Figure 1.

Clinical photographs of subjects with atrophic photoageing and hypertrophic photoageing. Individuals with Fitzpatrick skin phototypes I and II tend towards the atrophic photoageing (AP) phenotype with sparse fine wrinkles and focal depigmentation/dysplastic changes such as freckles and naevi. Furthermore, telangiectasia is common in individuals presenting clinically with the AP. In contrast, individuals with skin phototype III tend to show a hypertrophic photoageing (HP) phenotype and present clinically with responses such as tanning, deep wrinkles, coarseness, a leathery appearance of the skin and lentigines.