• DOI:10.30827/ARS.V45I1.5103
• Corpus ID: 68295265

Análisis de la influencia del grado de hidratación de la epidermis en el comportamiento biomecánico de la piel in vivo

@inproceedings{Rodrigues2004AnlisisDL,
  title={An{\'a}lisis de la influencia del grado de hidrataci{\'o}n de la epidermis en el comportamiento biomec{\'a}nico de la piel in vivo},
  author={Luciana Miranda Rodrigues and Pilar Cort{\'e}s Pinto},
  year={2004}
}

• L. M. Rodrigues, P. C. Pinto
• Published 2004
• Biology

The Bio-mechanical properties of in vivo human skin are important indicators of a healthy skin condition, with regardto functional organisation. It seems that these properties do not only arise from the cutaneous structures themselves, butalso from the contribution of underlying tissues. Consequently, in the study of its behaviour a purely biomechanicalapproach cannot be taken. Furthermore, the technological systems used the in vivo assessment of these properties,cannot provide a direct measurement of the biophysical characteristics of the organ, due to the fact that it is not possibleto quantitatively identify the relative contribution of each tissue. The variables and parameters obtained as such, shouldtherefore, be considered as mechanical “descriptors”, meaning that greater care should be taken in the interpretationof the results. For this reason, one of the most relevant questions concerning these properties concerns the relativecontribution of the epidermis to the biomechanical behaviour of the entire organ .Facing such multiple complexities, the present protocol was designed to approach this last question. Two differenttreatments (water only and glycerine solution at 10%), inducing epidermal water equilibrium changes, were applied tohealthy volunteers and the respective biological response was recorded. The Results seem to indicate that the mechanicalbehaviour of human skin can be modified and eventually modulated by topical interventions, suggesting that theepidermis may influence the global bio-mechanical behaviour of the entire human skin.