Is Your Hair Stronger Than Steel?: Questions About Hair, Skin, and Teeth

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SKIN THICKEST Thinnest skin How thick is your skin It differs in thickness around your body The thickest skin is on the soles of your feet and is around 0 16 inch 4 mm thick Your eyelids are made of some of your thinnest skin only 0 02 inch 0 5 mm thick Your skin does lots of different jobs from protecting and insulating your body to giving you the sense of touch Is skin really an organ Yes the largest of the body’s organs Laid flat a 13-year-old’s skin would cover around 18 square feet 1 7 sq m about the size of a twin bed 6