24/01/2026
TALKING SKIN! This is 2026 my style. Very happy to see this publication in the January Issue of Journal of Dermatologic Surgery out. „Skinquality“ is an elusive condition. As a dermatologist, professionally looking at skin since 30 years, as a researcher on skin by profession,and as a judging human in social interaction, I am „reading“ skin just like any human and at the same time trying to define and evaluate the phenomenon. The capacity of the human eye to integrate and weigh diverse and variably strong signals of skin to make conclusions about skinquality is fascinating. ,The methodologies used to characterize and measure these signals are often failing to replicate the „multi-channel“ potential of our natural measurement by eye vision. In this systematic analysis, we also describe the lack of standardized definitions. Altogether, this opens a whole discussion around comparability of skinquality studies,conclusions ,and claims. As AI is rapidly gaining the capability to imitate generative and integrative biological processes, this paper marks the beginning of a broader discourse around replacing human senses for intuitive evaluation by AI tools . I am grateful and very excited to be part of this together with some of my most admired colleagues in dermatology research : Dr Shannon Humphrey ,Prof David Mcdaniel , and Dr Stephanie Manson-Brown . This is just the beginning! @
