The Constant Skin Storm Your body sheds 40,000 skin cells per minute. That equals 9 pounds of dead skin annually. Most household dust consists of your shed skin. Dead cells fall off during every movement. Complete skin renewal takes 27 days from birth to shedding. You literally leave pieces of yourself everywhere you go. Your home is filled with microscopic versions of you.
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