Abstract
The results of examining the variation in skin elasticity at its expansion are presented for different skin thickness, different content of collagen and intercellular and intracellular fluids, different venous pressure, and for tension and relaxation of the smooth muscle of skin vessels (vasomotion). Elasticity was determined using the acoustic method by the velocity of the surface shear acoustic wave, the self-resonance method by the frequency of mechanic skin resonance, and the vacuum method by the volume of the skin segment pulled into the aperture of a thin tube by air rarefaction. It is shown that the main factors determining the skin elasticity are its stretching, thickness, and collagen and fluid content. The influence of venous pressure and contractile activity of the vasculature on elasticity is insignificant. This gives grounds for using skin elasticity factors as indicators of systemic and local lesion of connective tissue.
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