Do you know any fun facts about skin?!


Question: Do you know any fun facts about skin.?
Please give me as many as you can :D:D:D:DHealth Question & Answer


Answers:
~It's the largest organ in the body
~It's responsible for converting the rays of the sun into vitamin D
~It's waterproof... I know that's obvious, but some people don't realize that
~Dust is dead skin cells
~It produces cannabis substances almost structurally identical to THC (the active ingredient in marijuana) to protect itself
~It is your first line of defense against pathogens (bacteria, fungi, viruses)
~It absorbs up to 65% of what you put onto it (consider that next time you draw all over yourself with a permanent marker)
~It's full of handy little glands that keep you from overheating
~ It's a freat indicator of someone's overall health
~It contains billions of tiny receptors that allow you to feel light touch, pain, and pressure.
Skin is great!!!Health Question & Answer

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For every 1 square inch of skin, there are over 6,000,000 cells.

If you brush your arm with your hand, thousands of dead skin cells come off and go into the air! Gross huh.?Health Question & Answer

its the largest organ in the body.....
90% of dust in your house is dead skin
its extremely elastic
it weighs 2 times as your brainHealth Question & Answer

Its also called tissue.

Its amazing how we can move our hands.


Because its just awesomeness.Health Question & Answer

It's aka the epidermis.
There's an old lame joke "your epidermis is showing"
haha Lame I know but I tried...Health Question & Answer

This is a very intresting question... you def. get a star for this!Health Question & Answer



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