Skin’s Barrier Function
What is the Skin’s barrier function? and why it is so important for skin health?
One way to understand the importance of your skin’s barrier function is to think of your body as an apple. The skin of the apple keeps the firm flesh beneath moist and protects it from drying exposure to the air and environment. The uppermost layer of your skin, like a peel of an apple, is a waterproof seal, keeping air out and moisture within, so the cells stay plump with fluid.
When the skin of an apple is cut or damaged, the inside of the apple begins to dry, and the exposed flesh brown. Even if a bump or dent so tiny that it can’t be seen injures the apple skin, the flesh beneath it becomes discolored. Tiny breaks in the surface of your skin allow moisture to escape and let in bacteria, irritants, and free radicals, all of which not only damage various structures within the skin but also accelerate further moisture loss, Collagen and elastin break down which you don’t see it in your snake eyes. So that it is very important to have a healthy barrier. When your barrier is compromised, it speeds up the aging process as well as problem skin occurs.
Make sure all your cleanser, serum, moisturize products must-have ingredients that don't disturb your skin's barrier function. Everything you use must maintain the barrier and prevent water from evaporating through the upper layers of skin and into the atmosphere.
Hope this helps you to make a decision about what products need to choose not the price :-)
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