The following parameters were measured; numerical count, size (surface µ²), and shape (regular, irregular). Corneocytes from skin irritated with a rough towel differed from those of normal skin in that they were diminished by about 60% in count and were 14% smaller in size on the first experimental day. These parameters became normalized in count after 10 days and in size after 5 days respectively.

On the morphological classification of the cell outlines, there were no significant differences from the control groupts except that there were slightly increased numbers of irregular cells in the experimental groups.