The skin comprises 15% of the total adult body weight; its thickness ranges from <0.1mm at its thinnest part (eyelids) to 1.5mm at its thickest part (palms of the hands and soles of the feet) ...

The stratum corneum is the top layer of your epidermis (skin). It protects your body from the environment and is constructed in a brick-and-mortar fashion to keep out bacterial and toxins.

The slow absorption rate occurs because the subcutaneous tissue has far fewer blood vessels than muscle tissue does. ... Skin 1: The structure and functions of the skin. (2019).

Skin's middle layer, the dermis, which makes up 90% of skin's thickness, "is where all the fun stuff happens", says Mary Sommerlad, a London-based consultant dermatologist.It consists of ...

Skin diseases affect 20-33% of the population at any one time, and around 54% of the UK population will experience a skin condition in a given year. Nurses observe the skin of their patients daily and ...