VC1.H2.2 Skin Thickness

Sole of Foot
Pad of Finger
Shoulder
Dermis Measure

Skin Thickness:

  • You are probably aware that the skin across your own body varies in thickness
    • Skin can be described as thin skin, as found on abdomen, or thick skin, as found on the soles of the feet and the palms of the hand
    • In reality there are many differences in the thickness of the skin across different regions of the body
  • Skin is a dynamic structure
  • It is able to respond to environmental changes, for example:
    • A violinist will develop thick skin on the tips of the fingers used to hold down the strings, but not on the fingers of the hand holding the bow
    • Learning the violin can therefore be a painful experience until the skin becomes hardened (mainly a thicker epidermis)
    • Prolonged absence from playing will result in "thinning " of the skin
    • These are normal changes to the skin
  • There are also many disease processes which affect skin
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