Water in skin

Karen Gart | 17:03 Thu 29th Apr 2004 | Body & Soul

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How many litres of water in the skin of a 70kg person?

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Gef

Not sure about the skin but about 45-50kg in total. Why do you ask?

I think I once read that the skin is c. 18% of the total body weight, so that would mean c. 10kg of water

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