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Scientific Beauty News Letter
13. Stratum Corneum –Take Care!
Stratum Corneum serves as protective layer and is made up of the overlapping Scales, like the brick wall, where the disorders of the stratum corneum gives rise to dry skin symptoms.
The main function of the epidermis if you ask me, is production of stratum corneum. And in turn the main functions of stratum corneum are:
1. Protecting against antigens such as virus, bacteria, which may get absorbed through the skin, and
2. Locking moisture into the skin.] to prevent dehydration.
We must know that the epidermis is capable of retaining three times its weight of water. Stratum corneum looses pliability when its water composition falls to 10 percent or bellow. At this point, the skin begins to crack at the joints, exposing the internal sensitive skin tissue bellow the upper layer.
This situation is painful and leaves the skin sensitive to infection. There are several factors which can contribute towards dry, dehydrated, flaky and cracked skin.
a. Many a ties, dry, harsh air hits the moisture and the sebum layer of the skin.
b. Long showers, bathing with very hot water, and extended time in bath tubs can extensively dry out the skin.
c. Harsh soaps, scratchy sponges and alkaline products can extensively dry out the skin.
d. Irritants to the skin, like clothes that itch, some of the chemical fabric softners and detergents, may damage the skin.
e. Health and age factor can also contribute towards the dryness of the skin. With ageing the skin looses moisture and thickness on its own.
f. Diabetes and thyroid issues can also dry out the skin.
How can we preserve the Stratum Corneum?
We have to reduce the risk of the above mentioned skin drying factors. We need to keep the skin soft, especially as it ages because with ageing the moisture holding capacity of the skin reduces. We must understand that the Stratum corneum is the bodies first defence against the outside world, but it not only protects us but also provides good look and gives feeling of soft, smooth touch reducing external friction.
This is why we have to take care of our external layer of the skin.
Let us discuss this issue of dry skin in the next issue, where we will focus on several untouched aspects of knowing a dry skin and understanding what to do for it.
Credit : Rahul Phate’s
Scientific Beauty News Letter
13. Stratum Corneum –Take Care!
Stratum Corneum serves as protective layer and is made up of the overlapping Scales, like the brick wall, where the disorders of the stratum corneum gives rise to dry skin symptoms.
The main function of the epidermis if you ask me, is production of stratum corneum. And in turn the main functions of stratum corneum are:
1. Protecting against antigens such as virus, bacteria, which may get absorbed through the skin, and
2. Locking moisture into the skin.] to prevent dehydration.
We must know that the epidermis is capable of retaining three times its weight of water. Stratum corneum looses pliability when its water composition falls to 10 percent or bellow. At this point, the skin begins to crack at the joints, exposing the internal sensitive skin tissue bellow the upper layer.
This situation is painful and leaves the skin sensitive to infection. There are several factors which can contribute towards dry, dehydrated, flaky and cracked skin.
a. Many a ties, dry, harsh air hits the moisture and the sebum layer of the skin.
b. Long showers, bathing with very hot water, and extended time in bath tubs can extensively dry out the skin.
c. Harsh soaps, scratchy sponges and alkaline products can extensively dry out the skin.
d. Irritants to the skin, like clothes that itch, some of the chemical fabric softners and detergents, may damage the skin.
e. Health and age factor can also contribute towards the dryness of the skin. With ageing the skin looses moisture and thickness on its own.
f. Diabetes and thyroid issues can also dry out the skin.
How can we preserve the Stratum Corneum?
We have to reduce the risk of the above mentioned skin drying factors. We need to keep the skin soft, especially as it ages because with ageing the moisture holding capacity of the skin reduces. We must understand that the Stratum corneum is the bodies first defence against the outside world, but it not only protects us but also provides good look and gives feeling of soft, smooth touch reducing external friction.
This is why we have to take care of our external layer of the skin.
Let us discuss this issue of dry skin in the next issue, where we will focus on several untouched aspects of knowing a dry skin and understanding what to do for it.
Credit : Rahul Phate’s
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