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Skin Factor, Skin

The skin factor (s) is a dimensionless number representing the degree of formation ā€œdamageā€, or ā€œimprovementā€, each of which can be the result of a number of different causes. Formation damage is assigned a positive number; formation improvement is assigned a negative number.