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How often does you skin die and get replenished?

Asked by Rememberme (661points) July 12th, 2009

Constantly your skin is dieing and getting replenished. How often does the skin on the outside die off?

I would be nice for you to include your sources
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On average a person will have an entirely new epidermis every 25–45 days.
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Darwin's avatar

According to this site :

The epidermis, which is the outer skin layer, turns over about every one to two months. This is similar to @Lightlyseared‘s answer of 25 to 45 days.

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Battousai87's avatar

yeah i had heard that in a little over a month your skin will have been more or less completely replenished, as you put it.

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