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Practical study of qualitative and quantitative sebum excretion on the human forehead
Author(s) -
SAINTLEGER D.,
COHEN E.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1985.tb02378.x
Subject(s) - forehead , excretion , medicine , dermatology , surgery
SUMMARY Measurement of Sebum Excretion Rate (SER) in patients is a time‐consuming test. It is now possible to measure SER 1 h after having degreased the forehead with a 70% ethanol solution. The skin surface lipids (SSL) collected during this time have similar composition to those collected for up to 7 h. A qualitative and quantitative study of sebaceous excretion, on 18 volunteers, from 1 to 7 h after having cleansed the forehead, showed that the refatting kinetics, in all subjects, obeyed the same mathematical law, independent of the subjects' individual SER.