10 Fun and Weird Facts to Know About Your Skin

1. It is the largest organ in our body. It is 22 square ft or 2 square meters and 8 pounds or 3.6 kilograms. 
2. Skin ages just like our heart and lungs from the time we are born. 
3. Our skin is ten times thicker on the soles of the feet than around the eyes. That is why our skin around our eyes wrinkles so easily.
4. It’s not just our eyes, ears and nose that react to the world. Skin acts as a huge sensor packed with nerves. It helps the brain keep in touch with the outside world.
5. It takes roughly five weeks for newly created cells to work their way to the surface. Which is why exfoliation is a key part of your skin care routine.
6. Our skin is amazing at absorbing things. A study published in the American Journal of Public Health found the face is 64% more permeable than the rest of our body.
7. How do we get our skin color?  It is due to melanin, a pigment produced in the epidermis (outer layer of our skin) to protect us from the sun’s potentially cancer-causing ultraviolet (UV) rays. 
8. Dark-skinned people produce more numerous and deeper-colored melanin particles. Their ancestries are usually from tropical regions, particularly those with few densely forested areas.
9. Fair skin is an adaptation found in people from northern latitudes where solar rays are relatively weak. 
10. Although we all love the sun. If you live in a hot and sunny place, you have a higher risk of sun damage to your skin. In Australia, where the majority of the population is of northern European descent, have the world’s highest rates of skin cancer. It accounts for more than 80 percent of all cancers diagnosed there each year.

To read more interesting facts about your skin, check out:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/health-and-human-body/human-body/skin/#close