Due to prolonged swimming or playing water makes the skin on the fingertips to constrict. Not only that, the cold air can make wrinkles hand. Why did it happen? Here's his review.
Many people think that their skin is swollen because it was too long under water because it absorbs water, while there is also assumed that the skin on their fingers and toes wrinkled due to osmosis. Please note osmosis is the movement of a solution of high concentration to low.
However, if the osmosis is the reason behind this, other parts of your body through the same thing. Keep in mind, it is associated with sympathetic nervous at your fingertips.
The sympathetic nervous system is part of the central nervous system which is responsible for emergency response in the body. It controls a number of functions, including heart rate and blood pressure.
Peripheral blood vessels or vessels tighten edge when the sympathetic nervous system is threatened. It will draw blood to the muscles and major organs in the body center. When the sympathetic system is activated, the blood vessels of the fingers and feet narrow and restrict blood flow there. Thinning the blood volume in the deeper layers of skin to pull the soft tissue inside, creating folds which we know as wrinkles.
Reported Healthmeup, Sunday (25/01/2015), an evolutionary neurobiology expert, Mark Changizi in 2011 theorized that wrinkled skin of fingers and toes serves to remove water from your skin. It will help you get a better grip on objects that are submerged or wet.
According to him, the wrinkles on the legs to help you walk safely on slippery surfaces, and hold better on the wet floor. Subsequent research has confirmed his theory. It may indeed form the body adjustment when living in a wet environment.
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