Skin Accounts for 15% of our body weight The Average Person has about 300 MILLION skin cells Skin is thickest on your feet Changes in skin can be a sign of changes in overall health Skin is considered an organ Skin renews itself every 28-30 days About 1/2 of household dust is made up of dead skin cells You have over 11 miles of blood vessels just in your skin - more than twice the height of Mount Everest It takes up to 6 months for a baby to develop their permanent skin tone Skin has 3 layers - Epidermis (waterproof top layer), Dermis (hair follicles/glands/connective tissue), Hypodermis (mostly fat & connective tissue)
