Pāhonoa te oro

If your skin suddenly vanished, your body would start losing moisture almost right away, triggering extreme dehydration. Next, without that protective barrier, bacteria could enter easily, and infections would race through your body. You would also lose heat fast, which could bring on hypothermia. Finally, damaged blood vessels would leak fluid, causing shock, a dangerous drop in blood pressure that prevents organs from working. Within hours, survival would become nearly impossible.