We explain why snakes have to shed their entire top layer of skin in one go as part of their growth cycle and how often they ...

A boy with untreatable wounds has had 80 percent of his skin replaced with a genetically modified epidermis in an attempt to save his life. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in ...

The outer layer of skin, the epidermis, is constantly turning over to replace dead or damaged cells throughout our lifetime. Skin stem cells need to continuously make decisions: either make more ...

Dietary vitamin C from kiwifruit boosts ascorbate levels in deep skin layers, helping improve skin density, support collagen, ...

Your skin is in a constant state of reinvention. Every month, your body sheds and regenerates its entire outer layer—a complete turnover powered by tiny, tireless stem cells. These same cells spring ...

Researchers believe they’ve found the oldest known fossilized skin, hidden away in a limestone cave system in Oklahoma. The skin sample dates to the early Permian Period, between 289 million years ago ...

How Does the Skin Barrier Work? If you looked at the stratum corneum under a microscope, it’s sort of takes after brick and mortar. It’s made up of cells called corneocytes that act as bricks. These ...