Dr Penny Thomson and Professor David Thomson begin a new series on the structure of the skin and the management of common skin conditions .
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The skin is the largest organ in the body. If you stretched it out, the average adult's skin would cover an area of 2m2 and weigh approximately 3.6kg, (approximately 16 per cent of the total body weight).1
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