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When you look at your reflection in the mirror usually the first thing you notice is the condition of your skin. You may have spent so long looking at your skin from a cosmetic point of view that you find it hard to think of the skin as a living organ. But the skin isn’t there just to cover you up and make you look good. It has many vital functions that protect you and keep you alive. It is also a pretty accurate indicator of your state of health. When you feel dreadful, your skin usually looks off color. Healthy-looking skin is a sign of good physical health – and good mental health, too. Once you study the skin in detail, you’ll begin to appreciate how complicated it is.

The skin is the body’s largest organ. Spread out, it would cover about two square metres. It is constantly renewing itself, producing fresh cells and shedding dead ones as, for example, your clothes brush against your skin or you dry yourself with a towel. It is said that people shed what amounts to the entire surface of their skin once a week – no wonder that 80 percent of household dust is made up of human skin! If dead cells are allowed to accumulate they give the skin a dull, scaly appearance. So this is just one reason why a regular skin care regime, including exfoliation (see page 123), is important.