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Oils vs Lotions
Protecting Your Skin
Protecting Your Skin
To put it very simply, our bodies are literally contained by our skin, and what you put on your skin is ultimately absorbed into your bloodstream.
Lotions are made with a mix of water and oil, but oil and water don’t mix! To make lotion, oil and water must be combined through the use of additives and emulsifiers. In order to keep bacteria from growing in water, preservatives like parabens or any other synthetics are added into the lotion so that it remains shelf stable.
The beauty of an oil is that its anhydrous, meaning there's no water present and no need to add any synthetics to the formula to make it shelf stable.
Oils are bioactive which refers to the amount of ingredients that are absorbed into your bloodstream after a product is applied to your skin. Because of oils lipophilic nature and their small molecular size, the nutrients and vitamins in essential oils can absorb easily into the skin, revitalizing on a cellular level and creating a more resilient moisture barrier. Lotions, on the other hand, can moisturize, but typically just sit on the top of your skin until you wash them off.
Protecting Your Skin
Protecting Your Skin
Protecting Your Skin
We couldn't explain this any better! The Cleveland Clinic does a fabulous job! Please Read!
What is the dermis layer?
Your skin has three main layers, and the dermis (corium) is the middle layer of skin in your body. The other two layers of skin are your epidermis and hypodermis. Your dermis layer consists of two layers of its own.
Corium is another name for the dermis. Corium is a Latin word that means “leather” or “skin.”
What are the two layers of the dermis?
Your dermis consists of two layers:
- Reticular dermis: The reticular layer is the bottom layer of your dermis. It’s thick, and it contains blood vessels, glands, hair follicles, lymphatics, nerves and fat cells. A net-like structure of elastin fibers and collagen fibers surrounds the reticular dermis. These fibers support your skin’s overall structure, as well as allow it to move and stretch.
- Papillary dermis: The papillary layer is the top layer of your dermis. It’s much thinner than the reticular dermis. It consists of collagen fibers, fibroblast cells, fat cells, blood vessels (capillary loops), nerve fibers, touch receptors (Meissner corpuscles) and cells that fight bacteria (phagocytes). The papillary dermis extends to the basement layer of the epidermis layer. They form a strong bond that connects like interlocking fingers.
What is the difference between the dermis and the epidermis?
Your dermis and your epidermis are the top two layers of skin in your body. Your epidermis is the top layer, and your dermis is the middle layer. Your dermis exists between your epidermis and hypodermis.
Your epidermis is the thinnest layer of skin. It helps hydrate your body, produces new skin cells, protects your body from damage and makes melanin, which provides skin color.
While your epidermis is the thinnest layer of skin, your dermis is the thickest layer of skin. Your dermis contains collagen and elastin, which help make your dermis thick and supportive of your skin’s overall structure.
All of your connective tissues, nerve endings, sweat glands, oil glands and hair follicles exist in your dermis.
FUNCTION
What are the functions of the dermis?
Each layer of your skin works together to protect your body. Your dermis has many additional functions, including:
- Supporting your epidermis: Your dermis’s structure provides strength and flexibility, and blood vessels help maintain your epidermis by transporting nutrients.
- Feeling different sensations: Nerve endings in your dermis allow you to feel different sensations, like pressure, pain, heat, cold and itchiness.
- Producing sweat: Your dermis contains sweat glands, which produce sweat when you’re hot or experience stress. Sweat helps control your body temperature (thermoregulation).
- Keeping your skin moist: Your dermis contains sebaceous glands, which secrete an oily lubricant (sebum) that helps keep your skin and hair hydrated and shiny.
- Producing hair: Your dermis contains hair follicles, which produce hair all over your skin, except the palms of your hands and the soles of your feet.