Skin


  • Your skin is your largest organ. Like your heart, or your liver. Meaning, it is specialized set of tissues that works together to perform necessary biological functions.
  • Your skin:
    • keeps water inside your body, 
    • regulates your temperature, protects your internal organs from the outside world, 
    • turns sunlight into vitamin D (a nutrient you need to stay alive), 
    • flushes toxins out of your body.
  • You are made up of almost ten pounds, or twenty square feet, of skin.
  • Your skin is a part of a group of organs known as the integumentary system, which also includes your hair, nails, and sweat glands.
  • Most of us think that our skin operates completely independently from other systems in the body, such as the digestive system, endocrine system, nervous system, and so on.
  • We treat the skin as if it’s just a shield protecting our insides from the outside world – a shield we want to keep looking beautiful, glowing, and smooth, but a shield all the same.
  • The truth is, your skin belongs to the incredible, interconnected whole that is your body.
  • Its health is as much a part of your general well-being as the health of your other organs.