KevinMD August 26, 2024
While driving to work one morning, I heard a radio commercial for a men’s fragrance product. In that commercial, the male actor boldly stated that “the skin is the largest organ.” Additionally, I had heard or read this same statement several times earlier that same week.
Dictionaries define dictum (synonyms: saying, proverb, maxim, aphorism) as a formal pronouncement from an authoritative source or a short, pithy expression identified with a particular person. Because of its “pithiness,” dictums are often taken as fact. However, in the case of the dictum “the skin is the largest organ,” this is not the case.
In 2014, I published a letter to the editor of the Journal of Investigative Dermatology titled “Skin is not the...
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