The Living Skin

At first glance the skin seems pretty unremarkable, just a thin, flesh-toned covering for the body. But if you could speak inside, the sophisticated network within would astound you. Generally speaking, the skin is divided into two layers: the epidermis and the dermis.

Epidermis

Whenever you study your skin or run your hands over it, you're touching the top layer, known as the epidermis. This epidermis is partially responsible for the skin's color, texture and overall appearance. It also helps the skin stay moist by retaining water and acting as a barrier against the sun. Have you ever wondered how we're able to keep from getting water-logged in t he rain, or when we swim. You can thank the epidermis for being impermeable to water.

Topping the epidermis is the stratum corneum, and that is the layer we see when we're staring into a magnifying mirror. This coating is made up of flattened epidermis cells which lie on the surface of the skin in a basketweave pattern. These cells were once baby cells that, in a process happens over a fifteen to thirty-day period, but as we age the process slows down considerably.

Further below in the epidermis are the three other layers responsible for the overall health and beauty of the skin-the transitional layer, the suprabasal layers, and the basal layer.

Dermis

In the world of beauty, the dermis is a virtual treasure trove, especially since it is where our precious collagen and elastin fibers reside. In fact, almost 70 percent of the dermis consists of collagen, with the remainder consisting of elastin, blood vessels, sebaceous glands, hair follicles and immune system cells. This layer is also incredibly resilient and can absorb a great amount of pressure.

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