Exactly sure that you know enough about your skin? Exactly? Okay, let's check together.
1. The skin is the largest human body. Its sizes at the middle adult - 2kv meter, and it weighs in the region of 5 kg
2. There is a lot of leather inside the skin
3. Medical term for seating and peeling skin - "Deskvamation"
4. The person average has 3 million swelling glands (by anatomical observations they look like small worms)
5. But only some of them allocate a secret that contributes to the growth of the number of bacteria causing an unpleasant smell. They are called apocryne glands and are located in the area of the armpits and in groin.
6. Acne and black dots on the skin are formed when the pores are blocked by skin fat, mud and particles of dead skin.
(Black dots are formed on the surface, because the melanin contained in the skin fat is reacting with oxygen)
7. The thickness of the cover varies greatly, from 0.05 mm on the eyelids to 1.5 mm in the footsteps
8. We constantly "reset" the skin. The process of "auto transactions" of the skin cells is continuous
9. Tan is a protective skin reaction to a sunburn
10. It is possible that microscopic ticks live on your skin. Demodex Folliculorum and Demodex Brevis prefer hair follicles and sebaceous glands, but completely harmless
11. At night, these ticks will probably crawl on the surface of the skin, they are engaged in love there, eggs are laying off, other garbage, dying and decompose. And all this without your knowledge!
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