Researchers from Graz University of Technology and the Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) in India are working on what ...

Thinning of the skin, or skin atrophy, can occur in the epidermis (the outermost layer of skin) or in the dermis (the middle layer of skin). Thinning of the epidermis causes transparent skin. The ...

It is composed of layers, namely the epidermis, dermis, and hypodermis. The analysis and detection of diseases heavily rely on identifying the penetration of biomarkers within each layer, thus ...

Humans have layers under the skin: epidermis, dermis, and subcutaneous tissue. To sense touch, the skin has seven types of mechanoreceptors and four types of pain receptors. The characteristics of ...

PostGraduate Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology, Department of Physiological Sciences − Pharmacology, Biomedical Institute, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro ...

Second-degree burns damage the skin's top and second layers, the epidermis and dermis. If you have a second-degree burn, you can expect to have pain and see redness, blistering, skin discoloration, ...

Voluderm is a minimally invasive solution that uses fine, ultra-thin electrodes combined with radiofrequency to gently ablate the epidermis and heat the deeper dermis layer. These multi-dimensional ...

After the completion of vascularization and neo-dermis formation (approximately 15–20 days), the silicone layer is peeled off and the wound can be closed permanently with an epidermal substitute.