dermis

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"The collagen will just sit on the outer layer of your skin, it won't reach the dermis - which is the middle layer."

From BBC • Sep. 27, 2025

In argyria, silver ions circulate through the bloodstream and become embedded in the dermis, a layer beneath the surface where the body cannot easily clear them.

From Salon • Jan. 20, 2025

They achieved both the hypodermis and dermis layers, with the epidermis forming within two weeks by itself.

From Science Daily • Mar. 4, 2024

Multi-layered full thickness skin was created which contained all three layers present in normal human tissue: epidermis, dermis, and hypodermis.

From Science Daily • Oct. 4, 2023

The epidermis is the main protective agent against attacks of germs, but should the epidermis be broken, they meet with further resistance from the fluids of the dermis and the white corpuscles of the blood.

From Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools by Walters, Francis M.