7 interesting facts about the skin
- The skin represents 12% to 16% of a body’s total weight!
- An average of 40 kilos of skin is shed during a lifetime.
- Your skin protects your inside organs while keeping infections out and prevents you from getting sick.
- Your skin is the thinnest on the eyelid.
- There are at least five types of receptors in the skin that respond to pain and to touch.
- The skin is constantly renewing itself from the bottom up and takes 52 – 77 days to shed cells.
- Skin is your body’s largest organ.
