skin

Our epithelial tissue is absolutely amazing. How resilient it is and how it stretches and protects us against anything from mere dirt to harmful microscopic organisms never ceases to amaze me.
I recently have been painfully reminded of how amazing our skin is in two different circumstances.
1) my wrist acquired a second degree brun from a grill at taco bell. That was 3 weeks ago and it was very painful. The first thing I did was to put neosporin on it, which was a big mistake because I apparently am allergic to that now. The amazing thing is that ver time the skin that was being repeatedly burned by the neosporin allergic reaction has been worse off then the actual burn. New skin cells formed in the place of the destroyed cells. my arm's skin grew back together and the only scar I will be left with is the afterburn of neosporin. That to me is amazing. After being deeply burned and continuously attacked, the skin continues to prove it's ability to heal and replace itself.

2) about a week ag0 I got a terrible rug burn, in a very interesting way. It is right on my lower vertebre. It wasn't painful to get but the aftermath has been more than irritating.
Everytime I bend over or crouch down the skin that would normally stretch to allow me to do such things without notice is very annoyed with me.
I can feel every stretch in the now scabby skin that would normally stretch at least a couple of centimeters to give me room to move around.
You don't think about how incredibly fascinating your skin is, but really the human body is just down right intriguing.