Do you know –
- The skin is the largest, heaviest & most visible part of the body?
- The skin weighs 4 kilograms & covers an area of approximately 2 sq.m?
- The skin sheds off dead cells every 28 days?
- Your skin ages by 8 days whenever you sleep with make-up on?
What happened to my skin? How did it happen? How can I get my soft and young skin back? What should I use? Which products are safe?
The skin consists of three layers - Epidermis, Dermis & Subcutaneous tissue.
a) Epidermis : Outer most layer, which is visible to the eyes. Acts a the protective barrier. Thin layer, thickness varies around the body. Cells continuously shed & new cells are generated
* The dead cells wear away @ of 10 billion cells every 24 hours.
* By the time we reach puberty, most of us have already damaged the baby soft skin, we were born with.
* As one ages, the tendency for this layer is to thicken as natural skin shedding process slows down, leaving one’s skin rather tired and lifeless.
Melanin (produced by Melanocytes - color to the skin)
More the melanin darker the skin
Less the melanin whiter the skin
b) Dermis : Inner layer of the skin. Contains the blood vessels, the hair follicles, sebaceous glands and sweat glands; elastin & collagen fibers. Here, layers of cells are produced and on maturity moves to the surface of the skin. It is the dermis which absorbs the moisturizers and gives the impression of plumped up skin.
Collagen Fibers: Protein fiber; pre-tensioner of skin. Keeps fabric of skin in shape. When fibers break, wrinkles, lines around eyes & mouth appear
Elastin Fibers: Protein fiber; present in Collagen. With time they become less responsive, because of stretching, sunshine, slower blood supply.
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