I don’t think about my skin that much, apart from on sunny Summer days when I coat myself with sunscreen or when I get the occasional blemish on my chin. More than just a fleshy covering for our muscles, skin is an organ and without it, we would evaporate. Here are five facts you should know about the skin you’re in.

1. Skin, not the liver, is the body’s largest organ. Altogether, the skin of an average adult weighs within eight and nine pounds. Skin additionally grows faster than any other organ. In fact, we are constantly shedding skin cells, to the tune of 50,000 cells every minute.
2. The skin of an average-sized adult covers 21-square feet and contains by 11 miles of blood vessels. Skin is only 2 millimeters thick. So we are all truly thin skinned. Speaking of thin skin, the eyelids are the thinnest skin of the
   body and the soles of your feet are the thickest.
3. On a hot and humid day, your skin can produce up to three gallons of sweat in a 24-hour period. But not all of your body sweats. The nail bed, margins of the lips, tip of the penis, and eardrums do not sweat.

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