Our skin has two parts, the epidermis which protects us from the environment, and the dermis which builds the structure of our skin. Our dermis thins at a rate of about 1% a year from the age of 25. In order to protect this thinning dermis, the epidermis naturally thickens. We must maintain the density of the epidermis, because a loss of epidermal integrity will eventually lead to extreme trans-epidermal water loss, dehydration, wrinkles, impaired immune system, and even deat