Use of the Reviscometer® for measuring cosmetics-induced skin surface effects

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 343-349

  Paye, Marc ^a,d   Mac Mary, S ^b,c   Elkhyat, A ^b,c   Tarrit, C ^b,c   Mermet, P ^b,c   Humbert, P H ^b,c  

^a Advanced Technology Department   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^c IFR133 Ingénierie et Biologie Cellulaire et Tissulaire

^d NONE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cosmetics; Cutometer; Hydration; Reviscometer ; Stiffness; Xerosis

Indexed keywords

DEHYDRATION; HYDRATION; STIFFNESS; VISCOMETERS;

COSMETICS; CUTOMETER; RESONANCE RUNNING TIME; SODIUM LAURYL SULFATE; XEROSIS;

SKIN;

COSMETIC; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; SOAP; WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DRY SKIN; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOTION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; REHYDRATION; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN REDNESS; SKIN SENSITIVITY; SKIN TEST; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DERMATOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ELASTICITY; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; INSTRUMENTATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; TENSILE STRENGTH; VISCOSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COSMETICS; DERMATOLOGY; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN TESTS; TENSILE STRENGTH; VISCOSITY; WATER;

EID: 34848874250     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: 16000846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.2007.00236.x     Document Type: Article

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