tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8297083882594843681.post5521112954837487585..comments2023-04-16T08:08:47.209-04:00Comments on Cooking, Cakes and Chemistry: Pineapple addendum to Kiwi juice postPatriciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14396977585233893596noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8297083882594843681.post-89325405906568266052013-01-13T20:01:52.366-05:002013-01-13T20:01:52.366-05:00AS far as I can determine, you cannot erase finger...AS far as I can determine, you cannot erase fingerprints unless there is severe and permanent damage to the epidermis layer of skin - severe burn or slice could do it. The effect of pineapple is only to the topmost layer so the fingerprints should come back once contact is broken for a while. Pineapple pickers may lose them longer term because they never get a chance to heal.<br />Scientific American wrote an article on loss of fingerprints a few years ago:<br />http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=lose-your-fingerprints<br />And Tom Scott did an experiment:<br />http://www.tomscott.com/fingerprints/<br /><br />There are many more plants that can also cause skin problems on contact or with prolonged contact. Here is a 2002 paper that outlines a series of different kinds of problems:<br /><br />Botanical dermatology<br />Thomas W. McGovern MAJ, MC, USA, Theodore M. Barkley PhD<br />Article first published online: 5 JAN 2002<br />DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-4362.1998.00385.x<br />International Journal of Dermatology<br />Volume 37, Issue 5, pages 321–334, May 1998<br /><br />Patriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14396977585233893596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8297083882594843681.post-30525980819127719042013-01-11T17:26:08.994-05:002013-01-11T17:26:08.994-05:00Is it true that pineapple pickers don't have f...Is it true that pineapple pickers don't have fingerprints?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com