피부에 관해 당신이 켤코 몰랐을 12가지 사실
12 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Your Skin
The Huffington Post | By Chace Beech
우리의 피부는 경탄할 만큼 다양한 기능을 한다. 궁극적으로 더위와 추위로 부터 신체기관을 보호한다.
당신의 피부에 관해 얼마나 알고 있는가? 태양의 자외선으로부터 당신을 보호하는것은 물론 여러 기능을 살펴보자.
The skin you're in is amazing. It's the ultimate multitasker, simultaneously protecting your organs, shedding cells and keeping you cool or warm. But how much do you really know about your skin, aside from the fact that you should protect it from the sun's UV rays? We rounded up some fascinating facts about your body's largest organ:
1.피부는 엄청 큰 조직이다 You have A LOT of skin.
표면적이 22평방피트로 인체에서 가장 큰 기관이다.
Your skin is your body's largest organ, with a surface area of approximately 22 square feet. (The second-largest organ in the body is the liver.)
2.인체의 부위에 따라 피부두께가 다르다
Not all the skin on your body is of the same thickness.
The eyelids, for instance, have the thinnest skin -- at 0.05 millimeters -- while the palms and soles of the feet have the thickest skin, at 1.5 millimeters.
3.피부는 무겁다 Your skin is heavy.
피부 만의 무게가 체중의 16%나 된다.
About 16 percent of your overall body weight is from your skin alone.
4.피부는 여러층을 이루고 있다. Your skin isn't made up of just one layer.
There are three layers of the skin: The epidermis, the dermis and the subcutis. The subcutis is the innermost layer and is made up of fat and collagen cells. The dermis is the middle layer and is responsible for 90 percent of skin's thickness. The epidermis is the outermost layer and serves as a protective barrier between the body and the environment.
5.매분 피부세포는 허물을 벗는다.
You shed a shocking amount of skin cells every minute.
1분에 30000~40000 피부세포가 소멸하고 생성된다.
You lose 30,000 to 40,000 skin cells a minute!
6.피부는 자동온도조절 기능을 가지고 있다. Your skin helps your body maintain temperature control.
지나치게 더우면 피부혈관이 팽창하여 넓어진 피부를 통해 열을 발산한다. 차가우면 혈관이 수축하여 표면적을 좁힌다.
When you are over-heated blood vessels widen so that heat can be released easily through the skin. When your body is cold, the blood vessels in the skin constrict.
7.피부색깔은 유전적이다. Your skin was a different color when you were born.
Healthy newborn baby skin is actually a deep red or purplish color and hands and feet are a blueish hue.
8.여드름은 가장 일반적인 피부트러블이다 Acne is the most common skin condition in the U.S., affecting 40 to 50 million Americans.
미국인 4천만~5천만명이 여드름에 감염되어 있다.
사람의 85%이상은 평생 한번이상 여드름이 난다.
More than 85 percent of people will experience it at least once in their lives.
9.심지어 갓난얘기도 여드름이 난다 And acne even affects babies (well, kind of).
갓난아기가 여드름이 나는건 엄마(모태)의 호르몬으로 인해 생기는 여드름이 아이의 핏속에 남아 있어 그러하다.
The acne is not a result of raging baby hormones. Instead, this acne is caused by the mother’s hormones that are still in the baby's blood.
10.진피층 피부의 2번째 층 진피층에 상처를 입으면 흉터가 남는다 Scars are caused by damage to the second layer of skin, the dermis.
Scar collagen is different from collagen in normal skin. As such, even when skin cells die and are replaced, scar collagen is not shed. Scar tissue does not grow hair.
11.수면이 피부에 영향을 미친다 The way you sleep can affect your skin.
Sleeping with your face buried in your pillow can lead to wrinkles.
12.갓난아기 피부는vernix 라는 태아기름막층으로 싸여 있다.
Babies' skin is covered with a waxy substance called vernix.
자궁속에서 태아는 태아기름막층으로 싸여 있는데 태어나서 첫번째 목욕시킬때 벗겨나간다.
Vernix is a film that protects the fetus's skin in the womb. It usually washes off with the baby's first bath.