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Artificial skin helps to maintain the following functions of the skin:
a. It helps to maintain the fluid content of the body by inhibiting water loss and preventing dehydration.
b. It helps to maintain the pH balance of body fluids
c. It helps to maintain body temperature by preventing abnormal rates of heat loss by protecting the body from solar radiation and other sources of heat.
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d. Microbial pathogens and foreign particle of all sizes in the environment are ever present sources of danger to the health of the skin and the body. The skin is important as a physical barrier; it is also an important part of the innate immune defense of the body. When the natural skin is lost because of severe burns, artificial skin fills in temporarily to protect underlying tissues, and to facilitate the re-growth of natural skin.
