Figure 8
From: Spatial temperature distribution in human hairy and glabrous skin after infrared CO2 laser radiation
The figure illustrates the modeled sub-surface temperatures following 5 W stimulations (5 W, 0.12 s, 0.6 J/cm2 ) in both glabrous and hairy skin for five different depths (100, 200, 300, 400, and 500 μm). Furthermore, the delay to reach maximum temperature after stimulus end is displayed. The maximum temperature reached decreased with depth (p < 0.001). The delay before reaching the maximum temperature increased with depth (p < 0.001). The sub-surface temperature was generally higher in hairy skin than in glabrous skin. Conversely the delay was larger in the glabrous skin than in hairy skin (2-way MANOVA, depth: p < 0.001, skin type: p = 0.001).