Viewing the Skin Through an Electron Microscope

One can learn a lot about their skin by looking through a microscope. Electron microscopes can help us understand what, if anything is wrong with our skin. The top part skin is made up in layers dead skin cells, epidermis, and dermis. Viewing skin through an Electron microscope shows different problems that can present themselves like skin disease and even cancer. It can even detect topical variances such as fragrance chemicals or sun damage.

All types of human skin can be examined using a microscope slide. Epidermis, dermis, and subcutaneous are different tissue that are often examined under slides.

The epidermis is the most outer layer of the skin and acts as the protective barrier against nature and mankind problems. This is the thickest on the palm of the hands and the thinnest on the eyelids. Human skin has seven layers and this is between four to five layers. Dermis is the skin directly under the epidermis this consists of connectivity tissue. Subcutaneous tissue resides directly on top of the epidermis which consists of dead skin.

• The epidermis and dermis of the human skin.
• Epidermis is shown with dead skin layered on top. Below the dermis hair follicles are there.
• Peripheral nerve running through the dermis, this can be motor or sensory nerves.
• Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB) can carry 12 different genetic diseases. These can start by minor trauma, which blisters will occur.
• The dermal layer dermis, houses collagen, blood vessels, glands, and nerves.
• Hyaluronic acid is present in the skin. This also plays a huge role in helping to repair damaged skin.
• Non-lactating breast has mammary glands with lactiferous ducts. The connective tissue is shown.
• Adult human epidermis is made up of multiple cells. This is for a normal adult with no underlying skin conditions.
• Stratum corneum is Beryllium Disease.
• The dermis in the lungs is fibrotic.
• Different sections of stained Human skin for hyaluronan.
• Aortic aneurismal pathology in cutis laxa. The progression of skin disease starting from normal.
• Skin treated and flexed for sixty minutes, then it was rinsed and scanned through an electron microscope.
• Fibrils , collagen that is in the tendon.
• Therapeutic macromolecules that are introduced into the skin by microneedles.
• Human foreskin, this is a thin layer of skin which has a rough looking surface.
• The Human epidermis after eight days in organ culture with no growth.
• Reconstructed skin where the dermis helps in the healing process, this is from a skin graft.
• Subcutaneous tissue after one week of receiving an injection of insulin.
• A complete loss of subcutaneous tissue and what happens to the skin.
• A hair shaft is examined with a single macrofibril cell.

Viewing tissue through a microscope has been able to help us understand what the skin consists of. This has paved the way in medical technology and being able to help prevent and treat conditions and diseases of the skin. It is also shown us how the skin is made up and exactly what it consists of.