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  • Title: Quantitative assessment of cumulative damage from repetitive exposures to suberythemogenic doses of UVA in human skin.
    Author: Lavker RM, Veres DA, Irwin CJ, Kaidbey KH.
    Journal: Photochem Photobiol; 1995 Aug; 62(2):348-52. PubMed ID: 7480143.
    Abstract:
    Daily exposures to relatively small suberythemogenic fluences of UVA (50-200 kJ/m2) for 8 days resulted in cumulative morphological skin alterations indicative of early tissue injury. Histologically, irradiated skin revealed epidermal hyperplasia, inflammation and deposition of lysozyme along the dermal elastic fiber network. Sunburn cells were also present within the epidermis. These changes were quantified by image analysis and were found to be related to the cumulative UVA fluence. A long UVA waveband (UVAI, 340-400 nm) was as effective as a broad UVA band (320-400 nm), suggesting that these changes are induced by longer UVA wavelengths.
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