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    Is it true that your skin falls off and you get a new layer of skin every seven months?

    Question #31760. Asked by LOTRluver. (Apr 16 03 11:01 PM)


    greencavalier

    		Skin cells only last 4 weeks. That's how cuts heal.

    http://www.emu-oil.com/psoriasis.htm

    Skin cells are programmed to follow two possible programs:
    normal growth or wound healing. In a normal growth pattern, skin cells are created in the basal cell layer, and then move up through the epidermis to the stratum corneum, the outermost layer of the skin. Dead cells are shed from the skin at about the same rate as new cells are produced, maintaining a balance. This normal process takes about 28 days from cell birth to death.

    Apr 17 03, 5:10 PM

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