In-vivo objectification of the firmness and tonicity of the skin.

Personal care products offering an efficacy on the skin biomechanical properties are often linked to anti-aging claim category. These products are associated to various functionalities such as, lifting, firming, remodeling, plumping, resculpting, restructuring or tonic. The firmness and the tonicity are skin attribute that are constantly impacted by the exposome (concept developed by Dr. Jean Krutman in 2016) and all the non-genetic factors that influence skin ageing.

What methods exist today to assess the performance of skin care on biomechanical properties of the skin?

Beyond the consumer tests and the scorage by experts we have categorized the assessment of the biomechanical properties of the skin in 2 parts: one dedicated to the direct measurements and the second one dedicated to the indirect evaluation.

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By Anne Charpentier – Ocotber 2021