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MIND-BLOWING FACTS ABOUT YOUR SKIN

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Here at the Aesthetic Skin Clinic, we’re experts on looking after your skin.

But how much do you know about your skin?

We thought we’d uncover some pretty awesome facts…

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Your skin is the single largest organ of your whole body.

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The average skin spans

22ft

Weighs 8lbs

Makes up 15% of your body weight

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Take a single square inch of skin and you’ll find…

•19 million cells

•19ft of blood vessels

•625 sweat glands

•19,000 sensory cells

•90 oil glands

•…And 60 hairs

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1.6 trillion

That’s the number of skin cells we have, on average

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Every 28 days, the skin renews itself

So say bye-bye to 30,000-40,000 of those cells every minute.

And farewell to 600,000 particles of skin every hour.

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When you blush, your stomach blushes too!

No, really – the blood vessels in your cheeks and stomach are the same.

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The skin’s a busy ol’ organ. It

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de:

• PROTECTION

• SENSATION

• THERMOREGULATION

• STORAGE AND SYNTHESIS

• CONTROL OF EVAPORATION

• ABSORPTION

•WATER RESISTANCE

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The Skin Specialists