Know you skin facts – why all this peachfuzz?
March 26th, 2009
While we’re motivated to shave and bleach all that peach fuzz, those little hairs all over our body do serve a purpose. Here are the skin facts on peachfuzz:
- All mammals have hair on their bodies meant to keep us warm and keep our babies warm too.
- Hair follicles are in the dermis layer of the skin along with the sweat glands, but the two have no relationship.
- Hair protects your body from germs.
- Body hair also helps protects against friction. For example, against clothes or other skin, i.e., underarms.
- Experts say that our personal scent is released through our hair. Every person has unique pheromones, which is sensed by others thanks to our hair.
Sign up for the Skin Fitness Facts RSS feed for more skin facts.
This entry was posted on Thursday, March 26th, 2009 at 8:00 am and is filed under Skin Facts. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.