• Question: In the bath or shower why do our hands go wrinkly?

    Asked by Sharmin_the BEST to Chris, Hayley, Jimi on 17 Mar 2016. This question was also asked by Deeps 2005.
    • Photo: Jimi Wills

      Jimi Wills answered on 17 Mar 2016:

      Because your skin is not completely waterproof and starts to absorb some of the water… which causes it to spread out bigger, but there’s nowhere for it to go, so it wrinkles up in the one place.

    • Photo: Hayley Moulding

      Hayley Moulding answered on 17 Mar 2016:

      If we are there for a long long time, what happens as our bodies absorb some water! All our skin is covered in a little bit of oil. Its supposed to be there!! It makes us a bit waterproof. Staying in water for too long makes the oil was away. It makes us less waterproof and by doing so, the water can go into our skin and too much much as go all wrinkly!!

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