dermis

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"The collagen will just sit on the outer layer of your skin, it won't reach the dermis - which is the middle layer."

From BBC • Sep. 27, 2025

In argyria, silver ions circulate through the bloodstream and become embedded in the dermis, a layer beneath the surface where the body cannot easily clear them.

From Salon • Jan. 20, 2025

As the skin undergoes photoaging, type I collagen bundles, which are found in the dermis beneath the top layer of the skin and provide strength and support to skin, become fragmented.

From Science Daily • Feb. 14, 2024

Multi-layered full thickness skin was created which contained all three layers present in normal human tissue: epidermis, dermis, and hypodermis.

From Science Daily • Oct. 4, 2023

Transmitted light is used in cases in which the skin has peeled off or in which the dermis has been removed, cut, and scraped thin so that light will go through.

From The Science of Fingerprints Classification and Uses by Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar)