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=No Snake Would Lose This Skin= Every day, we might wonder how it would be like in someone else's skin. But, do we even know what is in our own? Early on, “There are about 19 million skin cells in every inch of your body” (American Academy). Our skin performs the function of protecting our internal organs. Skin cells are designed for protection. Even in their death they are able to protect you! Lastly, the effects of a tattoo on the skin. Some people love their skin so much and decorate it with tattoos. There is so much more to skin. Don’t jump out of your own skin yet!

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=Skinning Our Specialization= Each part of our body has a function. Some of our functions are specialized. Especially skin. The function of our skin is to protect our internal organs from microscopic germs coming in. Click on this video to find more information about this topic : media type="youtube" key="r8AYLGJuyvw" width="269" height="134"Our skin is like an umbrella it protects us from getting wet. Just like skin, where it protects us from germs coming into our body. In addition, The skin also helps keep the body’s temperature normal. The skin makes sweat when a person become hot. The sweat helps cool the body. In fact, Sweat eliminates waste from our body. During the process of elimination, some sweat has broken down proteins which will be removed. Another function is, our skin can make vitamin D with sunlight, to strengthen our bones. Undoubtedly, This is very important for us to have healthy bones. This helps with the digestive system. It absorbs the calcium in our food. Ultimately, "Only a few minutes of sunlight can produce all the vitamin D you need in a day." (Padilla et al 31). The skin has a number of structures that help perform these functions.



=TaSKINg Our Skin= The body has many important structures, especially skin. One of the structures for skin is melanin. Melanin is: “A pigment that gives the skin its color” (et. al Padilla). This is the reason why people have light skin and dark skin. When you have darker skin you have more melanin. Which is why in summer, many of us become tan because when the sunlight is exposed to our skin it stimulates the melanin which can trigger more of it, making us darker. Melanin protects the skin from sunburns. In addition, our skin layers is like; soda. Soda has bubbles forming at the bottom, rising up, then, the bubbles evaporate. Like our skin. We reproduce new skin, the new skin goes to the next layer, and then make it to the top, and shed. This shedding help remove germs and bacteria.The epidermis is the most outer layer of skin. This is the layer that protects us and is dead. It provides a cushion that protects against scratches. The top 18 to 23 layers of your skin are made of dead cells. For example, when we get scratched on our epidermis we do not feel pain. But, if we were scratched in our cornea it would hurt (King). To learn more about the skin structure and fun statistic, [|press on this link.] However, tattoo’s are painful because the needles goes deeper into our skin. .

= = =Engraving Facts on the Tat's= Tattoo’s are cool. They make our skin look colorful. When you get a tattoo, obviously you get your image first. They replicate the image onto the body. After that, the tattoo artist takes the needle and press that and ink into the dermis which is a thick layer below the epidermis. That alerts the body to begin the inflammatory process. (Aguirre) However, then the body uses macrophages which invade the body. All of your red blood cells and other cells try stopping the tattoo. Soon ink deposits into the epidermis. As the damage from the needle heals, the epidermis sheds. Consequently, the top layers peels like a sunburn which blisters or crust. Like a typical profesional tattoo. Eventually the peeling layers goes away. Parts of the dermal die so the tattoo can stay in its place. If you want to learn more about how tattoos affect our body go to this video: media type="youtube" key="DMuBif1mJz0" width="272" height="141" Our body is hard woking. Our skin cells need care that is why are skin is protected after tattoo’s. Will you get a tattoo?



=Skin Is A Part of Us= When it rains we get wet. But, if we are prepared and have an umbrella, we will be protected from getting wet. This is just like how our skin protects us from germs. Our skin is also designed to perform the function of maintaining sweat and giving us Vitamin D. Our skin is equipped with structures like melanin that protects the skin from the sun. People get tattoos because they are cool. But, tattoos kill our skin cells which you should know when getting a tattoo. Skin is one of the most important parts of our bodies. Treat it correctly. Would you still want to jump in someone else's skin?

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