does water dries your skin?

Answer 1

Often when you take a shower, a bath or go for a swim more water is lost then retained.

When you look at a drop of water on a rubbery surface it is in a dome shape. Water loves to bond with other water molecules, the force that makes water stick to other water is sometimes stronger the gravity (especially since that small bit of water doesn’t weight very much)! To add to this, your skin is not as sold as you think it is, it has pores and other tinny little holes that water can go though. Because water loves to bond with other water molecule the water will actually suck the water that is in your skin out! (Or at lest a teacher told me this once)

Hard water just makes this worse because it is so ruff on your skin! It beats up your skin, so think of it as tinny little punches to the surface of your skin. It make even more holes for the water to escape and join it’s molecular brethren on the outside of your body. ( Bath and shower using soft water if you can!)

Often the water is washing all the oils off your skin. While a lot of oil is bad your skin needs some to keep the skills cells from losing moisture. In this case the loss of moisture is slow, but it is still lost.

So my answer is yes, water can cause your skin to become dry, but it’s not hopeless!

I live in a very dry desert and have learned a few tricks to keep it in. First thing I do is I take a bath and add special salts that have oils in them to the water. I just sit in there for a while so my skin can suck up the moisture and the oils that will keep that moisture in my skin! After I get out of my shower I use a moisturize that has vitamin E in it.

Eating both more vitamin E and fatty amino acids will also help strength your skin and keep you from drying out!

I know this sound a bit silly but drink more water! When we are even slightly dehydrated our bodies just kind of forget about our skin. If your body has back up water, even when the water is sucked out, there is more to replace it!

I hope this made sense since I am writing this late at night.

Answer 2

Yes, I have an african american friend and everytime she showers or bathe her leg become kinda gray so one day i asked her why and she said that it was called achness and white poeple get it but it's just that our legs are lighter so we cant really see it much but africans are darker so they show more. The thing you have to do is put on lotion after you chower or bathe and sometimes when it is moist out side your legs will get gray so just carry around a little bottle of lotion adn just check your legs everyonce in a when espaully for winter. I dont care if you say that this isn't the best answer i just wanted to help other people out there with questions and hoply i do.

Answer 3

Yes especially hot water in the winter time and in dry climates

Answer 4

the college curiously has very confusing faucet water. attempt making use of a moisturizing bathe gel and then be conscious a moisturizing lotion as we talk after showering. or you're able to soft some rub down oil or toddler oil into your dermis in the past towel drying to help hydrate your dermis.

Answer 5

Yes especially salt water

Answer 6

No, but soap does. Use an after bath/shower body lotion to keep your skin hydrated. Drink lots of water.

Answer 7

Not necessarily, its a combination of hot/cold air and humidity. The loss of moisture on your skin will leave it feeling cracked or dry.

Answer 8

If you shower too much, yes.
Salt water naturally does because the water evaporates and leaves salt all over your pores.

Answer 9

yes eapeccially hard water (water with lots of minerals)

Answer 10

yes