Differential Stripping: Determination of the Amount of Topically Applied Substances Penetrated into the Hair Follicles

August 2005 in “ The journal of investigative dermatology/Journal of investigative dermatology ”

A. Teichmann, U. Jacobi, Michael Ossadnik, Heike Richter, Stefan Koch, Wolfram Sterry, Jürgen Lademann

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Studysummary This study introduces a novel non-invasive method called "differential stripping" to quantify the penetration of topically applied substances into hair follicles.

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