Skin and How to Take Care of Your Skin

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Skin and How to Take Care of Your Skin

• By
• Emily

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What youll learn about

• How skin takes care of the body
• How to take care of the skin
• The results of not taking care of your skin

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Epidermis

• The epidermis keeps germs out while keeping body
  fluid in.

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Dermis

• Contains the sweat glands, oil glands, and hair
  follicles.

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Hair follicles and oil glands

• Hair grows from hair follicles
• The hair follicles are attached to the oil glands
• Oil travels up the hairs to keep the skin soft
  and smooth.

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Nerve cellsSignal your brain to painful stimuli

• Merkels Endings- responds to medium pressure
• Free nerve- react to painful stimuli
• Krauses Endings- cold and mechanoreceptors
• Pacinis Endings- react to heavy pressure
• Meissners Endings- respond to light pressure and
  small, fast vibration
• Ruffinis Endings- sense changes in temperature
  and pressure

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Temperature

• Warm-Skin brings blood closer to the surface of
  your skin (red face)
• Cold-Goosebumps form when blood vessels narrow to
  keep blood away from the surface of the skin

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Moisturizers

• Skin loses water throughout the day. You have to
  use moisturizers to keep your skin from getting
  dry. Drinking lots of water also helps keep your
  skin from getting dry.

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Soaps and Cleaners

• Dry Skin
• Always use a mild soap or cleanser, use soaps
  with a natural moisturizer. Never leave soaps or
  cleansers on your skin to drythis can dry out
  your skin.

• Oily Skin
• Dont use a harsh soap, these can irritate your
  skin. Use a mild soap instead.

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Guidelines for Skin Care

• Drink lots of water
• Balanced Diet
• Exercise
• Sun block
• Keep hands from face
• DONT squeeze pimples
• Avoid wearing greasy make-up (girls)

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Acne

• Acne occurs when the oil glands produce extra oil
  which gets plugged in pores. Infected pores that
  are plugged may become a pimple from bacteria.
  When the oil reaches the skins surface it turns
  black (blackhead).

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Sunburn

• Sunburn is caused by not using sunscreen or being
  in the sun for to long
• Avoid exposure from 10am to 2pm
• Wear a hat
• ALL water reflects and intensifies the suns rays

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Sunscreen

• SPF-Sun Protection Factor
• Use a sunscreen with a 15 SPF or higher.
• If you get a sunburn in 30 minutes a sunscreen
  with an SPF of 15 will protect you 15 times the
  protection. So it will protect you for 450
  minutes.
• You should apply sunscreen every 2-3 hours.

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Cellulitis and Cutaneous Anthrax

• Cellulitis
• An infection in skin when you get a cut and you
  dont clean/care for your cut.

• Cutaneous Anthrax
• When a person with a cut handles an infected
  animal.

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Reference

• Your Health textbook
• Skin
• www.kidshealth.org