1.
Your skin is the layer of protection between the
external world and your internal parts. It keeps organs safe, protected and
tucked inside your body. When someone throws a ball and you don’t catch it, but
hits your arm instead, your skin becomes discolored and bruises. If your skin wouldn’t
be there, your muscles, bones and organs would absorb that shock and force, and
cause a lot more damage and pain.
2.
Your skin is an amazing barrier that guards
against germs. Sometimes, that tickle or itch is a message from your skin—brush
this thing off of me before it enters your body! In the case of a cut, bruise,
scrape or puncture, your skin, immediately upon recognizing harmful bacteria,
sends its army to fight for your well-being. This army is equipped with
histamines, which triggers swelling, white blood cells, then proteins enter the
area. This allows phagocytes to enter, eat and destroy the dangerous intruders.
Your skin and immune system almost always wins.
3.
Skin is the reason we stay warm. Yes, in hot
summer months you may want to ‘rip your skin off’ in attempt to keep cool, but
in the harsh, cold winter months, your skin helps contain warmth.
4. The sun’s rays are hot—and the skin intercepts
and absorbs them. Without skin, our insides would probably fry and melt. In
addition, the skin converts UV rays into vitamin D, which helps the body absorb
calcium. This beautiful cycle is possible because of—you guess it—skin!
5. Skin controls sweat production and secretion.
Without skin, you could not detoxify and toxins would literally be stuck inside
your body.
6. Sebum (oil) production and secretion happens in
the skin. Oils produced in the skin give the body a waterproof quality. After
staying in a bath or pool for a long time, the skin wrinkles and looks like a
raisin. This is because the sebum is washed away and the skin absorbs water; without
the oils produced in the skin, your body would be like a sponge and absorb
every drop of water that comes into contact with it.
7. Your skin holds you in place and keeps your
physical structure together. What would you look like, and what would your structure
be without it?
8. Receptors live in the skin, at the end of
nerves. These receptors detect a temperature/a texture/an object in the skin’s
external environment and send impulses to the brain. Without skin, this system
would not be in place, and you would not be able to feel as you do.
9. Skin is self-sustaining. In other words, it
keeps itself alive because the lower levels constantly regenerate and push
upward and outward before dying and flaking off the surface of the body. Skin
survives on its own, but we can help it maintain itself at a better and higher
level through use of creams and products.
10. Hair helps to keep us warm, and hair follicles
originate in the layers of the skin. In addition, skin and hair are both made
of Keratin, a protein structure. The difference is that skin is made of Soft Keratin,
and hair of Hard Keratin. In other words, hair is made of modified skin cells.
11. Nails are also made of Hard Keratin, the same
modified skin cells that make up hair. In addition, the only living part of
nails is housed within the layers of the skin. Without skin, we would not have
nails to protect the sensitive tips of our fingers and toes.
12. Ultimately, skin shows our beauty. It is the
reflection of our insides, the mirror that shows the world how well we take
care of ourselves.
For you to be able to give thanks and show thanks to your
skin, we would like to give thanks and show thanks to you! As a Thanksgiving
and Black Friday special, ObeyYourBody® would like to extend an exclusive discount
of 33% off your total purchase. Use Coupon Code FRIDAY33 at checkout. This should make it easier
for you to thank your skin with these three easy steps—Cleanse, Exfoliate,
Moisturize!
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