Elasticity & Gravity – Skin elasticity needs to be upkept as going into space isn’t an option
According to the law of universal gravity discovered by Newton, all objects living on Earth are affected a gravitational pull. We live under a gravitational force that pulls us downward toward the ground. The skin covering our face is also affected by this gravity. The reason why it still maintains the shape surrounding the facial skeleton even with this gravitational pull is due to the elasticity of skin itself. Although it is not apparent it is being stretched, the effect of gravity on skin has an effect on the face shape. [Image source: Google] In 2008, the International Space Station (ISS) located 385 kilometers off the ground conducted a body change experiment on Lee So-yeon, the first Korean astronaut. It involved taking images of her face with special filming equipment to observe the changes. Gravity weakens substantially in space, and a strange change occurred four days after landing on the ISS. Her face became slimmer, wrinkles on her skin like her forehead diminished, and her...