Abstract
High-frequency spectroscopy (HFS) is an analytical method that is sensitive to slight changes in the dielectric properties of materials. Since water has high permittivity, HFS can be used to detect changes in water content in materials. In this study, we employed HFS to measure human skin moisture during a water sorption-desorption test. Skin without any treatment showed a resonance peak at approximately 1150MHz. Furthermore, the peak shifted to lower frequency immediately after the application of water to the skin and gradually returned to its original frequency as time progressed. The resonance frequency obtained via least-squares fitting showed that the applied water remained in the skin after 240s from the beginning of the measurement. These results illustrated that HFS measurements can monitor the progression of decreasing moisture content in human skin during a water sorption-desorption test.
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