Human skin barrier recovery
Suspended
- Conditions
- Atopic Eczema, skin barrier, stratum corneum
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Suspended
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 15
Inclusion Criteria
Age between 18-40
- Caucasian
Exclusion Criteria
- Abundant hair presence on the ventral forearms;
- Unnatural abnormalities on one of their ventral forearms (e.g. skin lesions, tattoos);
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The lipid compostion of the stratum corneum. The lameller and lateral lipid organization.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Barrier function as Trans epidermal water loss (TEWL).<br /><br>Barrier recovery monitored as TEWL over time. Here the % of barrier recovery will be<br>calculated using the TEWL before and after disruption as 100% and 0% of barrier<br>recovery, respectively.