As skin ages, it slowly loses its ability to renew and protect. The outermost layer, called the epidermis, becomes thinner.

The skin barrier is the outermost layer of the skin. Skin consists of three layers: the epidermis, the dermis, and the hypodermis, per Cleveland Clinic. The epidermis is the top layer of skin, and the ...

Severe burns and traumatic injuries are still treated much as they were decades ago – by transplanting thin layers of the ...

New research has, for the first time, discovered hemoglobin in the uppermost layer of human skin, and found that it helps protect against damage. The findings provide important insights into skin ...

A new treatment injects the building blocks of a healthy dermis into wounded or damaged skin, and then the body takes over ...