Prune Skin: Why Does Our Skin Get Wrinkly In Water?

[Crow]

Another article I found interesting...

We may be, oh, millions of years into evolution, but science has finally figured out why fingers and toes look like raisins after a long shower — and why it's actually useful.

A recent study by Newcastle University in the U.K. found that wrinkly fingers are meant to help people grip wet objects, and this is something our ancestors may have done during wet conditions, according to LiveScience.com.

As anyone who loves a hot tub knows, when hands and feet are soaked in water for a prolonged period of time, wrinkles form on finger and toe tips that often resemble prunes or raisins. The study added that scientists once thought these pruney tips were the outcome of outer skin absorbing and swelling with water, but as it turns out, our nervous system was controlling this function by constricting blood vessels under our skin.

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[lxskllr]

That's interesting. I love long baths, and sometimes sleep in the tub. When I get out my hands and feet are painful from the what I guess is the wrinkling, and my skin feels delicate. If they're correct, that's an obscure and amazing adaptation. Interesting stuff :^)

[Snusdog]

That's interesting. I love long baths, and sometimes sleep in the tub. When I get out my hands and feet are painful from the what I guess is the wrinkling, and my skin feels delicate. If they're correct, that's an obscure and amazing adaptation. Interesting stuff :^)

I slept in the tub once..............but there was a great deal of bourbon involved......

no water ........just tub and the spins.............

Very interesting article

the irony is.........PP probably could have told them that years ago.....