Yes that’s right! Believe it or not, the skin is your body’s largest organ! And you should use the best natural skin care products to ensure it stays healthy. The skin is your body’s “cover”; it’s just as living as any other part of the body which is the reason why you can use it to sense changes in your environment, e.g. temperature or humidity. While your skin is 0.10 inches thick, it also has a surface area of roughly 16.1 – 21.5 square feet. Surprising isn’t it…read on and be even more surprised…
Because the skin is one of the few organs which are exposed to the environment, it performs a variety of functions for you to face external and internal damage-causing factors ranging from germs to ultraviolet radiation (UV) in sunlight.
Protection: The skin serves as a barrier from germs and therefore damage to your body’s defense mechanism.
Sensation: You certainly wouldn’t know the difference between your baby’s skin texture and a doll’s plastic texture, if it weren’t for your skin! You skin helps you to react to temperature, touch, pressure, vibration and even injuries or pain.
Heat regulation: Just beneath that skin of yours, there’s plenty of blood flowing to and fro. This helps your skin to control energy loss by means of radiation, convection or conduction. According to outside temperatures, the blood vessels under your skin will dilate and increase the rate at which heat escapes out of your body, or constrict the vessels and restrict the heat loss.
Control of evaporation: The skin acts as a barrier to prevent water loss and loss of essential nutrients!
Aesthetics and communication: This is the one we all know most about; a person with clear and fresh skin would be judged as an attractive and maybe even confident personality. People around you look at your skin to assess your mood or even your physical appeal!
Absorbing ability: The skin allows absorption of medicines such as ointments or adhesive patches…much less harmful compared to capsules or tablets!
That’s a lot of functions for one organ isn’t it? So learn to feel good about your skin and have a more caring attitude towards it. After all when it’s doing so much for you, the least you can do is to look after it! This will help you keep a variety of problems such as bad odors or even infections at bay. Try to keep your skin fresh and clean to ensure that it’s able to function properly and is prone to less damage.
Also remember to be as “natural” as possible with it; your skin would look and feel better if you maintained it with natural cosmetics or skin care products. All said and done, the most important thing is for you to…love every inch of your skin!
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