How to use Claude to build a browser skin model
A dermatologist used Claude Code to build SkinLab over five days, guiding its biology and anatomy. The browser model is for research and teaching, without patient-outcome validation.
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Help build an educational browser skin simulation using [specified biological model] and constants from [provided papers]. Use [rendering stack], iterate with my anatomy and biology feedback, and clearly document assumptions and the absence of patient-outcome validation.
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- The author reported a browser-running skin simulation with wound healing, scars and laser treatment, intended for research and teaching and not validated against patient outcomes.
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- The dermatologist supplied repeated domain feedback and explicitly disclosed the lack of patient-outcome validation.
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How the agent did it
- Built the browser-based skin model with Claude Code over five days.
- Guided anatomy and biology through repeated feedback and iteration.
- Delivered a static HTML model supporting wounds, scar formation and laser treatment.
A dermatologist built SkinLab, a browser-based biophysical skin model, with Claude Code over five days. The author guided anatomy and biology through many rounds of feedback and iteration. The result runs as a single static HTML file using WebGL and three.js, without a backend.
The model represents epidermis, dermis and fat with 1.2 million voxels at 0.25 mm resolution. Its mechanics include a spring lattice, a J-shaped collagen-fibre law and tension along skin lines. Healing is represented through coupled differential equations involving TGF-beta, myofibroblasts, collagen and contraction.
Users can cut or wound the model, observe scar formation and apply laser treatment to the scar. The author says its constants come from published papers and that it reproduces behaviors such as greater opening of incisions across tension lines and offloading preventing raised scars. These are the author's claims about the simulation, rather than reported patient-validation results. They explicitly state that it has not been validated against patient outcomes and is intended for research and teaching.
Who it's for: Researchers and educators exploring interactive skin-mechanics demonstrations.
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Was SkinLab validated against patient outcomes?
No. The author explicitly says it was not validated against patient outcomes and describes it as a research and teaching model.
What role did the dermatologist play during development?
The author guided anatomy and biology through many rounds of feedback and iteration during the five-day Claude Code build.
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Claude Code assisted development through many iterations guided by the author's anatomy and biology feedback.
Platform: Hacker News. Attribution: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49881201. Prompt: Suggested (written by Agents In Use, not the author's). Sourced by the Agents In Use pipeline.
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Claude Code · WebGL · three.js
Simulation · Dermatology · WebGL
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