What is Your Skin IQ?

What is Your Skin IQ?

You might be well-acquainted enough to know if you're sensitive, acne-prone or oily, but do you really know what's going on with your epidermis? Take this quiz to find out just how skin-savvy you are.

published on August 30, 2012
1/8

How much does your skin weigh?

Less than 1 pound
2 pounds
8 pounds
More than 10 pounds
2/8

How frequently does your skin grow new cells?

Once a week
Constantly
Once a month
Once a day
3/8

The phrase in the buff originally referred to:

Sand dunes on a beach where early-1900s Moroccan royals
skinny-dipped
Eleanor's Buff, a skin polish used in the 1800s
"Buffs," soldiers' nude-colored garments in seventeenth-
century England
A 1950s skin-scrubbing regimen in which people used the
same rough towels to smooth their skin as they did to shine
their cars
4/8

What is the most common skin disorder in the U.S.?

Acne
Sensitivity
Wrinkels
Moles
5/8

How many dermatologists currently practice in the United States?

56,000
100,000
12,000
5,000
6/8

What is the part of the skin that contains sweat glands and nerve endings called?

Dermis
Subcutaneous layer
Epidermis
Fibroblasts
7/8

True or false: Applying heat or cold to your skin causes your pores to open or close, respectively.

True
False
8/8

Where is your skin the thinnest?

Your neck
Between your fingers and toes
Your lips
The inside of your wrists