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Normal Skin Care - Top Facts And Tips

POSTED BY admin on Feb 23, 2008 under Health and Fitness

Human skin is a complicated, vital and fascinating organ. The skin is the largest human, covering 1 to 2 square meters (10 to 20 square feet). It forms a important boundary separating the outside world from the inside of your body.

The skin is an extremely versatile organ: it is flexible yet waterproof; helps keep you warm and cool; and protects you from, foreign substances and invading organisms that can cause infections and from the environment. The skin efficiently helps regulate the body’s temperature (like a house thermostat). Since the temperature of the external environment is constantly changing, the skin must work constantly, in co-ordination with specialised areas of the brain, to keep the body’s temperature within a narrow set range. The skin is versatile and tough enough to protect you from the tough environment, helps control a complex immune regulation of the skin and body, yet still provides one of our most delicate functions—the sensation of touch.

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