Hey, Scientists! Need a Theory to Test? #1 Skin Tightness

Hey, Scientists. Here is a well thought out science theory for you to test. 

All I ask is that you make me 3rd or 4th author on the papers that come from it. I really want to go back and get my PhD, and being published will help my application process.

This one is on skin tone - not the color, but the fitness of the skin.

Here's the problem: People who lose a lot of weight have loose skin. It has been stretched out for so long that it is not able to shrink with the tissues under it and it gets floppy. Older people also tend to lose tone and elasticity in their skin. Humans find this a very adverse condition. Except possibly people who have flag or eagle tattoos. They may enjoy the animation.

Here's the question: Is there a way to tone skin and tighten it?

Here's the logic: Human muscles can be toned and tightened by exercise. Human skin has muscles, tiny muscles, but, muscles none-the-less. Therefore, we should be able to exercise skin muscles and achieve better skin tension.

Here's the hypothesis: If people with poor skin fitness are forced to exercise their skin for 1 hour every day, there will be a marked increase in the tightness of their skin after 6 weeks.

Here is the procedure: Have participants come in and experience extreme cold and wafty, moist breezes in a controlled lab condition for 1 hour everyday. Every participant will be monitored carefully to make sure that they experience goosebumps for at least 45 minutes of each daily hour, because it is the little muscles in the skin that contract to warm the body (goosebumps) that are the exercise. (See. This is making perfect sense, is it not?) Measurements of the skin before the trial and after the trial will determine the effectiveness of the skin exercises. Control subjects will come in and shoot the breeze with the testers but will not be subject to actual cold breezes.

Also, for the writeup: Come up with a more technical term for goosebumps.

An added benefit or next step study: Test to see how many calories the goosebumps burn. The goosebumps are caused by muscles, and, therefore, the muscles are being used, right? It makes sense that they are burning calories. And shivering. Shivering should also burn calories.

Potential money making: Market a cooling jumpsuit that gets people shivering and goosebumping for weight loss and skin tightening. We can be rich! (I get 50%).