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In the tradition of Diane Ackerman's A Natural
History of the Senses and Oliver Sacks's The Man Who Mistook His
Wife for a Hat, this witty and elegantly written book offers fascinating
new insights about our skin—and ourselves.
Leading dermatologists Arthur Balin and Loretta Pratt Balin take
us on a wonderful ride beneath our most visible, revealing, and
overlooked organ: the skin. The authors highlight the skin's functions
in sensory perception and the immune system. They detail the amazing
ability of the skin to communicate everything from sexual signals
to the presence of dysfunctions and problems within the body.
They explain why babies smell nice, why we get wrinkles, and how
wounds heal. And they tell fascinating and moving stories from
their patients' lives and their own—from the schoolteacher whose
skin turned into a stiff shell, to the facelift Arthur performed
on his own father.
With the Balins' passion for their subject and care for their
patients bringing life to every page, this unique book will change
the way you look at yourself forever.
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