RLE 101 - 4

• Olfactory sense detects unusual skin odors, most evident in the skinfolds or in the axillae
• assessing the skin Involves inspection and palpation
• Body odor is related to poor hygiene, hyperhidrosis, bromhidrosis
• Uneven pigmentation - refers specifically to variations in melanin.
• Dullness and sallowness - refer to the lack of natural radiance and may be associated with a yellow undertone to the skin.
• erythema - Redness associated with a variety of rashes, relates to underlying skin color and relative vascular burden and visibility through the skin.
• Skin crepiness may appear where underlying structural support is lost, leaving thin skin hanging loosely in its place
• elastin - the fibers in your skin that allow it to stretch and return to its normal position.
• Elasticity, or recoilability, is a mechanical property of skin that decreases with compromised integrity of the network of dermal elastic fibers
• Firmness of the skin relates to its pliability and has been an important effectiveness measure in studies of aesthetic treatments.
• PALLOR - result of inadequate circulating blood and hemoglobin and subsequent reduction of tissue oxygenation
• CYANOSIS - bluish-tinge most evident in nail beds, lips, and buccal mucosa
• JAUNDICE - yellowish-tinge most evident in the sclera of the eyes and mucous membranes and the skin
• VITILIGO - patches of hypopigmented skin
• SKIN LESIONS- alteration in a client’s normal skin appearance
• Primary Lesions- appear initially in response of to some changes in the external and internal environment of the skin.