The difference of skin type between the two genders has not been clearly illuminated,
to the best of our knowledge. This is partly due to a lack of standardized methods
to objectively determine skin type. Recently, several methods have surfaced for evaluating
skin type by measuring sebum secretion with reasonable accuracy [
1
,
2
,
3
]. Among these methods, the Sebumeter® has become an acceptable method in measuring sebum casual levels (CL) according to
the “European Expert Group on Efficacy Measurement of Cosmetics and Other Topical
Products (EEMCO) guidance for the in vivo assessment of skin greasiness” [
[1]
].Keywords
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Received:
September 12,
2005
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© 2005 Japanese Society for Investigative Dermatology. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
