IFSCC Conference 2019 in Milan
Top Award (Podium Presentation Category)
Holistic Beauty: Three-Dimensional Macroscopic Visualization of Vasculature in Skin and its Physical Relevance in Skin-Aging■ What research was conducted?
Through 3D visualization of skin capillaries thanks to Shiseido’s special technology, it was uncovered that the capillaries are closely linked with skin elasticity!
Blood vessels are found all over the human body. When strung together, the total length is believed to stretch over approximately 100 thousand kilometers (roughly two times the circumference of Earth). Capillaries account for 90% of total blood vessels. Have you ever heard that capillary density decreases with age? If this idea is new to you, you may think that “that’s just the way it is” when it is coupled with the term “aging”.
By leveraging Shiseido’s original 3D visualization technology, capillaries were visualized, and a close link between capillaries and skin elasticity was uncovered. In other words, 3D visualization of the structure of skin capillaries gave rise to a new perspective that initiated this research.
