💡Shiseido Succeeds in Visualization of Internal Skin Elasticity
– Decrease of type III collagen involved in age-dependent degradation in skin elasticity –
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.
Now, by using an internal skin elasticity visualization system (Picture 1), which is newly developed by applying ultrasonic technology, the 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*.
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