Facts you didn't know about your skin
"You'd think that since we all live in our skin, we'd know everything there is to know about it."
You'd think that since we all live in our skin, we'd know everything there is to know about it. But the truth is that our skin is our bodies' greatest organ, and we're learning more about it every day.
Here are skin-related facts that may surprise you:
Your Skin Is Your Largest Organ
Most people think of internal organs like the heart, liver, and kidneys when they hear the word "organ," but your skin is an organ as well.
Your skin is the greatest organ in the human body! An organ is described as "any self-contained portion of the body that performs a specified vital function."
The major role of the skin is to shield your internal organs from external forces that could harm them.
You start aging at 20
The truth is that regardless of how you look at it — rapid time or real-time — everyone's face wrinkles and ages over time.
Wrinkle formation can be influenced by how well you cared for your skin as a child and, more crucially, how much sun exposure you avoided before the age of 20.
There are a variety of internal and external variables that impact the age at which our skin begins to show signs of aging, but fine lines and wrinkles can occur as early as our mid-20s and deepen with time.
The skin helps regulate temperature
Dermal blood veins supply nutrients to the skin and aid in body temperature regulation.
Heat expands (dilates) blood vessels, allowing large amounts of blood to circulate near the skin's surface, where the heat can be dissipated.
The cold narrows (constricts) the blood vessels, trapping the body's heat.
Your Skin Renews Itself Every 28 Days
Every 28 days, the skin regenerates. Your skin releases dead cells at a rate of roughly 30,000 to 40,000 cells every minute.
That's almost 9 pounds. Skin that has been severely damaged may attempt to mend itself by generating scar tissue, which differs from regular skin tissue in that it does not have hair or sweat glands.
Over Moisturizing Can Lead to Breakouts
If you moisturize too much, the excess moisturizer will just sit on your face.
With nowhere to go, this additional moisturizer will eventually clog your pores, resulting in acne, whiteheads, and blackheads.
While applying moisturizer sparingly won't harm you, using it excessively throughout the day will cause your sebum production to spike.
As a result, you can end up producing more sebum than you want.
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