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A New Way To Measure Skin Barrier Function: Research

Japanese scientists report development of a model that estimates TEWL without a tightly controlled environment.

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By: Christine Esposito

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A group of researchers from Japan says they have developed a new model for the estimation of transepidermal water loss (TEWL) without the need for a tightly controlled environment. The method uses two measures for estimating TEWL—the thickness of the stratum corneum and the water content of the surface of the stratum corneum. In their recent study, published in Advanced Biomedical Engineering, the researchers demonstrated that their new model could accurately estimate TEWL. They verified thes...

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