Healthy Skin Matters
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
Your skin is the organ that comes into contact with the rest of the world. It holds body fluids in, preventing dehydration (dee-hahy-DREY-shun), and keeps harmful microbes (MYE-krobs) out—without it, we would get infections.
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