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Everything You Need to Know About Dehydrated Skin

Skin experts discuss how even mild dehydration can impact the health and quality of your dermis
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It Can Exacerbate and Expedite Wrinkles & Fine Lines

Dullness isn't the only thing you have to worry about with dehydrated skin. That lack of moisture can also lead a worsening of fine lines and wrinkles. Though drinking water and wearing moisturizers won't make existing fine lines and wrinkles go away completely, they can visibly improve your appearance. Plumping skin ingredients — such as hyaluronic acid, which draws moisture from the air to your skin — can have an immediate visible effect. Drinking those daily eight glasses of water helps, too.

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Dehydrated Skin Can Feel Really Uncomfortable

Aguilar says that one of the first signs of dehydrated skin is chapped lips, and you well-know how unpleasant that is! In general, though, it can make your skin feel itchy, sensitive, and tight.

"This itchy feeling can trigger an itch-scratch cycle, in which you are scratching and [further] compromising the skin barrier, leading to even more loss of water from the skin, as well as irritation, and a worsened itch," says Dr. Claire Y. Chang, a board-certified dermatologist at Union Square Laser Dermatology in New York City.

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BY WENDY ROSE GOULD | AUG 26, 2020 | SHARES
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