Showing posts with label skin. Show all posts
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Thursday, 14 August 2025

Skin

It is commonly believed that humans shed about 0.5 grams of dead skin every day. There are 365 days in a year so that means we shed 182.5 grams every year. Nearly 2 kilograms. It is possible for someone to shed their own weight in dead skin over a period of 35 years depending on how heavy they are. 
~image generated by artificial intelligence (chatGPT)

182.5 ÷ 12 is about 15.2 grams every month.  Detatched dead skin usually exists as grey dust.

Dust isn't nice but don't let it get get under your skin. 

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