What causes your skin to wrinkle?

Answer 1

The skin will wrinkle because your skin is made up of two layers. The outer layer is called the epidermis and the lower level is the dermis. The outer layer (epidermis) produces an oily substance called sebum. You can see this substance when you touch a window or mirror and your "oily" fingerprint is left there. One job sebum does is it keeps water out of your skin-a job that it does very well. However, after long periods of time in a swimming pool, shower, or bathtub, much of the sebum is washed off and your outer layer of skin starts to absorb water. As it absorbs water it swells, but since the epidermis is "tied" down to your dermis in certain spots, it expands more where it is not "tied" down and this causes your skin to wrinkle. The difference between your skin and a raisin is that raisins wrinkle because they shrink, but your skin wrinkles because it is getting bigger. Once you get out of the pool or tub, the water that your skin absorbed will evaporate, your skin will return to its usual size, and you body will produce more sebum. Your fingers and toes will be back to normal in no time.

Answer 2

The skin will wrinkle because your skin is made up of two layers. The outer layer is called the epidermis and the lower level is the dermis. The outer layer (epidermis) produces an oily substance called sebum. You can see this substance when you touch a window or mirror and your "oily" fingerprint is left there. One job sebum does is it keeps water out of your skin-a job that it does very well. However, after long periods of time in a swimming pool, shower, or bathtub, much of the sebum is washed off and your outer layer of skin starts to absorb water. As it absorbs water it swells, but since the epidermis is "tied" down to your dermis in certain spots, it expands more where it is not "tied" down and this causes your skin to wrinkle. The difference between your skin and a raisin is that raisins wrinkle because they shrink, but your skin wrinkles because it is getting bigger. Once you get out of the pool or tub, the water that your skin absorbed will evaporate, your skin will return to its usual size, and you body will produce more sebum. Your fingers and toes will be back to normal in no time.

Answer 3

Osmosis is the process by which water will move through a semi-permeable membrane (in this case, your skin) from one area of higher water concentration to another area of lower water concentration, and since there is a higher concentration of water in the bathtub than in your skin, the water will flow into the outermost layer of your skin, causing the cells that make up this layer to swell. In order to compensate for this increase in surface area, your skin wrinkles.

Answer 4

Skin wrinkles as a natural part of aging due to a decrease in collagen and elastin production. Environmental factors like sun exposure, smoking, and poor diet can also contribute to premature wrinkling of the skin. Additionally, repetitive facial expressions can lead to wrinkles forming in certain areas, known as expression lines.

Answer 5

The water gets in through the skin's pores and makes the skin grow larger, so it puckers up.

Answer 6

There is more water outside of the cell, than inside.

Answer 7

to do 2,000 frowns to make one wrinkle.!