The skin is a complex organ - with each square centimetre of skin, on average 3mm thick, containing 10 hair follicles, 100 sweat glands, and up to 2,500 sensory cells as well as 3 metres of lymphatic and blood capillaries
, 12 metres of nerve fibres, etc.
The skin
Skin3D, a unique model of the human skin in interactive 3D
L'Oréal Research is pioneering an innovative way of sharing knowledge.
The 3D model allows the user to examine the skin's different constituents one by one, to look at them from all angles, and to zoom in on the inside of the dermis and epidermis.
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