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Our average human body consists of approximately 20 square feet of skin and weighs between six to ten pounds. Our skin can not only hold the skeleton together but it also keep body organs and muscles intact and best of all, it also has the ability to stretch. Pretty amazing stuff, isn’t it?

There are 3 individual layers: the epidermis, dermis and hypodermis. The epidermis is the surface of the skin. It consists of five layers: stratum basale, stratum spinosum, stratum granulosum, stratum licidum, and stratum corneum.

The stratum basale is the bottom layer of the epidermis and consists of cells in the shape of columns. In this layer, this is like the cells factory as the cells are being produced here. Once they are formed they are pushed into higher levels where they flatten and eventually die. The stratum basale cells contain melanocytes, which produce melanin. Melanin is the element responsible for providing skin with color.