Why Fingers Wrinkle After Bathing
Why do we have wrinkly fingers after swimming or bath?
Why Fingers Wrinkle After Bathing
We like to swim, we like to take a bath and we also like to get wet in the rain. But have you noticed what happens to your fingers after a long bath or after swimming for a long time? Your finger skin becomes wrinkled. But why does this happen?
When we wash our hands, water runs off of our skin. Water does not soak into the skin. It had been a natural assumption of people that water passes through our skin when we stay under water for a long time, and this is the reason for wrinkled fingers. But if our skin could soak water then after a long bath our whole body would swell up resulting in wrinkles in our whole body. But then how do wrinkles occur in fingers in water?
Since 1930, researchers and doctors have found that people with damaged nerves in their fingers don’t have wrinkled fingers after staying in water for a long time. From this, they concluded that it could be a reaction of the autonomic nervous system. It is the nervous system, which we cannot control. For example, our digestive system, heart beat, etc. These systems are controlled by our autonomic nervous system. Wrinkled fingers after staying underwater for a long time are caused by the autonomic nervous system. We can get a better grip on wet things with wrinkled fingers
You may have noticed that the handle of a bicycle or suitcase is made uneven or wavy so that we can hold it tightly. Wrinkles in our fingers improve our grip underwater for the same reason.
– Written By Susmita
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