Palma, Lídia, et al. “Dietary Water Affects Human Skin Hydration and Biomechanics.”Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology, Dove Medical Press, 2015, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4529263/.
In this article, subjects were grouped according to their water intake with the purpose of determining whether the amount of water consumed by the individuals would affect their skin moisture and physiology.
They collected this information after 4 weeks of conducting the experimental portion and measured 5 anatomical parts: the face, arm, leg, BMI, and blood pressure all in an environment without added heat.Researchers found by the end of it the more water drunk, the more naturally moisturized the skin was, and the less of it they drank, the more of a physiological change they found as opposed to those who were drinking more. “Similar results were previously reported in individuals with dry skin, leading the authors to suggest that increasing the dietary water intake would affect the skin the same way as a topical moisturizer (Palma, 2015).
