Comparative analysis of original face and skin-warped average face images for the scoring of skin attributes.

Objectives: Representative of a panel, an average face image could be used to analyse/display skin changes while alleviating image rights constraints. Therefore, we used landmark-based deformation (warping) of individual skin images onto their panel's average face, evaluating this approach's relevance and possible limits.

Methods: An average front face image was constructed from images of 71 Japanese women (50-60 years old).

Analysis of correlation and construction of a predictive model of skin transparency using parameters from digital images of the face.

Background: Skin transparency is a cosmetic asset highly considered by Asian women. Resulting from complex light interactions within the skin, but still not fully understood, there is no simple method to measure it objectively. In this study, skin parameters from digital images were analysed to build a model predicting transparency.