sweat glands

Night Sweats (Nighttime Perspiration, Sleep Sweating)

Sweating or perspiring is a skin response aimed at cooling down the body. It is one of several mechanisms to regulate the body temperature. Heat is generated internally by the body’s metabolic activity and dissipated from the skin surface. The evaporation of sweat from the skin surface assists with the cooling >> Read More ...

Hair Follicles, Sweat Glands and Sebaceous Glands in the Skin

The epidermis of the skin has a number of appendages which maintains the integrity of the skin and help it carry out its various functions. The hair follicles, sweat and sebaceous glands are epidermal structures which are pushed into the dermis where it is rooted. Without these appendages, a number of functions of the skin >> Read More ...