Why when you take a bath only your fingers,hands and feet get "pruney"?

Answer 1

Its because of the type of skin there;

Answer 2

the skin on your fingers and hands are completely different then any other place on you body. if you have a part of the body that gets used as often as the hand then the skin will change and get pruney as well. hope that helps with this most important question. :)

Answer 3

These areas of the body are generally calloused from use.

I think the dead skin making up the callouses causes the "pruney" effect. The callouses absorb water that the body can't remove. Fingernails and toenails likewise become soft.

Answer 4

when the skin is immersed in water, osmotic forces may move water into or out of the epithelium. Sitting in a freshwater bath causes water to move into the epidermis because freshwater is a hypotonic solution [high solvent, low solute] compared to our body fluids. These epithelial cells then swell to 4X their normal volumes [particularily noticeable in the palms and soles because those areas are thickly keratinized.] Your palms and soles are known as the 'thick skinned' areas of the body because they have 5 layers of skin as opposed to the body's usual 4.

However, on the flip side, salt water is a hypertonic solution [high solute, low solvent] so therefore the osmotic flow is then reversed causing water to rush out of the cells. This process is much slower, but long term exposure to seawater endangers those by accelerating dehydration.

Answer 5

Hands and Feet are known as the extremities, they are farthest from the heart. The supporting vascular system within them is insufficient to support the tissue as the blood withdraws due to the temperature change. This lack of support causes the surface tissue (skin) to wrinkle.

Answer 6

its where the "finger print" ridges and furrows are on your fingers and hands and feet, providing extra surface area where soap water can absorb, so its there where they get affected by soaking in water or chemicals, more than other skin on your body which is more "flat" and straight-forward (surface-area wise), and maybe a little more tight, relatively speaking.

Answer 7

Your finger and feet absorb water. Other parts of your body don't

Answer 8

Because the skin is thinner on those parts.

Answer 9

too much water obsorbed my fingers

Answer 10

so does your *** but you just can't see it.