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We normally have 4 layers in our epidermis, but for our hands and feet, we have a 5th called the Stratum Lucidum that provides the extra thickness. How come this layer doesn't exist everywhere in our skin if the stratums below it are the same?

by /u/Antranik in /r/askscience

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