What happens when skin soaks
When our hands are soaked in water for a long time we will get some folds on our skin….
If we get wet for a long time or if we close our body parts by means of gloves, masks etc. we observe that particular part of our skin folded. There are few reasons for such behavior.
Skin is covered with thin layer of sebum which is a waxy coating present on the skin. It is generally used to keep our body moisture and is also protective in nature. If you spend a long time in water, the sebum layer on the skin washes away, epidermis start to soak up water.
As the outermost layer (epidermis) absorbs water, it grows in volume. But the layer of the skin present underneath the epidermis (dermis) doesn’t expand along with it. The epidermis is tightly attached with dermis.
So, even though outer layer is expanding, it forms folds because of stiff dermis and it wrinkles.
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