Is Water Good or Bad for Dry Skin?
Tuesday February 5, 2008
You would think that putting water on the skin would moisturize it more, but the opposite is true. Plain water that comes in contact with skin evaporates and takes with it many of the skin's natural oils called natural moisturizing factor (NMF). The more frequently that skin comes into contact with water, the drier it gets -- unless those natural oils are replaced. Since you have to use water for bathing, how do you do so without drying out the skin?
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How do you replace NMF…?
How is it that water dries out your skin by removing oils when oil is hydrophilic? If you only need to wash your hairy areas, does this mean water alone is good enough to wash your face?
Hi there
Is drinking a lot of water good for dry skin? I read up an article on ‘How our bodies are made up of around 70% of water’.
I was just thinking if the reason behind dry skin is lack of water in our body system, cause if you think about it, what were they using in the older generation, when there was no mositurizer, no fizzy drinks, etc?? But then the question is, did they experience dry skin too lol.
My guess would be drinking water, and eating some sort of food that keeps the body dry-skin free.