Table 4.

The thickness of stratum corneum and viable epidermis at different body sites—mean (standard deviation).

Parameter	Stratum corneum (µm)	Viable epidermis (µm)	Total epidermis (µm)
Forearm dorsal	18.3 (4.9)	56.6 (11.5)	74.9
Shoulder	11.0 (2.2)	70.3 (13.6)	81.3
Buttock	14.9 (3.4)	81.5 (15.7)	96.5
All body sites	14.8 (4.8)	69.9 (17.0)	83.7

The data were taken from (Sandby-Møller et al., 2003), who evaluated 71 subjects (37 males, 34 females, age: 20–68 years, median: 47 years) and reported the data on each patient.