What Are Moisturizers?
Moisturizers, have often times been referred to as lubricants, humectants, emollients, greases, and greases. This shouldn’t be so because each term has a different definition entirely. The specific definitions are as follows:
- Moisturizer – A mixture that restores moisture to (and object)
- Humectants – A mixture, such as glycerin, that absorbs another mixture to help retain moisture
- Emollient – A mixture that makes something soft and also soothes the skin
- Grease – oily matter normally made up of animal fat
- Lubricant – A mixture, such as grease, that reduces friction, heat, and wear between different matter
Moisturizers have always been though prevent dry skin and heal it if you have it. Though there isn’t a clear or simple definition of what dry skin is or isn’t, dry skin is composed with several characteristics and symptoms in mind such as:
- Dry skin often feels dry, very uncomfortable, at times painful, and itchy. Sometimes it has a stinging and tingling sensations
- Common characteristics have a rough and uneven look as well as a sand-like feeling
- Often associated with redness, white splotchy patches, flaks and appears that way, cracking of the skin, and extreme cases; fissures
Even with this being stated, moisturizers do prevent and add moisture back into the skin. You can have dry spots all over your skin or just on your face. By applying a moisturizer the skin will have that much needed boost of moisture and get that silky smooth feeling. Water is a natural moisturizer and can be better than other synthetically created substances that are bought over the counter or in stores.
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