The largest organ in the human body, which of these ten amazing facts are new to you (and which help you appreciate why you should take good care of it)
- The average person’s skin covers an area of 2 square meters.
- Skin accounts for about 15% of our body weight.
- Our skin contains more than 11 miles of blood vessels.
- The average person has about 300 million skin cells.
- A single square inch of skin has about 19 million cells and up to 300 sweat glands.
- Skin is its thickest on your feet (1.4mm) and thinnest on your eyelids (0.2mm).
- The skin renews itself every 28 days.
- Our skin constantly sheds dead cells, about 30-40k cells every minute.
- Our skin has at least five different types of receptors that respond to pain and touch.
- Changes in your skin can sometimes signal changes in your overall health.
