How much of total body weight is made up by human skin?

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Learn how regenerative properties of the skin helps to protect the human body from the external environment — human skin Human skin, whose cells are generated continuously by the body, serves as a protective barrier between the inside of the human body and the environment.

Human skin accounts for approximately 16 percent of an individual's total body weight. As the body's largest organ, the skin serves as a vital barrier, protecting internal structures from infection, assisting in temperature regulation, and preventing excessive moisture loss.1