• Question: What is our skins surface made up of?

    Asked by Poppie to Andy, Duane, Giovanna, Katie, Theresia on 17 Nov 2014.
    • Photo: Duane Mellor

      Duane Mellor answered on 17 Nov 2014:

      It is dead epithelial cells which are the surface of the skin, these are regularly removed and replaced by other cells

    • Photo: Andrew Philp

      Andrew Philp answered on 18 Nov 2014:

      skin cells, like all other cells continually die and renew in a cell cycle. the skins surface will reflect this as there will be combination of dead cells and newly formed cells. And of course hair…

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