Why Skin Is Thicker in Certain Areas of Your Body

In this video, Justin from the Institute of Human Anatomy discusses the differences of skin thickness around the body, and how it can impact things such as aging and wound healing. ____ Support us on Patreon!   / instituteofhumananatomy   ____ We at the Institute of Human Anatomy are committed to teaching the science of the human body both accurately and compassionately. For this reason, we've listed the various published research used in creating this video. References: The aging face in darker racial ethnic groups: https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&... Structure and function of ethnic skin and hair: https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net... Skin from various ethnic origins and aging: an in vivo cross‐sectional multimodality imaging study https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/f... Measurement of Epidermis, Dermis, and Total Skin Thicknesses from Six Different Body Regions with a new Ethical Histometric Technique http://www.turkplastsurg.org/index.ph... Aging Differences in Ethnic Skin https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... ____ Affiliate Links: Codex Anatomicus https://codexanatomy.com/?ref=IOHA Coupon Code for 20% OFF: IOHA20 https://linktr.ee/instituteofhumanana... ____ Want to Get a Personalized Video Response to a Question? Ask Us Here! https://www.wisio.com/Institute_of_Hu... ____ Connect with us on social! Instagram:   / instituteofhumananatomy   TikTok:   / instituteofhumananatomy   Facebook:   / instituteofhumananatomy   LinkedIn:   / about   Website: https://instituteofhumananatomy.com/ ____ Audio Credit: www.bensounds.com