The curious ways your skin shapes your health

  • Leader
    August 27, 2023 7:49 AM PDT
    The integumentary system is the largest system of your body; your skin. How you treat your skin can affect your long term health.

    The Curious Ways Your Skin Shapes Your health.

    https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230823-the-curious-ways-your-skin-shapes-your-health


    But this is just the beginning. As the largest organ in the body, the skin can have a profound impact. The chemicals released by diseased and dysfunctional skin soon enter the bloodstream, where they wash around, damaging other tissues. Amid the ensuing systemic inflammation, chemicals from the skin can reach and harm organs that seem entirely unrelated, including your heart and brain.