synthetic skin
Lab-made covering tissue
Synthetic skin is artificially manufactured material designed to mimic human or animal skin.
Medical synthetic skin covers burns and wounds to promote healing.
In robotics and prosthetics, it provides realistic texture and sometimes sensory feedback.
Special effects artists use synthetic skin for movie makeup: The zombie costume included synthetic skin that peeled convincingly.
- bioengineeredModified through biological science
- 3D printedBuilt layer by layer
- prostheticManufactured body substitute
- graftIllicit political gain
- siliconeFlexible synthetic polymer
polymer · tissue · elastomer · wound healing · burn treatment · burn victim · dermis · epidermis · latex · membrane · transplant · regenerative · collagen · scaffold · flexible · texture · medical · robot
synthetic skinautograft
Transplant from oneself
allograft · xenograft · living tissue · human skin · animal skin
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