How much skin do we each have?

Our skin is amazing stuff. It stops bacteria entering our bodies. It keeps in the water that makes up sixty per cent of our total content. Skin shields us from the sun’s harmful rays and changes itself to provide extra protection when it is needed. That is why we go brown after sunbathing. Our skin helps control our body temperature. It contains our sense of touch. The outer layer is constantly renewing itself. It can repair itself when wounds happen. One-tenth of our blood circulates through our skin. It is also very crowded. On average, each square centimetre of skin has hundreds of nerve endings, not to mention the blood vessels, hair follicles and sweat glands that are packed in too.

With all this work to do, it is not surprising that our skin accounts for about sixteen per cent of our total weight. The average man is covered by about 1.85 square metres of skin and the average woman by 1.57 square metres.

 

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