Use of a novel indentometer to evaluate skin stiffness in healthy and diseased human skin.
Zlatina IvanovaTeodor AleksievHristo Petrov DobrevNikolay AtanasovPublished in: Skin research and technology : official journal of International Society for Bioengineering and the Skin (ISBS) [and] International Society for Digital Imaging of Skin (ISDIS) [and] International Society for Skin Imaging (ISSI) (2023)
The non-invasive indentometric method used can successfully distinguish the changes in normal skin mechanical properties related to age, sex, and anatomical location, as well as in patients with SSc. The method is not appropriate to study the changes related to epidermal hydration.
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