dermis

Example Sentences

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“My skin is exposed and can burn in the sunlight because I don’t have that outer dermis,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times

After applying a topical anesthetic, the device uses insulated micro-needling and radio-frequency energy to wake dermis cells and stimulate new collagen and elastin growth at the deepest levels.

From Seattle Times

"The dermis is a good place for the vaccine to be because you have a very well-developed immune system there."

From Salon

"It's like a skin patch, but it has a series of very tiny needles that you don't feel, and that goes also into the dermis. It's a dermal patch with microneedles. They can just be put on a Band-Aid and the needles would be coded with the vaccine."

From Salon

"The dermis is a good place for the vaccine to be because you have a very well-developed immune system there, rather than sticking into a muscle which doesn't really have a well-developed antigen-detection system," Haseltine pointed out.

From Salon