About Your Skin

What you should know about your body’s biggest organ

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Nautilus
Nov 1 · 13 min read
A silhouette of a person’s head made of abstract brushstrokes of yellow, orange, and red paint against a brick wall.
A silhouette of a person’s head made of abstract brushstrokes of yellow, orange, and red paint against a brick wall.
Illustration: Jasu Hu

By Steve Paulson

Originally published at Nautilus on July 2, 2015.

Skin may seem like a superficial human attribute, but it’s the first thing we notice about anyone we meet. Nina Jablonski came to this realization many years ago when she was teaching a human anatomy class to young medical students…

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