10 facts about skin, you never know about
Did you know?
- The scientific name of skin is Cutaneous Membrane.
- Skin is actually an organ. In fact, it is the largest organ in human body.
- The skin renews itself at a regular interval of time.
- Skin sheds 30,000 to 40,000 dead cells per minute.
- An average human sheds 9 pounds of dead skin cells in one year!
- Dead skin cells from humans makes up 1 billion tons of total dust found in Earth’s atmosphere.
- 15% of the total body weight comes from the skin.
- Of the total dust found in home, half is actually made of dead skin cells.
- In hot weather conditions, sweat glands in skin can produce up to 3 gallons of sweat in a day.
- Skin is thickest on feet (1.4mm) and thinnest on eyelids (0.2mm)
