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Posted by Snoozin on September 7, 2005, at 21:41:59
OK, so I'm in Chicago for a business conference, and I'm kind of lonely and don't know what to do. So, since I'm holed up in a swanky hotel, I decided to take a super-long, super-hot shower in the posh spa-like shower.
I was in there so long, my fingertips wrinkled all up! I remember this from when I was a kid, but
WHAT CAUSES IT????????
I won't be able to sleep tonight until someone tells me. :-)
Thanks!
Posted by sleepygirl on September 7, 2005, at 21:53:22
In reply to Super-Critical Science Question about Fingers!, posted by Snoozin on September 7, 2005, at 21:41:59
God help me, I did an internet search and found an answer from this guy:
Dr. Norman Goldstein, a professor of dermatology at the University of Hawai'i John A. Burns School of Medicine.
Goldstein has no trouble fielding this question. He calls the phenomenon "super-hydration." Our skin cells absorb a little bit of water when we soak too long in the tub, he says. And because the skin on our palms and the bottoms of our fingers and feet are thicker than other parts of our skin, they swell more than the rest of us. Because this swelling layer of skin is connected underneath to tissue that does not swell, the skin buckles. Hence, wrinkled fingers and toes.
Posted by Gabbix2 on September 7, 2005, at 21:53:33
In reply to Super-Critical Science Question about Fingers!, posted by Snoozin on September 7, 2005, at 21:41:59
> OK, so I'm in Chicago for a business conference, and I'm kind of lonely and don't know what to do. So, since I'm holed up in a swanky hotel, I decided to take a super-long, super-hot shower in the posh spa-like shower.
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> I was in there so long, my fingertips wrinkled all up! I remember this from when I was a kid, but
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> WHAT CAUSES IT????????
>
> I won't be able to sleep tonight until someone tells me. :-)
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> Thanks!Okay, the top layer of skin on the body is covered with scales called the stratum corneum. On the soles of the feet and the palms though, it's 40% thicker than on the rest of the body. This area is easily dehydrated (think of your heels) and so it absorbs water really easily.
It's most noticeable on the fingers and toes because they are smaller, but it does happen on the heels too.Have a good sleep love,
Posted by Gabbix2 on September 7, 2005, at 21:54:30
In reply to Re: Super-Critical Science Question about Fingers! » Snoozin, posted by sleepygirl on September 7, 2005, at 21:53:22
We cross posted.
Posted by Snoozin on September 7, 2005, at 21:58:11
In reply to Super-Critical Science Question about Fingers!, posted by Snoozin on September 7, 2005, at 21:41:59
Hahahahah! I *knew* I could rely on this place to find an answer to this question!!!!!
:-)
Thanks to you both!!!!!!
Posted by sleepygirl on September 7, 2005, at 22:42:21
In reply to Sorry sleepy girl, posted by Gabbix2 on September 7, 2005, at 21:54:30
Posted by wildcard on September 7, 2005, at 22:53:47
In reply to that's OK ,as long as snoozin gets to snooze :-) (nm) » Gabbix2, posted by sleepygirl on September 7, 2005, at 22:42:21
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