Why does the skin of your finger shrink when you wash clothes for a long time?
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Your skin is covered with its own special oil called sebum . Sebum is found on the outermost layer of skin. Sebum moistens, or lubricates, and protects your skin. It also makes your skin a bit waterproof. That's why water runs off your skin when you wash your hands, instead of soaking it in like a sponge would.
But staying in water for a long time washes away the sebum. Then, the water can penetrate the outer layer of your skin. This causes your skin to become waterlogged and wrinkly.
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Answer:
Clothes are washed with soap or detergent solution. The solution is hypertonic as compared to osmotic concentration of our skin cells. The washing solution, therefore, results in exosmosis in the skin cells that come in contact with it for some time. Due to this reason, the skin over the fingers shrinks while washing clothes for a long time.