Every professional in the tanning business knows a thing or two about skin. Check your knowledge with these fascinating facts.
- Skin accounts for around 15% of your body weight.
- Every minute, your skin sheds over 30,000 dead cells.
- Skin is the human body’s largest organ.
- The average adult has roughly 2 square meters of skin - when stretched out it is about the size of a blanket.
- The thickest skin is found on your feet.
- 1 in 110,000 people have albinism, a lack of melanocytes.
- The thinnest skin is found on your eyelids.
- Over 50% of the dust in your home is actually dead skin.
- Skin color is the result of a protein called melanin.
- The skin contains 45 miles of nerves.
- Collagen determines how smooth the skin is.
- Every 28 days your skin renews itself.
For helpful tips on skincare, contact your FS sales consultant 1-800-325-2769.
