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Shiseido Visualizes Internal Skin Elasticity

Reveals a decrease in Type III collagen involved in age-dependent elasticity degradation.

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By: TOM BRANNA

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It is widely known that type III collagen, so-called “baby collagen,” significantly decreases with age; however, its connection with resilience had not been clarified, according to Shiseido. Now, by using an internal skin elasticity visualization system, which is newly developed by applying ultrasonic technology, a research team has succeeded in visualizing the internal skin elasticity distribution for the first time in the world by analyzing the level of acoustic impedance. In this ...

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