Why can’t we use only water to moisturize our skin when moisturizing is basically putting water back to our skin?
In: Biology
It has to do with the amount of “stuff” in water and cells along with oils. Our cells inherently have things inside of them ranging from electrolytes to the cell parts. While water has essentially just water. As a result water flows into cells to balance the amount of water on each side which causes cells to become too big and burst.
On the other side water also has no oils. We have sweat glands all along our skin which keep that protective barrier and the skin soft and elastic. When we moisturize most lotions are oil-based and aid our skin in keeping that protective barrier. As a result we feel our skin smooth and soft but really it’s just adequate oiling of our skin like a baseball glove.
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