Why do our fingers and toes wrinkle after a certain amount of time submerged inwater?
Well, the short answer is that nobody is really sure.
But one explanation has come to the fore in recent years.
submerging your fingers or toes inwaterdraws it into the skin, causing wrinkles).
He points to the sympathetic nervous system, which controls heart rate and blood pressure, among other things.
Peripheral blood vessels constrict when it’s activated, diverting blood to major organs and the center of thebody.
This activation could arguably be the stimulus that leads to wrinkling.
