H2O+ Skin Education
Skin education
Face the facts:
The skin is the largest organ of the body and is made up of 80% water. Weighing in at 7 to 9 pounds, the skin measures an average of 20 square feet. Within one square inch of skin there are 650 sweat glands; 65 hair follicles; 19 yards of capillaries; 78 yards of nerves and thousands of sensory nerves. All of this in a thickness equivalent to a few sheets of paper!
The skin serves a multitude of purposes. The most obvious of these functions is to protect the body systems and internal organs from injury, heat, invasive chemicals and light exposure. The skin also acts as a temperature regulator, enabling the body to adapt to different temperatures by controlling moisture loss.
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