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Yes. The outside layer is dead, but when they fall off, it's replaced by the skin underneath it.
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Is the skin replaced on average every 40 days?
The human skin is not replaced every 40 days. It is believed that the skin is replaced on average every 35 days.
Can skin cells be replaced?
Yes
How is a burnt skin on your leg replaced by new skin after a few days?
its called a skin graft
Which has highest mitotic index muscle skin kidney or lung?
Skin because it has to be continuously replaced.
What is the proof that your skin is replaced regularly?
Well, after a daily bath or shower and you dry yourself you see tiny crumbles of skin coming off...that is the proof of your old/dirty/worn out, skin coming off to be replaced by new ones....
How many weeks your skin cells being replaced?
2
How can skin be replaced after a third degree burn?
Skin can be grown back. They may require skin grafts and other surgeries if they are very severe.
What organs can be replaced?
Lungs heart liver eyes skin and kidneys
It takes about 27 days for all of the outer skin cells to be?
Replaced
Why are skin cells undergoing mitosis continuosly?
Because we are constantly shedding dead skin cells so they need to be replaced.
Do sea otters shed their skin?
Yes. Sea otters shed their fur and it gets replaced by new fur throughout the year. It is similar to how humans shed their old/dry skin and gets replaced by new skin. While in other animals it is known as molting.
When an animal replaces skin cells which were scraped off by accident how was it replaced?
sex
