 | No wrinkles at all. No linear markings |
| 1 | Just discernable linear markings | |
| 2 | 1 deeper marking or several very shallow linear markings | |
| 3 | 2 or 3 deeper linear markings or very many superficial | |
| 4 | 4 or more deeper markings or fewer very deep | |
| 5 | 4 or more deeper markings and superficial cross-hatching | |
| 6 | 4 or more deeper markings and marked cross-hatching | |
| 7 | 4 or more deeper markings and gross cross-hatching | |
| Vascularity | 0 | No vessels or redness at all |
| 1 | Redness but no discernible vessels | |
| 2 | ≤ 5 just discernible telangiectasia | |
| 3 | > 5 just discernible telangiectasia or ≤ 5 evident telangiectasia | |
| 4 | > 5 evident telangiectasia | |
| Pigmentation | 0 | No pigmentation at all |
| 1 | ≤ 2 blotches | |
| 2 | > 2 blotches or ≤ 2 lentigines (not simultaneously) | |
| 3 | Nonconfluent blotches and ≤ 2 lentigines | |
| 4 | Confluence of blotches (irrespective of lentigines) or 3–6 lentigines (irrespective of blotches) | |
| 5 | > 6 lentigines |