Figure 6
From: Spatial temperature distribution in human hairy and glabrous skin after infrared CO2 laser radiation
The figure depicts the maximum temperature reached at different depths following 1 W stimulations for all four stimulation energies tested (0.2, 0.4, 0.6, and 0.8 J/cm2 ) at five different depths (100, 200, 300, 400, and 500 μm). It is seen that the maximum temperature reached increased as stimulation energy increased (p < 0.001). Furthermore, it is seen that the maximum temperature decreased with depth (p < 0.001). For similar depths, all, but one stimuli created temperatures in hairy skin which were slightly higher than the corresponding stimuli did in glabrous skin (3-way MANOVA, p < 0.001).