Get to know your skin

The outermost layer of the skin is the epidermis. This layer is, in turn, formed by several sublayers containing mainly keratinocytes that are positioned in ascending layers according to their maturation degree. The last state of maturation of the keratinocytes

1. The skin is the biggest organ in the human body When we think about human organs, the skin is rarely thought of. However, it is not only an organ but the biggest one. The skin can weigh up to 5

Summer is coming and, as always, brings the desire to lie in the sun, spend long hours in the water, play sports outdoors and enjoy meeting friends outside, especially this year. However, we shouldn’t forget that in this time of

Skin redness that appears for no apparent reason, annoying recurrent itching, dryness, small lesions or uncomfortable sensations that show up as a consequence of temperature changes… Surely all this sounds familiar for some of you and the fact is that

In this post we are going to talk about the periods of our lives in which the skin undergoes more changes: during birth and first months of life, in the adolescence and throughout maturity. Newborn During birth, babies pass from a

We explained in previous posts the mechanisms by which melanocytes synthesize melanin to protect our skin from solar ultraviolet radiation. This melanin is packaged and migrates to the outermost layers of our skin causing the sun tanning typical of summertime.

The skin is the outermost layer of our body. It can reach a surface of up to 1.8 m2(1) and, it is mostly covered with hair. For a long time, the skin was seen as a static part of