Skin and menopause: women's point of view.

I Dear Editor i , During menopause, oestrogen deprivation occurs after the end of ovulation, reduction of ovarian hormones and increased androgen levels which trigger skin ageing.[1] Skin ageing is associated with an increase in extensibility and a reduction in elasticity. The loss of skin elasticity was significantly reported more often by MPW (70.1%, I P i < 0.001) than by NMPW (31.4%); differences were also significant ( I P i < 0.001) regarding the occurrence of pigmentation spots (57.9% vs. 26.4%), dryness (58.7% vs. 44.1%) and wrinkles (60.8% vs. 30.8%). 2 Brincat M, Kabalan S, Studd JW, Moniz CF, de Trafford J, Montgomery J. A study of the decrease of skin collagen content, skin thickness, and bone mass in the postmenopausal woman. [Extracted from the article]