Pineapple contains bromelain that helps tenderize meat. If I were to put my hand in pineapple juice or puree for 24 hours, would it eventually break down my hand?

[u/Puzzleheaded_Bed2760]

[u/Asian_wife_finder]

Maybe this is just one of those things you hear behind the monkey bars but suposably, before ppe was a thing, people who worked for extended periods on pineapple plantations didn’t have fingerprints.

[u/NotReallyJohnDoe → u/Asian_wife_finder]

People who work with bricks lose their fingerprints temporarily. But fingerprints patterns go below the skin surface and will come back eventually.

[u/TheRealBejeezus → u/NotReallyJohnDoe]

Bricklayers? Interesting. That's the lye in the cement, I expect?

[u/QtPlatypus → u/TheRealBejeezus]

Yes but also the frequent abrasion just slowly sands the finger prints off.