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

They are thought to provide clinical improvement by adding volume to the skin, but researchers have found that cross-linked hyaluronic acid also stimulates production of new type I collagen in the dermis.

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

The convoluted gland is seen surrounded with big fat-cells, and may be traced through the dermis to its outlet in the horny layers of the epidermis.

From A Practical Physiology by Blaisdell, Albert F.