Did you know that your skin is an organ? Yep - just like your heart, lungs or kidneys are organs. The skin is actually the largest organ of the body and the only one that you can actually see and touch...and feel! Your skin is the only organ that has to deal with the stresses of the outside world directly. Your skin has two main layers - the dermis on the inside and the epidermis on the outside. All your nerves and blood vessels and sweat glands can be found in the dermis. The epidermis is actually made of two layers itself . The inner layer of the epidermis contains living cells and the outer layer of the epidermis, the layer we can see, is made of dead skin cells that are constantly flaking off and being replaced. The bottom most layer of the epidermis - the layer that is in direct contact with the dermis - is called the basal layer. If you have ever had a BCC or basal cell skin cancer, this is where it starts. The outer most layer of the epidermis is called the stratum corneum. This is the layer that we actually see as "our skin". There are two other layers between they basal layer and the stratum corneum - the spinous layer and the granular layer.
Ok, I'll give you some time to digest that info and we'll carry on another day!
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