TIL "pruney fingers" are not caused by your skin swelling from absorbing water. They're actually caused by your nervous system constricting the blood vessels in the skin, causing them to shrink and the skin to fold over them. bbc.com Submitted by OverdriverJC t3_10y6pwt on February 9, 2023 at 9:26 PM in todayilearned 59 comments 604
Hiiipower111 t1_j7z1eai wrote on February 10, 2023 at 12:42 PM Reply to comment by uRedditMe in TIL "pruney fingers" are not caused by your skin swelling from absorbing water. They're actually caused by your nervous system constricting the blood vessels in the skin, causing them to shrink and the skin to fold over them. by OverdriverJC Otherwise slippery Permalink Parent 2 xnoxgodsx t1_j81lnfb wrote on February 10, 2023 at 11:16 PM From H2O Permalink Parent 2 Hiiipower111 t1_j83qup7 wrote on February 11, 2023 at 12:31 PM 💦 Permalink Parent 1
xnoxgodsx t1_j81lnfb wrote on February 10, 2023 at 11:16 PM From H2O Permalink Parent 2 Hiiipower111 t1_j83qup7 wrote on February 11, 2023 at 12:31 PM 💦 Permalink Parent 1
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