Comments on: Do humans and other mammals absorb ANY oxygen through the skin surface?

By: Sawant Padmaja

Sawant Padmaja — Mon, 19 Dec 2016 16:45:21 +0000

Going through one of the blogs of Dr. Christopher S. Braid , I got to know that some of the eye cells and the upper layers of our skin can absorb oxygen , but he rate is negligible ……
link:http://sciencequestionswithsurprisinganswers.org/2015/06/25/are-there-any-parts-of-the-human-body-that-get-oxygen-directly-from-the-air-and-not-from-the-blood/

another blog said that during skydiving because of the pressure and freefall the oxygen molecules enter your body through normal breathing i.e. through lungs and because of the freefall oxygen molecules are forced into the skin until you open up your parachute…..
link:http://www.dropzone.com/forum/Skydiving_C1/General_Skydiving_Discussions_F18/Breathing_trough_your_SKIN_during_freefall_P4282857

By: Bryan Martin

Bryan Martin — Mon, 01 Feb 2016 22:20:02 +0000

When in deep Samadhi meditation, the breath stops and the heart beat as well. In this situation that can last hours if not days, the only oxygen absorbed by the body is thru the skin.

As a practicing Buddhist this is idiotic. The skin isn’t beating in this instance, in fact the monk is breathing at least 1 breath per minute with a simular heart rate, and with this low of a metabolic rate the body needs less 02 to sustain itself in my meditation I’ve gone as low as 29 bpm and an o2 saturation of 97% and 4 breaths per minute

By: Ed

Ed — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 18:43:45 +0000

And the answer is……a definite ……MAYBE! ( James Bond
Would not lie.)

By: Alain Bernay

Alain Bernay — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 08:39:29 +0000

When in deep Samadhi meditation, the breath stops and the heart beat as well. In this situation that can last hours if not days, the only oxygen absorbed by the body is thru the skin.

By: Anast

Anast — Fri, 27 Feb 2015 23:18:47 +0000

Daedelus what a brilliant piece of information, that is just the kind of depth required to by good researchers. Brilliant thankyou even though short a joy to read.

By: Tim

Tim — Sun, 25 Jan 2015 22:40:47 +0000

re: #33 pruny fingers

http://www.nature.com/news/science-gets-a-grip-on-wrinkly-fingers-1.12175

By: Tim

Tim — Sun, 25 Jan 2015 22:36:12 +0000

Goldmember — Can I paint his youhoo goolddd??

Dr. Evil — How about no (because he has a sensitivity to latex and it might kill him).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0QbXfvbjFk

By: Bob

Bob — Sun, 25 Jan 2015 19:42:30 +0000

This source says 2%. Seems reasonable. http://www.saburchill.com/chapters/chap0022.html

Q. What about people with compromised circulation, especially older people, whose capillaries may not work so well? :Is complicated I suppose by waste products other than CO2 not getting removed so gangrene, etc. Hmm. Will be interested in any thoughts. Thanks.

By: Sam Beach

Sam Beach — Sun, 14 Dec 2014 11:39:45 +0000

Guys them injun yogis (the real ones) practice pranayama. CO2 is their friend. Link: http://www.normalbreathing.com/yoga-breathing.php

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 15:03:09 +0000

Jackie, I don’t think divers have a problem for the reasons discussed in the post.