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. 2014 Apr 17;7:133–137. doi: 10.2147/CCID.S52257

Table 1.

Variables used to describe the phenotypic features of the skin

Variables
Position of eyebrows
State of periorbital wrinkles
 Right periorbital zone
 Left periorbital zone
State of facial wrinkles
 Right frontal zone
 Left frontal zone
Evaluation of labiomental groove
Wrinkles and roughness
 Length of wrinkles
 Thickness of wrinkles
 Depth of wrinkles
Pigmentation
 Average value of melanin
 Variation-heterogeneity index of the melanin distribution
 Relative percentage variation
 Method of distribution of melanin in the study area
Superficial vascular component
 Average value of hemoglobin
 Variation-heterogeneity index of the hemoglobin distribution
 Relative percentage variation
 Method of distribution of hemoglobin in the study area
Depth and length of the facial nasogenian groove
Depth and length of the labiomental groove
Roughness