02.03.16
At the Consumer Electronics Show, L’Oréal unveiled My UV Patch, billed as the first-ever stretchable skin sensor designed to monitor UV exposure and help consumers educate themselves about sun protection.
La Roche-Posay is introducing this patch, a transparent adhesive that, unlike the rigid wearables currently on the market, stretches and adheres directly to any area of skin that consumers want to monitor.
Measuring approximately one square inch in area and 50 micrometers thick—half the thickness of an average strand of hair—the patch contains photosensitive dyes that factor in the baseline skin tone and change colors when exposed to UV rays to indicate varying levels of sun exposure.
Consumers will be able to take a photo of the patch and upload it to the La Roche-Posay My UV Patch mobile app, which analyzes the varying photosensitive dye squares to determine the amount of UV exposure the wearer has received. The My UV Patch mobile app will be available on both iOS and Android.
My UV Patch is expected to be made available to consumers later this year.
La Roche-Posay is introducing this patch, a transparent adhesive that, unlike the rigid wearables currently on the market, stretches and adheres directly to any area of skin that consumers want to monitor.
Measuring approximately one square inch in area and 50 micrometers thick—half the thickness of an average strand of hair—the patch contains photosensitive dyes that factor in the baseline skin tone and change colors when exposed to UV rays to indicate varying levels of sun exposure.
Consumers will be able to take a photo of the patch and upload it to the La Roche-Posay My UV Patch mobile app, which analyzes the varying photosensitive dye squares to determine the amount of UV exposure the wearer has received. The My UV Patch mobile app will be available on both iOS and Android.
My UV Patch is expected to be made available to consumers later this year.