Clinical Translation of Scarless 0.33-mm Core Microbiopsy for Molecular Evaluation of Human Skin.
Mikaela KislevitzChristine WamsleyMason BartelsKaren B LuXingchen LiSydney PinchJohn HoopmanFritz BartonJeffrey KenkelYucel AkgulPublished in: Aesthetic surgery journal (2021)
A core microbiopsy of 0.33 mm can be extracted reproducibly for histological, ultrastructural, and gene expression analysis without scarring. This allows repeated sampling for assessment of skin treatments and diseases, including aesthetics and wound-healing progress.