​Skin Is a Gift from Hashem

From Gifts From Hashem by Rabbi Moshe

• Every square inch of skin contains approximately: 
  • 4 million cells
  • 5 yards of nerves
  • 4 feet of blood vessels
  • 120 sweat glands
  • 20 oil glands
  • 30 nerve

The skin manufactures vitamin D in the presence of sunlight. 

• It assists in regulating the body’s blood pressure by reacting to the heat and environmental conditions. 
• The skin serves to waterproof the body. It keeps water out of the body when one is immersed in a tub or a pool, and it keeps water in so that a person will not dehydrate. 
• It contains a complex nervous system. All throughout the skin there are nerve endings which perceive pain, heat, and cold, and also provide the sense of touch. 

Thank Hashem for your skin!