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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Burns. 2016 Dec 5;43(5):909–932. doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2016.11.014

Table 1.

Some physical properties of healthy skin

Species Layer Density ρ (kg/m3) Thickness (mm)
Human Epidermis 1110–1190 [16] 0.075–0.15[17]
Dermis 1116 [16] 1–4[17]
Subcutaneous fat 971 [16] Vary largely w.r.t. anatomic sites[17]
Skin as a single layer 1093–1190 [16]