Some Fabulously Fun Facts About Our Skin!

Did you know:

That the skin is the largest organ in the human body?
Skin is waterproof?
There are approximately 25,000 “good” bacteria per square centimeter of skin?
Skin on the lips and eyelids is the thinnest and the thickest skin is on the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet?
You will shed approximately 13.5 kg of skin over your lifetime?
That the skin can sense up to 5 different types of stimulation: touch, heat, pressure, cold, and pain?
That the skin regulates body temperature?
The average person has approximately 2 sq. meters of skin covering their body, it weighs about 3.2 kg and comprised of about 300 million skin cells?
On average each sq. centimeter contains about 10 hairs, 1 sq meter of blood vessels, 100 sweat glands, and 15 sebaceous glands?

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