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Here we have a diagram of the skin and its various layers that it has.
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And we're going to be taking a look at what happens at each layer or each degree of burn and how it affects the skin.
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So first we know that the skin is really, really important because it serves as really important functions to keep us alive.
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So we know that it acts as a barrier against things.
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So maybe when it's raining outside, have you noticed how water doesn't get absorbed up? or when the sun's out when you're outside, how it's protecting you from being your insides being burned.
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Or maybe you've spilled hot water on yourself and your skin begins to blister.
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It's better that it happens to the skin rather than our organs inside that are vital for us to survive.
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And so we're going to take a look at first degree here at the very top.
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Now the first degree is that very top layer of our skin.
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This is kind of that area that sheds off.
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You'll notice that, let's say, you got a sunburn and your skin begins to peel.
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This is the epidermis coming off or just naturally every day as our cells are going through mitosis constantly.
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And we're shedding skin cells.
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It's our epidermis layer that comes off.
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So first degree isn't too bad at all.
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You can see here that if we had a first degree burn, the very tip of the hair follicle is right there.
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But this tends to be non -life -threatening.
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Maybe hurts a little bit.
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Sometimes you might not even notice it.
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Very much, but there's really no damage that's taking place here.
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Next, we have second degree.
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Now, this is getting deeper as we go.
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And we can see with the second degree, this is where it's getting to the second layer of skin, known as a dermis...