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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biomech Model Mechanobiol. 2015 Jan 30;14(5):1007–1019. doi: 10.1007/s10237-015-0650-8

Fig. 6.

Fig. 6

Distinct configurations of the skin patch. In vivo, skin is subjected to prestrain, Fp. Expansion induces deformation, F. Excising the expanded patch releases the reversible, elastic deformation, Fe. Skin growth, Fg, consists of natural growth, Fgn, and expansion-induced growth, Fge.