Pola Chemical Industries, Inc.

Kenya Hirayama

Hiroaki Imai

Seiichi Takaya

Nobuo Kashibuchi

Toshikazu Yagi

Takanori Takahashi

Yoshikazu Hirai

Chikako Kamata

Sonoko Kawasaki

Jiro Yabusaki

Yoko Zemba

Taro Katayama

Kazuhiro Yamazaki

On the methods of creating corneocyte specimen for providing useful information for appropriate selection of cosmetic products or assessment of the skin condition, it is intended to provide a method of indicating an unstained image of corneocytes or the like in an observable pseudocolor in a method of creating corneocyte specimen, without resorting to staining the corneocyte specimen. The state of corneocytes of skin is input into a computer as an enlarged image by using, for example, a digital microscope. Then, the RGB values of the individual pixels in the image are converted with the use of a conversion system such as a conversion formula, a conversion table or a conversion chart and an image is indicated in a pseudocolor by using the individual RGB values converted.

Method of supporting the differentiation of corneocytes

A method for preparing corneocytes specimen, which comprises stripping off corneocytes from the surface of a skin using an adhesive material, staining the corneocytes in a solution of stain in solvent containing a water-miscible organic solvent, and mounting the stained corneocytes into an oil and fat constituent and/or composition that is liquid at 1 atm, 25&#xb0; C.

Method for staining corneocytes, method for preparing corneocytes specimen and skin analysis system

A method for preparing corneocites specimen, which comprises stripping off corneocites from the surface of a skin using an adhesive material, staining the corneocites in a solution of stain in solvent containing a water-miscible organic solvent, and mounting the stained corneocites into an oil and fat constituent and/or composition that is liquid at 1 atm, 25&#xb0; C.

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Kenya Hirayama