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=Introduction=

Skin is a barrier between you and the world.Skin protects you from bacteria and germs.Skin is important to your body so it is important that you protect it from the dangers of things that can harm it.Skin is more important then you think.Skin has many layers and is 15% of your body weight.We shed about 1.5 pounds of skin each year(“Skin fun facts”).Skin has functions and structures and there is more to protecting your skin than you think.

toc =Function of Skin Cells=

The function skin is like a door,it protects us in many different ways and keeps our body parts Inside of us (“Skin”) Skin protects our body from bacteria,germs,injuries,and illnesses.(“Skin”)We have millions of skin cells on our body,many of our skin cells falls off of our body everyday and we don’t even notice because how small skin cells are. If we didn't have skin we wouldn’t be able to protect ourselves from bacteria,germs,injuries and illnesses.Another part of skin and skin cells are melanin.Melanin are cells that makes the color of our skin.Melanin can benefit the color of our skin,if you have more melanin your skin is darker, if you have less melanin your skin is lighter.Protecting is the only part of skin cells.there is layers of skin too.

=Structures of Skin Cells= While the function of skin cells are like a door the structures of skin cells are like a lock.Skin cells have many layers.Theses layers give the skin flexabily and straghth.Sweat glands,oil glands,hair focililes,and blood vecils are all in these layers of skin (“Skin”).The eperdermis,the dermis,and the subcutaneous are the three main layers of the skin.You may think this is all to know about skin and skin cells but there is the real world conections to go over too.



=Sunburns= Sunscreen you usually wear it on a hot day so you don’t get sunburn.Sunscreen is a lotion to protect you from the UV rays from the sun.Sunscreen prevents skin cancer,but sunscreen can also prevent tanning which is healthy for you,however you need to still put on sunscreen to prevent you to be exposed to UV rays.How do you think about wearing sunscreen?Would you wear sunscreen or get a sunburn?

= Tattoos =

Some people choose to have a permanent color on their skin such as a tattoo.Tattoos are permanent because the needle with the ink goes into the second layer of skin,the dermis,damaging the skin(“Tattoos”).A problem is if the tattoos artist messes up with the tattoo,then you have to keep the tattoo a solution to the problem is that you can get it removed.Tattoos can be removed but it hurts, and causes scars.Tattoos are meant to be permanent, so removing them is hard.If you want to remove tattoo you need to have surgery.Many people use laser surgery to remove tattoos (“Tattoos”).



=Conclusion=

In conclusion skin is very important because we couldn’t be able to fight off germs,bacteria,injuries,and illnesses without skin protecting us.There is a lot more to skin than you think.Skin is very strong and felxable,eventhough skin is flexable we still need to protect skin from the sun and sunburns.Skin is very important for us and we need to take care of our skin like how skin protects us.

=References= https://youtu.be/DMuBif1mJz0 [|__Discovery Education Cell Folder__] [|__Teen Health and Wellness__] [|__PowerKnowledge Life Science:Skin__] [|__world Book Student: Skin (1070L)__] [|__Grolier: Encyclopedia Americana: Skin__] __ [|BrainPOP: Skin] __ __ [] __

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