What Are Skin Eating Parasites?
January 9, 2009 by GoodSkinHealth.com
Filed under Skin Problems
These infections must be candidates for one of the most distressing and embarrassing conditions that can befall humans.
Skin eating parasites can also be known as ‘flesh eating parasites.’
The worst of these parasites is contracted as a result of a bite by a sand fly, this parasite burrows into the skin where it lays its eggs and then remains to multiply and devastate the surrounding tissue. If untreated it can lead to loss of sight and eventually to an excruciating death. Read more
Human Skin Layers
June 14, 2008 by GoodSkinHealth.com
Filed under Body Skin
Human skin is amazing. More often than not, we don’t give it enough thought.
We take it for granted that it is there, but don’t really understand what it truly is.
Our skin is our largest organ and does quite a number of things for us. It is also one of the most abused parts of our bodies. Perhaps, if we understood what skin is and what it does for us, we might take better care of it.
The first thing to learn is what comprises our skin. There are three layers and each layer has its own special properties. These three layers are called
Human Skin And Its Associated Parts
May 4, 2008 by GoodSkinHealth.com
Filed under Body Skin
Human skin and its associated parts of hair, nails, sweat pores and glands, blood vessels, melanocytes and nerve endings, is the largest organ in the human body.
The skin of an average adult has a surface area of between 16 and 21 square feet (1.5-2.0 sq. metres) and is around one tenth of an inch thick (2-3mm).
Skin guards and protects the underlying muscles and organs from organisms or substances that cause disease, provides body temperature control and insulation and defends against damaging ultra violet radiation in sunlight.
