The quantification of skin transparency
- 1 March 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in British Journal of Dermatology
- Vol. 108 (3) , 315-320
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2133.1983.tb03970.x
Abstract
A new method for quantifying the transparency of [human] skin using an adapted pair of Harpenden''s calipers is described. A constant for each skinfold''s ability to transmit light, the H factor, is calculated; this shows a steady decline with age.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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- The influence of age and sex on skin thickness, skin collagen and densityBritish Journal of Dermatology, 1975
- TRANSPARENT SKIN AND OSTEOPOROSISThe Lancet, 1963