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

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 7, 2009, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-just-hands-and-feet-get-pruny-in-the-water/509178 "2009-09-07T18:57:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2009, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-just-hands-and-feet-get-pruny-in-the-water/509178/1 "2009-09-07T18:57:38Z")

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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?

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**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2009, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-just-hands-and-feet-get-pruny-in-the-water/509178/2 "2009-09-07T19:15:21Z")

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[The Master speaks.](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/539/why-do-your-fingers-and-toes-wrinkle-in-the-bathtub)