Unlabelled: Abstract Background: The stratum corneum has a wide variety of important functions, including host protection from foreign chemicals and bacteria, water loss prevention, and body temperature regulation. While water absorption studies on healthy intact skin are abundant, data on the percutaneous absorption of water in diseased skin are less common.
Methods: We reviewed Pubmed search results for "stratum corneum", "absorption", "percutaneous" and "water", and determined relevant articles that discussed percutaneous penetration of water into skin.