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[Alpha-Frequency]

Greetings,

Over the years I have developed that habit of spraying my face with a spray bottle and allowing the fan nearby to blow fresh, cool air on my face. I recently spoke to a skin specialist who said that this is an excellent habit because it perpetually hydrates the pores/skin. What do you guys think of this? Is this simply nonsense?

Cheers

[VictorBjoerk]

Does the spray bottle contain water?

[Alpha-Frequency]

Yes.

[Eva Victoria]

I think it'll only dry your skin out. Since water won't be able to penetrate into your skin(too large molecules and thanks God for that!)
The fan will just make the surface of your skin only drier.

What will moisturise your skin is products that contain humectants like hyaluronic acid, trehalose or even petrolatum.
And also avoiding sunexposure.

Greetings,

Over the years I have developed that habit of spraying my face with a spray bottle and allowing the fan nearby to blow fresh, cool air on my face. I recently spoke to a skin specialist who said that this is an excellent habit because it perpetually hydrates the pores/skin. What do you guys think of this? Is this simply nonsense?

Cheers

[Alpha-Frequency]

You are quite correct- I was spraying my face for therapeutic reasons, and I am now realizng it has been drying out my skin! Stupid.
Anyways, thank you for pointing me in the right direction.

[niner]

I think it'll only dry your skin out. Since water won't be able to penetrate into your skin(too large molecules and thanks God for that!)
The fan will just make the surface of your skin only drier.

What will moisturise your skin is products that contain humectants like hyaluronic acid, trehalose or even petrolatum.
And also avoiding sunexposure.

Good advice, Eva. I just wanted to mention that water is not too large to penetrate. In fact, it's about as small a molecule as you can get without being a gas. The reason it doesn't penetrate is most likely that it's too polar.

[zoolander]

I tried to tell my ex that spraying onto the face was good for her but she didn't believe me

[Alpha-Frequency]

LOL

[spacetime]

I think it'll only dry your skin out. Since water won't be able to penetrate into your skin(too large molecules and thanks God for that!)
The fan will just make the surface of your skin only drier.

What will moisturise your skin is products that contain humectants like hyaluronic acid, trehalose or even petrolatum.
And also avoiding sunexposure.

Good advice, Eva. I just wanted to mention that water is not too large to penetrate. In fact, it's about as small a molecule as you can get without being a gas. The reason it doesn't penetrate is most likely that it's too polar.

Polarity/lipophilicity of the molecule is the most important factor in regards to penetrating the stratum corneum. Molecular weight also is a factor but anything under 500 should be small enough to pass. The stratum corneum consists of multiple lipid bilayers separated by thin layers of water. As such diffusion through this area is hindered by hydrogen bonding, meaning that polar/hydrophilic substances will not penetrate easily. But fairly non polar/lipophilic should penetrate relatively easily. One caveat though, non polar/highly lipophilic do not pass well. I believe this is due to the water layer that is associated with the lipid's polar head. So water will not penetrate beyond the SC and into the viable epidermis and the dermis layers. It's possible that it may hydrate the other layer of the SC but aside from that it won't offer much benefit and you are better off with a non comedogenic moisturizer.

[Alpha-Frequency]

Holy wow, that was one of the most eloquent responses I've ever read. Incredible.