Your skin needs to be kept clean. You should wash each day with soap and water. Soap can break down the oils that are on your skin. It helps remove dirt that is trapped in these oils. It also washes away extra oil, germs, and dead skin cells.
Skin has two main parts.
The outer part of your skin is called the epidermis. Touch your skin now. You are feeling the epidermis. Underneath the epidermis is the inner part of the skin called the dermis. The dermis has nerves and other tissues.