Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Fingerprints

What is fingerprint?

The skin is made up of 3 layers known as Epidermis (outermost layer), Dermis (middle layer), and Subcutaneous Tissue (inner layer). Fingerprints refer to the protruding lines on the Epidermis. Everyone has their very distinctive fingerprint according to the inherited gene. When we look closer, we could see that there are different types of fingerprints too. The shapes and length of fingerprints may vary accordingly to the genetic information.

There are more than 5 billion of people around the world. But according to researches until today, there is no one, by far, to be found to have the same fingerprint with another person. Not even twins have the same fingerprints. Interestingly, fingerprints begin to develop during the 3rd and 4th month of the foetus. It’ll be fully developed after six months. As we grow, the fingerprints would only grow a little in size, but the shape of it remains.










Here are some examples on the types of fingerprints. What type of fingerprints do you have?


One and Only
Everyone has a very distinctive and unique fingerprint as there is no other to be the same as yours. A fingerprint is so complicated unique that it can be used to identify a person’s identity. Other than this, fingerprint also helps in increasing frictional force when we’re trying to reach out for something. Thanks to the fingerprint, we’re able to get a firm grip on things. This happens to be a natural evolution of mankind.

A fingerprint is determined by the inherited gene from the parents. In other words, it’s a mixture product given from your parents. However, environmental causes more or less could affect the development of a fingerprint. After we developed fingerprint during the state of a foetus, it can have a slight change as we grow. Fingerprint would only be confirmed during the adolescence stage at about the age of 14. During the development of the skin, the soft subcutaneous tissues achieve a higher growing rate compared to the Epidermis. This exerts an amount of pressure to the Epidermis layer, making it crumpled and curve. From the pressure exerted, the fingerprint ended up being curvy and uneven. In other words, the development of the fingerprint also depends on the pressure exerted as the subcutaneous tissue develops.

Rumours say that the fingerprint could change after having a bone marrow transplanting surgery. However, this is incorrect. Development of fingerprint originated from genetic information. Our fingerprint would remain the same, unless the genetic information (DNA) is damaged or altered.


Thoughts:

I believe it would have been interesting for you to have found out such information about our fingerprints too. Fingerprints may appear to be a very tiny part of our lives, but who knows it would have carried such great knowledge and value in it? You have yours, I have mine. No one could have the same fingerprints.

As Ikeda Sensei always said to us “You have a mission that is yours alone. I have a mission only I can fulfill.” This explains that there must be something that only we can do it, something only we have. Fingerprints are just like mission, to be born with together with us. It is the one unique thing we have with us. So please remember to cherish ourselves and do not discriminate ourselves. We might be different from any aspect when compared to others. We might be laughed at. We might also be attacked sometimes. But be reminded that we are different because there is something only we can accomplish. It’s because we have a mission!

Knowing that everyone is unique and cannot be replaced, we must also learn to love and protect each other disregarding of the difference we have. Please remember to appreciate yourself and the people around you!


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Written at 1:31 AM by Paper Pilot.