Is it due to the penetration of water into the epidermis at our extremities? No. Biologists have ended up identifying the cause of the phenomenon: everything is played out at the level of our nervous system.
When our body detects that our mimines have been in the water for a while, a nervous command reduces the volume of the blood vessels. Consequently, the volume of the fingers decreases, while the skin retains its size! Result: it crumbles.
What is the point of these wrinkled fingers?
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