1. The skin is the largest organ in the body and weighs 12 – 15% of the total body weight.
2. There are 2 different types of skin.
o Glamorous skin which is non hairy (i.e. soles of feet and palms of hands)
o Hairy skin
3.The average human being has 21 sq ft of skin and about 300 million skin cells.
4.The skin is constantly renewing itself from the bottom up and takes 52 – 77 days to shed cells.
5.Humans shed about 600,000 particles of skin every hour – about 1.5 pounds a year. By 70 years of age, an average person will have lost 105 pounds of skin.
6.Each half square inch of skin has approx 10 hairs.
o 15 sebaceous glands
o 100 sweat glands
o 3.2 feet of tiny blood vessels
7.There are 45 miles of nerves in the skin of a human being.
8.Seventy percent of the dust in your home consists of shed human skin.
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