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Animation artists learned from medical technology how light scatters when it hits your face. Skin care scientists are following in the animators foot steps as they employ new techniques to make better skin care products.

Paul Matts, a London-based research scientist at Proctor & Gamble, and others are borrowing from the same medical technology to intricately map the differences between youthful and older skin. Again, the key finding is that appearance of a youthful glow or a pallid hue depends on how light is scattered just under the skin's surface.

With the help of medical technology, they've found that the distribution of three different light-absorbing molecules, known as chromophores, is what influences how light is scattered — and how young or aged skin appears.

"The surprising thing is while we think of human appearance as complex, it's really driven by these three chromophores," said Matts. "It's the unique concentration and distribution of these chromophores that drives human appearance and has a profound impact on our judgment."

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