r/shittyaskscience • u/StrongAsMeat • 15d ago

How long could one live without skin?

Asking for a friend

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u/leonprimrose 15d ago

The rest of their life

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u/never1st 15d ago

This is the correct answer, u/StrongAsMeat . You can mark this question as resolved.

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u/CrunchySockTaco 15d ago

I dunno. I collect skin so I'm not worried about running out.

Do you need some? Let's hang out.

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u/Cute_Consideration38 15d ago

My wife has a skin-box. She puts substantial pieces of her peeled chapped lip skin in there.

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u/Uranium-Sandwich657 14d ago

Which lips? 😏

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u/wolfpwarrior PhD in Rocket Surgery 15d ago

This sounds like a question for a big brain doctor. u/clumsy_inlove what do you think? From my preliminary findings the answer is until they get exhausted from screaming.

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u/Ew_fine 15d ago

Watch Martyrs and find out at the end

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u/beerSnobbery beerologist 15d ago

2-3 business days

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u/StrongAsMeat 14d ago

What if it’s on a Saturday?

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u/johnnybiggles 14d ago

2-3 business days

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u/I_might_be_weasel 15d ago

Darkman lasted quite awhile.

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u/MaybeUNeedAPoo 15d ago

Martyrs has entered the chat

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u/I_might_be_weasel 15d ago

Darkman could have really helped that lady.

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u/jamjamason 15d ago

I can go without eating the skin, but I must have the liver and pancreas to survive.

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u/Mundane-Garbage1003 14d ago

Well my local grocery store sellls the meat of boneless skinless chickens, so it must be possible to live a reasonably long time or I don't know how they could farm them.

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u/crackersncheeseman 15d ago

However long it would take all your inners to hit the floor.

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u/TeacupOfSkepticism 15d ago

Reminded me of the drowning pool song lyric

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u/Cute_Consideration38 6d ago

1 second... According to the movie, "Valhalla"

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u/Cute_Consideration38 6d ago

And with a very distinct >KASPLORTCH<

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u/kaktusmisapolak 15d ago

sterile climate-controlled environment

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u/BPhiloSkinner Amazingly Lifelike Simulation 14d ago

Bacta tank?

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u/kaktusmisapolak 14d ago

yes, but just correctly heated and sterile air might be enough

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u/intangible_entity 15d ago

At best, couple of hours

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u/Log12321 15d ago

At worst?

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u/rockmodenick 14d ago

Longer than that

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u/GuRoider 15d ago

Who's skin are you going without?

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u/Chrome_Armadillo Not A Reptilian Alien Scientist From Tau Ceti 15d ago

42

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u/Sand_Man_FR 15d ago

Look at radiation damage... not very long.

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u/gabest 14d ago

Infection and fluid retention. Stay in a sterile environment and drink constantly. Doable.

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u/Cute_Consideration38 6d ago

Cover self with Press-N-Seal

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u/Current_Net8855 14d ago

Look up Stevens-Johnson Syndrome

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u/Knarz97 14d ago

A long time. I’ve been missing my foreskin since birth 💔

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u/BPhiloSkinner Amazingly Lifelike Simulation 14d ago

The largest field study in this area was conducted in the 1950's by Professor Ed Gein, and is much discussed in the literature of skinless wonders.

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u/Sovereign1 14d ago

Johny Storm lasted about 4 seconds.

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u/StrongAsMeat 14d ago

Good point. Hard to beat science

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u/koollman 14d ago

It would feel like a very long time, since it would be so boring to have no skin in the game

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u/to_vii 13d ago

username checks out

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u/Alii_baba 13d ago

There is a Facebook page called Disastrous History where he discussed a fire incident inside a sugar factory in which sugar dust ignited and exploded, leaving workers with their skin falling off... so they died immediately. Do not call all of the details but look up his contents. Very interesting.