SkinTester description

With SkinTester you can make accurate measurements of the skin moisture (i.e. the hydration state of the outer epidermis) as your smartphone was a professional corneometer.


Water is an essential element for life and also for maintaining the skin in good condition. The skin requires to be appropriately hydrated; frequent showers and aggressive cleaning agents will damage the protective moisture barrier. This phenomenon can be effectively counteracted, once it is known the actual level of hydration. Knowing the level of hydration of the skin allows to get a very important indication for the prevention of possible diseases and the choice of appropriate care products.


Please, note that this app requires a special hardware add-on (SS03 sensor) connected to the audio jack of your smartphone. For more details about SS03 please see http://www.optivelox.com/DL_en/ss0x.htm


Here are some common SkinTester applications:

- Control of state of health of the skin
- Assessment of the effectiveness of cosmetic and pharmaceutical products
- Allergy tests, occupational medicine
- Quality control in food and packaging industries

Main specs:

- Measurements of the Skin Hydration Index (SHI)
- Data can be saved and displayed as graphs
- Full pan & pinch zoom graph visualization
- Data can be exported in .csv files