Figure 2

Skin hydration correlates with fatty acid and ceramide levels. Scatter plots of corneometer readings of skin hydration vs. the total level of FFA (a) and total ceramides (b). Blue and red circles represent untreated and after 5 weeks of product application. The solid line represents the optimal fit from simple linear regression analysis, with the correlation coefficient r and p-value displayed. Statistical significance was considered as p-value < 0.05.