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Facial Skin Rheology

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The precise determination of the physical properties and functions of facial skin and its constituent parts remains an open question. In contrast, much more attention has been paid to the molecular biological characterization of skin components. In part, this may reflect the comparatively late development of bioengineering and biophysics and the intrinsic difficulty of obtaining relevant reproducible physical data from the skin. In addition, some ambient environmental conditions profoundly and specifically influence the physical attributes of the skin. As a result, the variations in physical parameters owing to body region, age, gender, and ethnicity greatly outweigh the variability of the corresponding molecular composition of the cutaneous structures.

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    Gérald E. Piérard, Frédérique Henry & Pascale Quatresooz

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Piérard, G.E., Henry, F., Quatresooz, P. (2010). Facial Skin Rheology. In: Farage, M.A., Miller, K.W., Maibach, H.I. (eds) Textbook of Aging Skin. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-89656-2_27

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