Your skin tells the whole world about the condition of your body’s health. Lack of proper sleep, lack of attention to a healthy diet, stress and ill health, all affect the skin and it becomes yellow, very pale, or grey looking and the texture changes, making it look as though you have more lines on your face.
Skin is the largest organ in the body and it is able to excrete one third of the waste products from our bodies. This takes the pressure off the kidneys. The average person is covered in six squares meters of skin, which weighs between three and five kilograms. It has many layers and is at its thickest on the back, soles of the feet and palms of the hands. Skin is thinnest on the eyelids.
This amazing covering gives protection from the environment, viruses and germs, controls body temperature and makes hormones and enzymes. Skin is elastic and it absorbs oxygen, expels carbon dioxide and rejects impurities and toxins.
The skin has its own oil called sebum, which stops it from drying out in wind and sun and locks in the skin’s natural moisture. Sweat produced by the sweat glands in the skin reduces the body temperature as it evaporates on the surface of the skin. Sweat also carries waste products from the body. When the skin is healthy and working effectively, there is less strain on the lungs, liver and kidneys to get rid of waste matter.
Condition of the skin often changes with the seasons, or even from day to day. Those so-called experts, who claim to classify skin as oily, dry, or combination, are only making a judgment based on that particular day. So if your beautician tells you that you need products for oily skin, you might find that by the next week you will need the ones for dry skin.
Sunlight is the most important thing for healthy skin. I’m not talking about getting a tan, or getting sunburn, but it is essential to have sunlight on the skin daily to stimulate the production of vitamin D. A ten minute walk in the sunshine in the morning, or evening is the ideal way to do this.
Human skin is an amazing organ and needs to be kept in good, supple condition if it is to perform its correct function. Many people see the skin basically as something that holds everything together for us, but it is much more than that. It is an intricate and sensitive organ that controls body temperature, protects us from invading viruses and germs, makes enzymes and hormones, takes in oxygen and gets rid of carbon dioxide. You cannot afford not to care for the vital organ that is your skin.
Bibliography:
http://www.mydr.com.au/skin-hair/skin-biology-and-structure
