Why Skin Is Thicker in Certain Areas of Your Body

In this video, Justin from the Institute of Human Anatomy discusses the differences of skin thickness around the body, and how it can impact things such as aging and wound healing.

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We at the Institute of Human Anatomy are committed to teaching the science of the human body both accurately and compassionately. For this reason, we've listed the various published research used in creating this video.

References:

The aging face in darker racial ethnic groups:

Structure and function of ethnic skin and hair:

Skin from various ethnic origins and aging: an in vivo cross‐sectional multimodality imaging study

Measurement of Epidermis, Dermis, and Total Skin Thicknesses
from Six Different Body Regions with a new Ethical Histometric
Technique

Aging Differences in Ethnic Skin

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[Itsachapel]

Thank you to those who donate their bodies and their families so we can see these videos and get info out there!

[mysteriousguy]

Disappointed that they didn’t talk about the body creating thicker skin. Ex: callus’s, scared tissue.

[alextheasparagus]

The embalming really makes the skin look almost like leather

[charlotte]

Would be interesting to do a video on tattoo's in the skin

[janiceferguson]

Your gladness about teaching others is effective to the learner. I enjoy listening to you. Thanks, you're doing a great job.!

[cholulahotsauce]

Very surprising that the skin on the soles of the foot isn't the thickest.

[mhamieninz]

I'm a nurse by profession. I learned a lot from your videos and I also remembered my anatomy class back then...

[Luigi]

I also realize that the skin is thinner on the back of my hands. It makes perfect sense that wrinkles build up where the skin is moving a lot in frequency in some parts of the body. You mentioned eyelids, and I also notice around the edges of the lip and mouth in general wrinkles develop with age and time. The skin is also thinner on top of the feet. Good understanding with real examples. Thank you.

[rizqikhoirunnisa]

This video encourage me to love and learn anatomy more often! Its enjoyable

[amazingsupergirl]

I’m shocked how thick skin from the back is!

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[beyourself]

This was a fascinating video and as questions popped into my head you answered them.

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I adore your channel and as an esthetician, I find this particular video so fascinating! Thank you for sharing this education! 🤓

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As someone who’s into fitness I love learning how the body works! Thank you! Also can you explain a bit more how bodybuilders get to a such low body fat percentage??

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Love the dead bodies just chilling in the background 😅

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[simonejohnson]

You guys need to do a video on stitches and bruises. Especially on stitches. Sometimes I've had them all day and haven't been able to get rid of them, but it would be interesting to know the anatomy around it. And what layer of the skin a bruise forms