Dr. Hla Pe - Your Body is Interesting (2)

What is skin?

The outer covering of the body serves other purposes than just beauty. The skin is the most revealing organ of a person’s general condition. The most obvious signs are sagging skin, excess fat, and lack of fat. A trained physician can detect signs of aging in the skin and hair follicles. The skin provides warning signs. The skin’s immune system reflects nutritional deficiencies or malfunctions in the glands. Redness of the skin indicates inflammation. A raised or bumpy skin is a common sign of infection. Rough and wrinkled skin is a sign of aging.

The skin is not only a mirror of health. It also improves the health of the body. The skin can be considered as an important organ, like the heart, liver or lungs. The skin has special responsibilities. The skin covers the body and prevents the loss of 60% of the water in the body. The skin regulates the body's temperature by maintaining the normal response of the nerve endings (Lik in), which receive sensory stimuli. It protects the body from external damage and disease-causing substances, and protects the body from entering.

The skin has two important properties that ensure that it does not fail in performing these important functions. The first is that the skin has the ability to regenerate itself. When the skin is injured or damaged by trauma, it responds by immediately growing new skin cells. The skin heals itself as it heals. Even if the skin is damaged, it can still grow back to its original shape. The second is that the epidermis is very sensitive to emergencies. The skin responds well to deep burns, where all layers of the skin are destroyed. It can also accept thin skin from other parts of the body. When a piece of skin the size of a pea is transplanted into a burned area, the skin grows back to the new area, covering the entire burned area. New skin also grows in areas where skin has been removed from the body.

The epidermis is only 16.3 times the thickness of a human skin. Although the skin is thin, it is surprisingly organized into layers. The outer layer of the skin is made up of two to four layers, depending on the specific area of ​​the body. The dermis, the inner layer of the skin, has two layers. One of the main functions of the outer layer is to protect the body from external influences and to protect it from external influences.