Sex Differences in the Human Skin
摘要
The male and female skin differ in many ways. The skin is thicker in males than in females in all age groups, while subcutaneous tissue is thicker in females than in males. Sex hormones influence hair thickness, hair growth, sebaceous gland development and activity, and eccrine and apocrine gland development. The female skin exhibits faster skin barrier recovery, better wound healing, and stronger immune responses to infections than the male skin. Anatomical and physiological differences between the male and female skin lead to differences in prevalence and severity in skin diseases.