Articles of category "About skin"

The interesting fact is that, it has been proved that skin is the biggest organ which has the total surface of 1.8-2 m. If it were possible to weight this human body part we would discover that it is more than 11kg. And it is rather naive to guess that the largest human organ gives to its owner only the shape and appearance. It is clear that skin serves some very important functions.

The human?s skin consists of three main layers that (epidermis, dermis and subcutaneous tissue) that only their combination and proper running provide skin?s numerous functions such as: temperature and infection control, injury protection and many others. Skin is the biggest organ. In the case of its significant damage it is impossible to rescue the life.