Why do just hands and feet get pruny in the water?

CookingWithGas · September 7, 2009, 6:57pm

After you swim for a while your hands and feet get wrinkly. Why doesn’t the skin all over your body do the same thing?

beowulff · September 7, 2009, 7:15pm

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