2006-11-28 13:09:58 · 15 answers · asked by brian m 1 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
Skin is in several layers. The top layers absorb water faster, so they expand and cause the "wrinkled' effect.
2006-11-28 13:12:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The water creates pressure on the fingures and the blood flow slows down, and then all the moisture goes into the skin and that is how a person's fingers wrinkle
2006-11-28 13:29:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Staying in water for a long time washes away the sebum (oil in your skin). Then, the water can penetrate the outer layer of your skin. This causes your skin to become waterlogged. So how does this lead to wrinkles? No one is really sure.
Some people think it's because the skin expands to allow extra water inside. The expanded skin ends up looking really wrinkly. Other people think that it's because the skin is tied down to the tissue underneath in certain places. So when the skin is full of water, it swells up (gets puffy), but only in places where it is not tied down, which makes it look wrinkly.
2006-11-28 13:13:22 · answer #3 · answered by roxy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The water gets absorbed into the flesh, & it gets trapped in some areas, & not in others, so the skin forms wrinkles as a result.
2006-11-28 13:12:22 · answer #4 · answered by No More 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Contrary to popular belief, it's got nothing to do with drying out.
In short, osmotic pressure forces water into your finger's cells, which causes them to expand. In order to accomodate the extra cellular mass, the skin has to fold a little bit to make room for the cell's expansion.
2006-11-28 13:12:51 · answer #5 · answered by jsprplc2006 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Skin absorbs water; however, different part of the a finger absorbs water and expands at different rates.
2006-11-28 13:13:07 · answer #6 · answered by Fred B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The top layer of the skin (stratum corneum) absorbs water, and:
"Since the underlying tissue doesn't absorb water, the stratum corneum can't spread out and it buckles like asphalt on the highway in the summer sun."
2006-11-28 13:13:20 · answer #7 · answered by hot.turkey 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the liquid in your fingers is high concentrated ,fluid tends to go to the fluid that is less concentrated thats why some timesyour finger dont wrinkle s
2006-11-28 13:48:04 · answer #8 · answered by rebbleghostrider 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your body can only hold so much water hence..wrinkles
2006-11-28 13:11:25 · answer #9 · answered by shizzlechit 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my bio teacher said because water acts sort of as a vacume ( diffusion ) anyways it like sucks the water out of your skin and trys to make your skin equall with the water
2006-11-28 13:12:15 · answer #10 · answered by breanna 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋