Automatic Facial Skin Defects Detection and Recognition System

Recently medical cosmetology has attracted significant business opportunity. Micro cosmetic surgery usually involves the minimally invasive cosmetic procedures such as non-ablative laser procedure for skin rejuvenation. However, an appropriate treatment selection for skin relies on accurate preoperative evaluation. In this paper, an automatic facial skin defects detection and recognition system is proposed. The system automatic locates the facial region and extracts region of interest. A support-vector-machine-based classifier is then used to classify the potential defects into spot, acne and normal skin. Experimental results demonstrate effectiveness of the proposed approach.