Skin tape sample. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a skin tape sample. Several studies demonstrate tape-stripping a technique to sample cells from the stratum corneum using adhesive tapes, can be used as a non-invasive alternative to skin biopsies. Here the underside of skin cells, an inverted hair follicle and a few acne bacteria (magenta) are visible from the skin tape sample from the cheek. Magnification x 800 at 10cm wide

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Keywords: -invasive, bacteria, biological, biology, biopsy, colored, coloured, corneum, dermatology, electron, false-coloured, follicle, hair, human, medical, micrograph, microscopy, sample, scanning, sem, skin, stratum, tape, tape-stripping