Bark is, in a matter of speaking, the skin of a tree. Our skin is the outermost barrier for protecting our bodies from infection, injury and disease, while bark provides very much the same ...

He told me that bark protects trees. “Bark is like our skin,” Adams said. “It protects trees from all kinds of attackers that might want to get in – like viruses, bacteria, fungi ...

Indonesian man with a rare skin condition gets radical treatment. Jakarta, INDONESIA, Aug. 12, 2008 — -- Dede Koswara, known in his native Indonesia as "Tree Man," has lived for years with ...

FOR almost 40 years Li Xitian has suffered from an incurable skin condition that makes his skin as rough as tree bark. Li, 58, is believed to be suffering from an extreme case of psoriasis - a ...

It’s like I’m turning into a tree." "The itching drives me crazy. My skin is so dry and brittle ... "The affected bits looked like thick bark or as if I’d been covered in plaster of Paris." ...

Think of it as applying sunscreen, not to your skin, but to the tree’s bark. Beyond sun protection, whitewashing tree trunks ...

The bark of a tree is its own protection against the weather ... such as this one from Scenic Hill Farm Nursery, sheds its outer skin. 10. Heritage River birch (Betula nigra 'Cully') Birches ...

When bears wriggle against bark, the tree scratching posts leak out resins and saps. These substances stick to fur and skin , and are water-resistant, making them a strong contender for an ...