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The Remarkable Life of the Skin: An Intimate Journey Across Our Largest Organ

byMonty Lyman

Physician Monty Lyman takes readers across the skin, the body's largest and most visible organ. He explains its layers, immune defenses, nerves, microbes, pigmentation, healing, aging, and role in temperature and touch, while connecting biology with identity, beauty, stigma, and social judgment. Conditions such as eczema, psoriasis, acne, and cancer reveal complex interactions among genes, environment, and the mind. Lyman presents skin as far more than packaging: it is a living boundary that communicates with the world, protects internal life, and profoundly shapes how people experience themselves and one another.

Publisher

Grove Press

Publication date

Jun 22, 2021

Format

Print edition

Pages

304

ISBN

9780802148612