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Physiological adaptions of the stratum corneum In response to factors promoting desiccation (e.g., increase in transepidermal water loss, decrease in natural moisturizing factor, damage or reduction in stratum corneum lipids, damage to stratum corneum proteins).
Reprinted with permission from: Del Rosso JQ, Levin J. J Clin Aesthet Dermatol. 2011;4(9): 22-42. © 2011 Matrix Medical Communications.
