Skin deep
It’s often expounded that our skin is our largest organ and that our body absorbs 60 to 70 per cent of what we put on it, but is that really true?
After all, skin also has a barrier function and if it were as easy as that, we’d just have to shower rather than drinking the recommended eight glasses of water a day for starters.
It turns out this widely held belief is false, though of course there are some exceptions.
“The skin is the largest organ, but it
