Sign of long term skin damage breaks men apart (8)

I believe the answer is:

permatan

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'sign of long term skin damage' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't tell whether this works.

'breaks men apart' is the wordplay.
'breaks' indicates an anagram.
'men'+'apart'='menapart'
'menapart' is an anagram of 'PERMATAN'.

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(Other definitions for permatan that I've seen before include "Hollywood star may have this" , "Bronze not going" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

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