The skin of every human being is different and deserves a special care. It is essential to find a product that suits your type of skin and supports its natural and healthy condition.
Facts about the skin
The skin is the body’s largest organ. It covers the entire body. It serves as a protective shield against heat, light, injury, and infection.
The skin also:
- Regulates body temperature
- Stores water and fat
- Is a sensory organ
- Prevents water loss
- Prevents entry of bacteria
- Acts as a barrier between the organism and its environment
- Helps to make vitamin D when exposed to the sun
Your skin takes on different thickness, color, and texture all over your body. For example, your head contains more hair follicles than anywhere else. But the soles of your feet have none. In addition, the soles of your feet and the palms of your hands are much thicker than skin on other areas of your body.
The skin is made up of 3 layers. Each layer has certain functions:
- The epidermis, the outermost layer of skin, provides a waterproof barrier and creates our skin tone.
- The dermis, beneath the epidermis, contains tough connective tissue, hair follicles, and sweat glands.
- The deeper subcutaneous tissue (hypodermis) is made of fat and connective tissue.
The skin is also a light-sensing organ. We sense light not just through our eyes, but through our skin as well. This was discovered scientifically in 2015. So whether you sleep in a dark room, or with the lights on, makes a difference. The skin also has pain receptors, pressure receptors, temperature receptors, touch receptors; dynamic stretch receptors and hair follicle receptors; as well as more recently discovered sounds wave receptors (you hear through your skin), olfactory receptors (smell), and bitter taste receptors (taste). The implications of this are very exciting.
These findings open up many pathways for therapeutic support.
So, appreciate your skin for the marvel it is!
Dermo-Cosmetic Products & The Skin
Very often the products commonly available on the market are unsuitable. If you have sensible or atopic skin it is even more difficult.
At BIOMAC, our aim is to offer you the best hypoallergenic skincare products we can manufacture and our goal is simple: offer the ideal product for your skin.