Temperature probe Tewameter® TM Hex

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The Tewameter® TM Hex (successor of the world-wide popular Tewameter® TM 300) assesses the Transepidermal Water Loss (TEWL), indispensable parameter for the evaluation of the water barrier function of the skin, with a revolutionary accuracy and reproducibility. 30 sensors inside the probe “see” the relative humidity and temperature like a camera. The high amount of data allows the user not only to highly accurately measure inside the probe but can show results also for the areas right outside the probe, namely skin surface and ambience above the probe. Thus, new, exciting parameters (e.g. local skin TM Hex Videoenergy balance and others) may give interesting insights in several research fields. The inventions regarding the Tewameter® TM Hex are patent pending. Please watch a video on the revolutionary new Tewameter® TM Hex to get an overview of its new features (just click on the image to start). Water is constantly evaporating from the skin which is part of the important body’s metabolism. The amount of water (Transepidermal Water Loss – TEWL) is expressed in g/h/m². As soon as the barrier function of the skin however is slightly damaged, the water loss will increase (even with smallest damages invisible to the human eye). Its measurement is an indispensable parameter for the evaluation of the water barrier function of the skin and a basic measurement in all kind of applications for topical applied products. The C+K Tewameter® has always been working based on the “open chamber” measurement, a method which is acknowledged as the best way to asses this parameter*.