Dry and dehydrated skins are interchangeably used but they are two different things. It’s difficult to know the symptoms as both have often similar symptoms including roughness, dryness, and lack of elasticity. Ahead we are breaking down the difference between them and their cause and tips for managing each.

What makes dehydrated skin different from dry Skin

Dry skin is a natural skin type that occurs due to fewer oil glands available on the body and dehydrated skin is a condition that occurs due to a lack of water in the skin cells

Identify the difference: dehydrated skin verse dry Skin

Dry skin is a skin type that lacks oil and is accompanied by itchiness, flakes, and cracks and it’s often persistent whereas dehydrated skin is a condition that lacks water accompanied by lack of Elasticity, Inflammation, Fine lines, Discoloration and any skin type can be prone to dehydration. It’s a temporary condition that can be quickly corrected.

What causes the Dry Skin

Dry skin is an outcome of a lack of oil in the skin tissue. This is often due to hormones, genetics, dry environment, age, lifestyle, and medical conditions. Sometimes harsh skincare products can strip the excessive oil from the skin.

How to Manage the Dry Skin

Minimizing the effects of dry skin requires less exposure to extreme weather, use skincare products that restore the lipid barrier, specially emollients, and Humectant, occlusive. Emollients are lubricators that can prevent water loss. For example, plant oils such as rosehip, pomegranate, squalane, etc. Humectants are ingredients that have the quality to attract water from the environment into your skin. For example, the best humectants are glycerine, hyaluronic acid, sorbitol, sodium PCA, and lactic acid. Occlusive ingredients have the quality to build a cover over your skin in order to prevent water loss and add additional oils to your skin. Occlusive ingredients usually contain waxes, oils, and silicones. Some examples are shea butter, beeswax, lecithin, and cholesterol.

To manage dry skin on a daily basis, use oil-based products from cleansing to moisturizer or Oil. One can use our Night Repair Oil and it has the star ingredient Squalane, a non-comedogenic derived from Olive. It is structurally very similar to human sebum. Night Repair Oil is a combination of different oils. It has ½ portion filled with unsaturated Non-drying oils and it contains lipids that are similar to skin lipids like Jojoba oils, Almond oil, and Olive oil.  It’s perfect for longer moistening and elasticity, and suitable for normal, combination, and dry skin.

What causes Dehydrated Skin

Dehydrated skin is an outcome of a lack of water in the skin tissue. This is often due to the damaged skin barrier, excessive sweating due to physical workouts, medical conditions, extreme exposure to the sun, extreme weather, and environmental irritants.

How to Manage Dehydrated Skin

Minimizing the effects of dehydrated skin requires drinking enough water, saving skin from sunburn; avoiding extreme temperatures, skincare products.

To manage dehydrated skin on a daily basis one can always drink water and it always going to help with dehydration but adding topical boosts of hydration will fortify the skin’s barrier; this requires effective skincare products which have the right mix of ingredients like Ceramide, Hyaluronic acid, Panthelon, Glycerine, oils. 4D Hydro Moisturizer is the day and night formula to give ultimate hydration to the skin it has hero ingredient like 4 kinds of powerful hyaluronic acid that exists in 3 different molecule weights delivering groundbreaking and long-lasting hydration combined with Ceramide and Panthelon and Cactus stem cells. It’s suitable for all skin types.

How do you care about Dry and Dehydrated skin on a daily basis?

Dry and Dehydrated skin can be managed by adopting healthy habits and a proper skincare routine.

Healthy Habits – Stay hydrated, nourish your body with healthy food, avoid sun exposure, and avoid hot water baths.

Protect your skin barrier – It’s important to protect the skin barrier as a damaged skin barrier is prone to lose oil, water results in dehydration, and skin sensitivity.

Choose Cleanser carefully – Choosing the right cleanser makes a huge difference. Cleanser with harsh chemicals strips away the excess oil and makes the skin lose oil and physical exfoliator can damage the skin barrier. Oil-based formula is a good choice over foaming cleanser for dry skin type. Similarly to exfoliate the skin, choose lactic acid over a physical exfoliator for dry skin.

Choose Moisturizer Carefully – The choice of moisturizer would depend on the skin. If you have less oil in the skin tissue then you would need an oil-based moisturizer whereas dehydrated skin is lack water so a light moisturizer would work.