How many skin cells does a human shed daily?

Answer 1

The human skin cell shedding rate (called the desquamation rate) depends on factors such as the location of the skin being considered, the total area being considered, and the person's age. Even keeping the skin location, skin area, and age constant will result in different rates for different individuals. On average 14,175,000 to 18,900,000 cells per hour or 340,200,000 to 453,600,000 cells per day.

Answer 2

About a million a day. If you think that number is huge, just imagine that half of what your vacuum cleaner picks up is actually your dead skin that you've been shedding all over the carpet since the last time you vacuumed.

Answer 3

There are many cells that fall off various parts of your body, including inside your intestines. The human skin cell shedding rate (called the desquamation rate) depends on factors such as the location of the skin being considered, the total area being considered, and the person's age. Even keeping the skin location, skin area, and age constant will result in different rates for different individuals. This would be about 14,175,000 to 18,900,000 cells per hour or 340,200,000 to 453,600,000 cells per day.

Answer 4

It is more like 500 million to 1 billion skin cells/day.

Answer 5

170,000 a day. so that's like 9 pounds of dead cells a year!

Answer 6

Humans shed about a million skin cells every 24 hours by shedding 30 000 to 50 000 every hour

Answer 7

The rate varies widely. The median amount is about 0.045 ounces per day. That's about one and one-third grams. It takes about a year to shed a pound of skin.

Answer 8

10 thousand

Answer 9

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