ONLINE COURSE
The Skin's Dermis
Where the Fascia Story Begins for our Hands in Every Massage
Skin is the first thing we touch in every massage, even if our intentions and pressure run deeper. Easy to ignore, it's actually the largest organ in the human body and accounts for a full 15% of our body weight. And the dermis? This is where the fascia story begins for our hands. Dense with collagen and elastic fibers, rich with blood vessels, lymph, and nerve endings, and embryologically at home in the fascial system, the dermis is must-know anatomy for hands-on therapists.
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WHAT YOU'LL TAKE BACK TO THE TABLE
A guided journey through the Skin's Dermis
Skin is the first tissue contact in every session. How tissue moves, glides, resists, and rebounds under our hands is dermis behavior. Understanding that changes how you apply pressure, how you think about skin mobility, and how you interpret tissue response. Whether you work with fascia, lymph, or simply the art of therapeutic touch — it all starts in the dermis.
Dermis Up Close:
The dermis has a lot going on. We'll first map out its functions from thermoregulation to immune response to wound healing — so the tissue architecture makes sense.
Two Layers:
The dermis has two layers, papillary and reticular. They look different and have different jobs, but they're both dermis and together, help the skin keep the outside world and the inside of our body in conversation.
The Epidermal-Dermal Junction:
The wavy interface between dermis and epidermis is a fascinating functional design. It's loaded with sensory receptors, lymph and immune cells. (It's also why our fingerprints exist).
Strong & Stretchy:
The micro fibers of collagen and elastic work together to bring both strength and stretch to our skin. This is the tissue architecture working under our hands in every massage.
Scars & Tension:
The dermis is often our pathway to working with scar tissue. The collagen of the reticular dermis responds to tensionwhich means how you work around and through scars has a real anatomical basis in this layer.
Is Skin Fascia?
We'll explore the skin's dermis as an important part of the collagen-rich fascial system that connects to the superficial fascia below via skin ligaments.
"Wow! My first exploration with AnatomySCAPES…the skin is so much more incredible than I knew!" -Caitlin
Here's what you'll find in our DERMIS Online Course!
We'll explore the skin's forests of collagen and elastic fibers, its continuity with the fascial system and its lush vascular and lymph networks — with all the color and clarity that you've come to expect from AnatomySCAPES.
Our courses are always really visual, really relevant, and REAL anatomy education for hands-on professionals.
Your Dermis online course includes . . .
Anatomy📖ZINE
COURSE MANUAL: Our image-packed Anatomy📖ZINE will guide as you dig deeper in to explore the world of the dermis and its continuities with the larger Fascial System.
Anatomy☕️LOUNGE
COURSE WEBINAR: In this one hour webinar, Nicole and Rachelle pull it all together — the dermis from surface to deep. Watch anytime.
Anatomy🎨ART: SKIN: the Dermis
A beautiful, downloadable, and sharable Anatomy🎨ART Card, stylized from a real image from the dissection lab with detailed explanation on the back.
Anatomy🎬BRIEF
Your course is accompanied by a compilation of videoclips from AnatomySCAPES' own work in the dissection lab. This REAL anatomy takes your understanding deeper — all from the perspective of hands-on therapists.
