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Dry Skin Means Lack of Water, Not Lack of Oil

Posted on February 06, 2008

Dry skin means lack of water, not lack of oil. Skin creams function by creating a temporary barrier on your skin that seals in water.In the late 1940's, a doctor at Massachusetts General Hospital took a hard callus off the foot of one of his patients and placed in oil. It remained as hard as ever. Then he placed the callus in water and it became very soft, but soon after being removed from the water, it became very hard again. Then he left the callus in water until it became soft, removed it and then soaked it in oil and it remained soft for a long time. He had shown that dry skin should be tr...

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callus , foot , skin