Tiny folds anchoring human skin, called 'rete ridges,' form soon after birth. They show an early-life window that could reshape aging.

The formation of a skin fold named a rete ridge reveals how simple architectural changes reshape tissue mechanics and signalling routes to make a different type of skin structure. Read the paper: Rete ...

Skin can either be thin or thick. Thin skin covers most of the body and can vary in thinness, with the thinnest skin covering the eyelids. Thick skin is present on the soles of the feet and palms of ...