I was a tom-boy and had scraped knees for about 2 years strait because of it. When I first heard that we only have 7 layers of skin I got so upset because I thought I had already used up all of mine and that the skin on my knees would never grow back
A childhood belief about skin
others believed things like this
- In 'Call Me Maybe', I misheard 'Ripped jeans skin' as 'Rich cheese skin'. — Carly Rae Cheddar
- I used to believe that kidneys were located in your knees.Anon
- when i was younger i thought ac/dc's dirty deeds (done dirt cheap), was dirty knees and the thunder cheeks.— S
- I used to belive that if you ate anything that had mould growing on it, you would grow mould on your skin. Anon
- I used to believe that if I cut my dolls hair it would grow back just like mine did after a haircut. — diamond girl
- My mom says that when she was growing up, she thought that her belly button was where her skin came together.— Dana