skin fold
Dermal crease area
A skin fold is a layer of skin and underlying fat that can be pinched away from muscle, typically measured with calipers to estimate body fat percentage.
Fitness trainers and health professionals take skin fold measurements at standardized sites—triceps, abdomen, thigh—to track body composition changes.
The term also describes natural creases where skin doubles over, as in the neck or eyelids.
- wrinkleSurface fold or crease
- creaseLine from folding
- pleatSewn fabric fold
- dermisLiving tissue under epidermis
- pinchSqueeze with fingertips
body fat · flap · loose · sagging · elasticity · cellulite · jowl · turkey neck · waddle · bat wings · belly · tummy tuck · neck · eyelid · armpit · groin · calipers · fat
skin foldlean muscle
Body tissue without fat
muscle definition · muscle mass · athletic build · musculature
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