The seasonal variation in skin hydration, sebum, scaliness, brightness and elasticity in Korean females

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-8

  Nam, G W ^a   Baek, J H ^b   Koh, J S ^b   Hwang, J K ^c  

^a LG Display   (South Korea)

^b Dermapro Ltd   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Korean female; Non invasive; Seasonal variations; Skin

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BIOPHYSICS; ELASTICITY; HYDRATION; SKIN;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BIOPHYSICAL PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; KOREAN FEMALE; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; NON-INVASIVE; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; SEASONAL VARIATION;

LUMINANCE;

ADULT; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CHEEK; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; DERMATOSCOPE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FOOT; FOREARM; FOREHEAD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMIDITY; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRECIPITATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEBUM; SEBUM PRODUCTION METER; SKIN BRIGHTNESS; SKIN ELASTICITY; SKIN ELASTICITY METER; SKIN HYDRATION; SKIN HYDRATION METER; SKIN SCALINESS; SOUTH KOREAN; SPECTROPHOTOMETER; SUN EXPOSURE; ACCLIMATIZATION; KOREA; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; SEASON; SECRETION (PROCESS); SKIN ABSORPTION; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION; YOUNG ADULT; YOUNG MODULUS;

RAIN;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADULT; ELASTIC MODULUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; KOREA; PRESSURE; RAIN; SEASONS; SEBUM; SKIN ABSORPTION; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TEMPERATURE; WATER LOSS, INSENSIBLE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922661354     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: 16000846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/srt.12145     Document Type: Article

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