Sensitive skin that is prone to discomfort contains more nerve fibers extending deep into the stratum corneum, according to researchers at Kao. Under the supervision of Professor Kenji Kabashima of the department of dermatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, that, compared to healthy skin, sensitive skin that is prone to discomfort contains more nerve fibers extending deep into the stratum corneum (Figure 1). It suggests that this could be led by dysfunction of the epidermal ...