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Vegetable glycerine is easily one of the most ubiquitous ingredients in skincare (it’s probably already in 90% of the products you use), yet it is simultaneously one of the most overlooked. That’s probably because it has so many other applications in both healthcare and industrial settings, but glycerine is actually a very powerful humectant that may actually hydrate skin better than the current skincare darling, Hyaluronic Acid.
The moisture barrier goes by many (many, many) names, including the lipid barrier, the water barrier, the skin water barrier, the acid mantle (which really refers to the acidic outermost layer of the stratum corneum), the barrier function or just the stratum corneum. To be honest, for a very long time I thought these all referred to different things, but after quite a bit of research it just seems like everyone decided to pick their own name but they all refer to the same skin function or a part of the same function.
Yes, there is definitely a difference between dry skin and dehydrated skin, even though they share many of the same symptoms. Dry and dehydrated skin can both be dull in appearance, itchy and tight feeling, but the underlying reasons for these symptoms are slightly different and as such the treatment of each should also be slightly different.
Vegetable glycerine is easily one of the most ubiquitous ingredients in skincare (it’s probably already in 90% of the products you use), yet it is simultaneously one of the most overlooked. That’s probably because it has so many other applications in both healthcare and industrial settings, but glycerine is actually a very powerful humectant that may actually hydrate skin better than the current skincare darling, Hyaluronic Acid.