DEHYD-RATED SKIN
Dehydrated Skin, as a skin condition, has less water than normal skin. One of the skin’s most important functions is water conservation, acting as a semi-permeable barrier to the loss of water (“Transepidermal Water Loss)

WHAT CAUSES DEHYDRATED SKIN?
Skin acts as a barrier to water loss and retention of water in the Stratum Corneum(SC) is dependent on the presence of natural hygroscopic agents within the corneocytes and the SC intercellular lipids, orderly arranged to form a barrier to Transepidermal Water Loss (TEWL).Stripping off naturally occuring lipids in SC, by Detergents, Surfactants and Enviromental conditions leads to disruption of skin barrier which results in excessive TEWL and less retention of water in skin
If the barrier function of our skin becomes compromised, irritants can penetrate it and disrupt nerve endings and blood vessels

NEED TO CONTROL
 Transepidermal Water Loss(TEWL)
 Skin barrier damage