Our skin is constantly producing new skin cells at the base layers that push the old, dead cells away. The body is made up of 1.6 trillion skin cells and we lose and replace between 30,000 and 40,000 a hour, with it fully regenerating every 30 days.
“We lose a lot of them in clothes and bedding,” dermatologist Dr Michael Rich, of enRich clinic in Melbourne, says. “We’re shedding skin non-stop.” The cells also end up as household dust, where they’ve been found to absorb harmful ozone.
Researchers at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey revealed that an oil called squalene in human skin cells “gobbles up” a small amount of air pollution from our homes.
“We lose a lot of them in clothes and bedding,” dermatologist Dr Michael Rich, of enRich clinic in Melbourne, says. “We’re shedding skin non-stop.” The cells also end up as household dust, where they’ve been found to absorb harmful ozone.
Researchers at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey revealed that an oil called squalene in human skin cells “gobbles up” a small amount of air pollution from our homes.