Why fingers get pruny in water?

I have always wondered that... haven't you?

so i figured it would be a good thing to research!! I do have to say i am quite behind on these blogs i have a few that i have not yet researched and have been meaning to! since it is snowing to much today maybe i can get a few of them done!


It happens happen when your skin soaks up water. Our skin has a kind of waterproof oil on it called sebum. If you spend too much time in the water, the sebum washes away and you're not so waterproof anymore. Your skin soaks up the water causing it to swell in some places which makes it look wrinkly. The skin is tied down to the tissue underneath in certain places. So when the skin is full of water, it swells up (gets puffy), but only in places where it is not tied down, which makes it look wrinkly.

So it's skin swelling and absorbing water!! interesting!!

This only happens on your toes and fingers because they don't have any hair. The hair follicles on the rest of your body are able to keep making enough sebum so it doesn't wash away.




http://kidshealth.org/kid/talk/qa/wrinkly_fingers.html
healthcorner.walgreens.com/display/128.htm