The relationship between skin elasticity and viscoelasticity
Elasticity is the ability of the skin to return to its original shape after deformation. In other words, it is the skin's ability to stretch and then recoil. However, in the realm of physics, skin is not just elastic but also exhibits viscoelastic properties.
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24 January 2024
Are you a smoker? Here’s how it affects your skin!
Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month is coming to an end and what could be better than to finish it with a good reading about the effects tobacco has on your skin? If you're a smoker, or even if you're planning to stop, we assure you this article will help you decide to quit it
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29 November 2022
Why are simplicity and multifunctionality new trends in the beauty market?
Less is more is becoming more and more a source of inspiration in many markets all over the world. This time, we're talking about the beauty market and how simplicity and multifunctionaly has become a crucial fact to keep in mind when creating the formulas of their products.
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19 October 2022
Holistic Beauty: Everything you need to know is already inside you
Holistic beauty is a trend you have probably heard a lot. In this article we will explain you how to jump in this trend and everything you need to know about it!
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27 September 2022
Sun protection to enjoy sunlight
Sunlight may be beneficial to the human body, but excessive exposure can cause considerable damage to the skin. Sunburn, skin allergies, hyperpigmentation, or photoaging (accelerated aging of the skin due to the sun), many skin disorders can be caused by radiation.
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21 July 2022
Pores: friends or enemies for skin beauty?
Enlarged pores is a concern for skin beauty, or perception of beauty. Visible pores are a great obstacle for the pursuit of a glowing skin. Let’s find a key to a radiant skin while dealing with facial pores’ openings.
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21 June 2022
CBD effects on the skin
CBD-based cosmetic products are more and more important on the market despite a still unclear legal context. Sold as being antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, beneficial for oily and acne-prone skin but also for wrinkles, what is the reality behind the use of cannabidiol?
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8 March 2022
The good, the bad and the benefic light for our body
Since the beginning of human life, our skin has always been exposed to different levels of light. However, not every wavelenghts of light have the same impacts on our skin, some can be good and other bad.
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22 April 2021
Coronavirus: how this virus can affect our largest organ, the skin?
There's no need here to list the usual clinical manifestations of COVID-19 infection. They are many and sadly may lead to acute respiratory distress syndrome and death. Let's focus on a special topic : our skin. The skin symptoms have been poorly described...
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17 December 2020
AFM: all-in-one technology fitting regulatory requirements for cosmetic efficacy testing
Wrinkles, oily skin, under-eye bags, acne/breakouts, dry skin… There’s a clear demand for products able to prove efficacy against a wide variety of consumer concerns. The protection of consumers from misleading claims on efficacy and other characteristics of cosmetics are...
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3 September 2020
Beyond BioMechanics, there is mechanotransduction
All living cells depend on their mechanical surroundings. Their structure and function are directly linked to this mechanical stimulus (shear stress, gravity). Cells sense these physical forces by their integrin-based adhesion (“outside-in” and “inside-out”) and translate...
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10 June 2020
Biomechanics and mechanobiology
Biomechanics uses mechanical and physics principles to understand biological systems as structure of human cells, tissues or organs. Mechanobiology studies the way how physical forces in cell or tissue can contribute to develop changes or even diseases...
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1 February 2020