🧪 Health Dermatology Simulation
Interactive 3D model of the skin's stratum corneum barrier: adjust filaggrin function, environmental humidity, emollient and corticosteroid treatment, and watch transepidermal water loss, inflammation and the itch-scratch feedback loop respond in real time.
This simulation models the diagnosis and treatment logic behind atopic dermatitis (eczema): a 3D cross-section of skin shows the stratum corneum's "brick and mortar" structure, with corneocyte bricks that visibly crack apart as barrier integrity falls. Filaggrin function and ambient humidity set the underlying risk; transepidermal water loss (TEWL) is computed live from a Fick's-law-style diffusion model and rendered as rising water-vapor particles. Emollient and topical corticosteroid sliders show how the two mainstay treatments intervene at different points in the itch-scratch feedback loop, and a "Scratch now" trigger — or the automatic scratch response once itch crosses threshold — demonstrates how mechanical damage reinforces the cycle.
This simulation demonstrates the diagnosis and treatment of skin conditions. It likely allows users to explore different types of skin diseases and their associated symptoms.
2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install