http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/04/22/how-to-stop-the-world%e2%80%99s-greatest-moisturizer-from-drying-out-your-skin/ Cosmetic chemists answer your beauty product questions! We are a group of cosmetic scientists who understand what the chemicals used in cosmetics really do, how products are tested, and what all the advertising means. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:20:37 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/04/22/how-to-stop-the-world%e2%80%99s-greatest-moisturizer-from-drying-out-your-skin/comment-page-1/#comment-8025 Right Brain Mon, 23 Apr 2007 02:21:11 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/04/22/how-to-stop-the-world%e2%80%99s-greatest-moisturizer-from-drying-out-your-skin/#comment-8025 Great comments, Pam. I haven't seen data that shows hot showers can cause the problems you describe but it does make some sense. Better safe than sorry! If we come across any more details we'll write a follow up post. Great comments, Pam. I haven’t seen data that shows hot showers can cause the problems you describe but it does make some sense. Better safe than sorry! If we come across any more details we’ll write a follow up post.

]]> http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/04/22/how-to-stop-the-world%e2%80%99s-greatest-moisturizer-from-drying-out-your-skin/comment-page-1/#comment-8019 Pam Mon, 23 Apr 2007 02:02:32 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/04/22/how-to-stop-the-world%e2%80%99s-greatest-moisturizer-from-drying-out-your-skin/#comment-8019 Great information. I wish I had known this when I was a teenager. My comment: another threat to one's beauty from long, hot showers. If you are a fair-skinned person who tends to flush easily, and your face becomes flushed from the hot water, after many hot showers there could be damage to the facial capillaries that enlarge and cause the flushing. They could remain permanently enlarged, so that you are permanently flushed. I think that the exposure to heat, and flushing, is also a factor in getting spider veins (broken capillaries) on your face (and other areas), and in getting rosacea. I am in my 40's and have had all three of these not-beautiful facial flaws since my late twenties. My reading as a layperson/patient about the causative factors have led me to believe that the long, hot showers I used to take played a part. Great information. I wish I had known this when I was a teenager. My comment: another threat to one’s beauty from long, hot showers. If you are a fair-skinned person who tends to flush easily, and your face becomes flushed from the hot water, after many hot showers there could be damage to the facial capillaries that enlarge and cause the flushing. They could remain permanently enlarged, so that you are permanently flushed. I think that the exposure to heat, and flushing, is also a factor in getting spider veins (broken capillaries) on your face (and other areas), and in getting rosacea. I am in my 40’s and have had all three of these not-beautiful facial flaws since my late twenties. My reading as a layperson/patient about the causative factors have led me to believe that the long, hot showers I used to take played a part.

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