Cheon-Koo Lee

Improving lip wrinkles: lipstick-related image analysis

Background/purpose: The appearance of lip wrinkles is problematic if it is adversely influenced by lipstick make‐up causing incomplete color tone, spread phenomenon and pigment remnants. It is mandatory to develop an objective assessment method for lip wrinkle status by which the potential of wrinkle‐improving products to lips can be screened. The present study is aimed at finding out the useful parameters from the image analysis of lip wrinkles that is affected by lipstick application.

Surface Rheological Properties of a Solid‐State Emulsion

A solid‐state emulsion having good spreading properties shows two important transition ranges in the plot of storage modulus (G′) as a function of shear strain when the state is changed from solid to liquid. However, a solid‐state emulsion having lower spreading properties shows only one apparent transition range when the change from solid to liquid state takes place. The result implies the importance of surface properties in the solid‐state emulsion. The first transition range is more important than the second transition range in order to understand the surface properties of a solid‐state emulsion and is called the “surface transition range” in this article. The addition of water phase in the solid‐state emulsion reduces the modulus in the surface transition range by increasing interfacial friction and weakening the matrix. The addition of pigments increases the modulus in the surface transition range by reinforcing the matrix, when there is no water phase in the solid‐state emulsion. When the solid‐state emulsion has water phase, however, the addition of pigments decreases the modulus in the surface transition range. The kinds and ratios of oils are also important factors to determine the properties of the matrix depending on their compatibility with wax.

Optical clearing agent reduces scattering of light by the stratum corneum and modulates the physical properties of coenocytes via hydration

The interaction between light and the skin determine how the skin looks to the human eye. Light can be absorbed, scattered, and reflected by different components of the skin in a variety of different ways. Here, we focus on the scattering properties of the outmost layer, the stratum corneum (SC). However, we currently have limited methods with which to distinguish the scattering of light by SC from the changes due to other components of the skin.

Physical properties of TEMPO-oxidized bacterial cellulose nanofibers on the skin surface

Water-dispersed bacterial cellulose nanofibers were prepared via an oxidation reaction using 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-1-piperidine-N-oxy radical (TEMPO) as a catalyst. It was found that TEMPO-oxidized bacterial cellulose nanofibers (TOCNs) synthesized via sodium bromide-free methods are similar to those synthesized using sodium bromide. The TOCNs retained their unique structure in water as well as in emulsion. TOCNs adhere to the skin surface while maintaining nanofibrous structures, providing inherent functions of bacterial cellulose, such as high tensile strength, high water-holding capacity, and blockage of harmful substances. When gelatin gels as model skin were coated with TOCNs, the hardness representing the elasticity was increased by 20% compared to untreated gelatin gel because TOCNs could tightly hold the gelatin structure. When porcine skin was treated with TOCNs, carboxymethyl cellulose, and hydroxyethyl cellulose, the initial water contact angles were 26.5°, 76.5°, and 64.1°, respectively. The contact angle of TOCNs dramatically decreased over time as water penetrated the fibrous structure of the TOCN film. When observed by scanning electron microscopy and confocal microscopy, TOCNs on the skin surface provided physical gaps between particles and the skin, blocking the adsorption of particulate matter to the skin surface. On the contrary, the structure of water-soluble polymers was disrupted by an external environment, such as water, so that particulate matter directly attached to the skin surface. Characterization of TOCNs on the skin surface offered insight into the function of nanofibers on the skin, which is important for their applications with respect to the skin and biomedical research.

Recovery of Covalently Linked Fatty Acid Monolayer on the Hair Surface Using Biomimetic Lipid

모발표면에는 독특한 형태의 지방산이 있다. 18-methyleicosanoic acid (18-MEA)는 모발 큐티클의 최외각 층에 공유결합된 특이한 ante-iso 형태의 지방산이다. 18-MEA 층은 CMC의

Characterization of Oil-Wax Gel with Higher Velocity Gradient

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Cardamonin suppresses melanogenesis by inhibition of Wnt/β-catenin signaling

-층 위에 위치하면서 모발의 외부 표면에 표면에너지와 마찰저항 을 낮춰준다. 18-MEA 분자의 높은 유동성은 계면 전단력을 감소시켜 외부로부터 전달되는 지질들이 쉽게 퍼지도록 한다. 본 연구에서는 C10 - 40 isoalkyl acid의 말단에 관능기로 N-hydroxyl succinimidyl ester를 도입하여 모발 표면의 공유결합 지방산 층을 회복시켜보고 자 하였다. 모발 표면의 재 소수화를 확인하기 위하여 접촉각을 측정하였다. 서로 다른 습도 조건(40, 55, 70 %RH)에서 모발의 내부 수 분 함유량은 전자 수분 분석기를 이용하여 실시하였다. Hydroxysuccinimidyl C10 - 40 Isoalkyl Acidate (HCIA)로 처리한 모발의 표면은 큐티클을 접착하는 것과 같이 지방산 단분자층이 공유결합을 형성하여 큐티클의 균열을 채워줌으로써 매끄럽고 균일할 것으로 생각되었다. 이러한 접착 효과는 atomic force microscope (AFM) 영상의 라인 프로필(line profile)을 통해서 확인되었다. 따라서 모발 내부 구 성 물질과 수분이 쉽게 용출되지 않고, 외기의 습도가 변하는 경우에도 최적의 모발 습도가 항상 유지된다. AFM을 사용한 lateral force microscopy (LFM) 결과에 따르면 HCIA를 처리한 모발 표면의 마찰력이 감소되었고, 이에 대해 15회 샴푸 과정을 수행한 이후에도 동일한 마찰력 값을 나타내었다. 【There is a unique type of fatty acid in the hair surface. 18-methyleicosanoic acid (18-MEA) is an unusual anteiso fatty acid covalently linked to the outermost surface of hair cuticle. A layer of 18-MEA is located in the upper

Anti-aging Effect on Skin with 9 Repetitive Steaming and Fermenting Process Herbal Composition Extract

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Physiological Effects of the Cosmetic Product Containing of Saccharomyces Fermented Modified Kyungohkgo Extract on Human Skin

-layer of the CMC that is responsible for the low surface energy and low friction resistance of the hairs outer surface. The high mobility of 18-MEA molecule facilitates spreading of extraneous lipid by decreasing interfacial shear strength. In this study, we introduced N-hydroxyl succinimidyl ester functional group to the one end of C10 - 40 isoalkyl acid for regenerating hair surface with covalently bound fatty acid layer. The re-hydrophobicization of hair surface has been investigated by contact angle measurement. The inner moisture content of hair at different levels of humidity (40, 55, 70 %RH) was measured by electric moisture analyzer. Treatment with Hydroxysuccinimidyl C10 - 40 Isoalkyl Acidate (HCIA) was supposed to make hair surface smoother by filling the cracks between cuticles with covalently bound fatty acid monomolecular layer like cuticle glue. This glue effect was also confirmed with line profile of AFM images. Therefore, the moisture and structural components of inner hair were not easily flown out and the optimum moisture content could be kept constantly though the outside humidity level was changed. The lateral force microscopy (LFM) by using atomic force microscope showed that the friction force of hair surface treated with HCIA was decreased. It also showed the constantly sustained friction value even after shampooing repeated 15 times.】

Anti-aging Effects Saccharomyces Fermented Modified Kyungohkgo Extract on Skin

The properties of solid surface on oil-wax gel are one of the most important factors which decide the quality of products such as cosmetics. The thixotropic property of solid surface depends on the velocity gradient and it is increased with higher velocity gradient as controlling the morphology on solid surface of oil-wax gel. The morphological change of oil-wax gel in compliance with surface properties of wax matrix can cause different rheological behaviors. Rheological behavior of oil-wax gel regarding the surface transition range in accordance with shear strain was observed to characterize surface properties. In an earlier article, the morphological mechanism of causing surface transition range and the factors of influencing surface transition range were examined by studying the rheological behaviors of a solid-state emulsion. Here, we investigated, in the lattice structure terms, the morphological change of oil-wax gel by measuring surface transition range depending on velocity gradient, which could influence the hardness and sweating phenomenon. We confirmed that the morphological change of oil-wax gel was accompanied by crystal size, crystal conformation, the degree of crystallinity. Surface transition range depending on velocity gradient was shown in large and regular lattice structure of oil-wax gel better than small and irregular one.