Why does it burn when dry skin finally gets moisturized?
In: Biology
Moisturisers are mixtures, and any one of the ingredients could make your skin *tingle*… the question is why.
I personally have eczema, so my skin cells are full of “holes” and not as structural as a normal person. So when I use moisturisers, rather than sitting on the top (stratum corneum) they enter deeper into my skin… but after moisturising for many days, it stops because I use a moisturiser with ingredients like ceramides to make my skin more even.
Dry skin, is essentially the top gets dehydrated AND doesn’t fall off like it should – think a dead leaf that’s still on a branch.
So when you moisturise, your under layers are exposed. Like a sore. And similar to my eczema, it hurts a little because it’s going deeper than it should.
Cosmetics like moisturisers aren’t food grade necessarily, but this tingling is harmless if you’re using the moisturiser to make your skin better *over the long term*.
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