The latest research highlights from Professor Sebastian Cotofana
Topical treatments affect the various layers of the skin. Improvement of the skin can be achieved with dermal, intradermal, and subdermal treatments. Subdermal treatments affect the superficial fascial system, which will influence skin appearance.
Authors: Konstantin Frank et al.
Published: Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Journal
Keywords: 3D imaging; Aesthetic facial treatments; Cutometry; Electromyography; Facial aging
The skin is the largest organ of the human body (if the interstitium is neglected) and is composed of various layers. The layers are, from superficial to deep, the epidermis, dermis, and hypodermis.
The epidermis consists of six different layers, which decrease in viability from deep to superficial, indicating that the most superficial layer, the stratum corneum, is composed of dead cells only. On the contrary, the stratum basale, the deepest layer of the epidermis and the layer…