Transepidermal water loss, temperature and sebum levels on women's facial skin follow characteristic patterns

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 31-36

  Lopez, Sabine ^a   Le Fur, Isabelle ^a   Morizot, Frédérique ^a   Heuvin, Guylaine ^a   Guinot, Christiane ^a   Tschachler, Erwin ^a,b  

^a Ctr Rech d'Investigations E   (France)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bioengineering; Biophysical parameters; Facial skin; Sebum casual level; Skin temperature; Transepidermal water loss (TEWL)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; BIOPHYSICS; CHEEK; CHIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE; FEMALE; FOREHEAD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; SEBUM; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SKIN WATER LOSS;

EID: 0033978146     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0846.2000.006001031.x     Document Type: Article

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