Changing Facts Of Human Skin

By Author: Jordan
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Human skin is a covering part of a body which does not only provide protection but also receives sensory stimuli from the outer environment, Human skin consists of three layers epidermis, dermis, and hypodermis layer. the epidermis is the outermost layer of skin which provide the primary protective structure, the dermis layer supports and provides strength to the epidermis , and the hypodermis layer provides fat and nutrients to the other two layers.

Skin is largest organ of human body average adults carry approx. 3.6 KG and 2 square meters of it. Human skins are the real protector of the human body it acts as waterproof, and guard the body against extreme temperature, damaging sunlight and dangerous chemicals.

The skin color of the human body is affected by many substances, but the most important substance is the pigment melanin. Melanin produced within the skin cell and it is the main cause of fair and dark skins. The more melanin means darker skin, as well as the less melanin, means fair skin. Areas all around the world that receives the high amount of UVR, tends to have majority darker skinned population. ...
... And the areas that have a lower intensity of UVR, tends to have fair skinned population. There is also some evidence that dark skin is less capable of maintaining vitamin D,

below I have shown the map in which you can see human skin color distribution all around the world.
Leather from animal skins is a vital component in mankind’s history, the most common leather is cow leather, but the rarest leather is made up of human skin, yes it is true, there are many companies making products that are made up of real human skins. The human leather is so much expensive (and illegal) as for the product price range is nearly about US$15000 for a single wallet, and US$30000 for a pair of shoes, human skin can produce the finest leather as it has a small grain size, in result, it is very smooth and soft material. but however, it is very disturbing fact, and also illegal.