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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Wound Repair Regen. 2008 Jul-Aug;16(4):568–575. doi: 10.1111/j.1524-475X.2008.00404.x

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Figure 1 shows representative results of one hour treatment and subsequent measurement of transepidermal water loss (TEWL) in three different treatment groups (mastisol alone, mastisol + two layers of steri-strip and mastisol + one layer of polyurethane sheeting (Tegaderm®)). TEWL was assessed in standardized environmental conditions (21° Celsius room temperature, 35% Air Humidity). Baseline values express TEWL at t=0 (white column is control, full column value is prior to semi-occlusion at t=0). White columns at one-hour sections represent TEWL of non-occluded skin, full columns represent TEWL values after one hour of semi-occlusive treatment. Two layers of paper tape semi-occlusion have comparable occlusive properties as one layer of polyurethane dressing.