Skin. The Great Protector.

The largest organ of your body, your skin, takes care of you in some amazing ways!

Your skin:

• Protects your internal organs from injury and infection.

• Helps detoxify waste through perspiration.

• Provides an important line of immune defense against infections by creating a barrier to viruses and bacteria.

• Protects you against extreme changes in temperature.

• Produces and stores vitamin D — critical to your immune system.

• Rich in receptors, it allows you to sense conditions around you — like hard/soft and hot/cold — and send information to your brain so you can react to it for self-preservation.

• Protects your body from sunburns.

• Protects you from dehydration.

The loss of any of these functions could compromise your health — and accelerate signs of normal aging.

The dermal layers function as an organ that can absorb and excrete both nutrients and toxins through its pores. The condition of your skin is also a powerful indicator of just how healthy you are on the inside.

Because your skin has the ability to absorb whatever you put on it, it’s critical that you give the same attention to what you put “on” your body as to what you put “in” it. You want to give your skin the same thoughtful care you give your internal organs.