Everything You Need to Know About Dehydrated Skin

Our skin can become dehydrated for a number of reasons. The most obvious, perhaps, is that we're not moisturizing as regularly as we ought to. Not-so-obvious contributors to dehydrated skin include: using really hot water to wash your face, not exfoliating regularly, free radical damage caused by UV rays and pollution, and — you guessed it — not drinking enough water.

If we don't address those factors, then things only become worse. For a closer look at what, exactly, happens to our skin when it's dehydrated, we asked skin experts to weigh in.

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