Didn't you ever go to summer camp? It's one of the oldest pranks to play on the new kids.
#DOES YOUR SKIN ABSORB WATER FULL#
and it'll be a full bladder load each time even though I always pee prior to going into the tub.Įveryone has to pee after soaking in water for an extended length of time. If I soak for three hours, without drinking a drop, I will have to pee twice. Give it an hour, maybe 1 1/2 hours, and I will have to pee fiercely. It's possible that the eczema has something to do with it but this happens every time I soak. I set the scale in the exact same location each time and stood on it the exact same way each time, not that it'd matter as my scale measures weight as the combined force input on four individual sensors rather than one internal spring as the old-style scales did.Įvidently I do absorb that much water when I soak. If you really did, then you should go to the doctor and find out what's wrong with your skin. People don't absorb 1.75 pounds of water while soaking in tubs. Or, you're some kind of medical freak who should be in the hospital for testing. Your scale is either broken or not accurate, or you stood on it differently, putting your weight forward or leaning back on your heels, which skewed the scale.
Yet, without eating anything or drinking anything, somehow I miraculously gained 1.6 pounds while soaking for 1 1/2 hours, all of which was immediately shed upon peeing. Now, theoretically, if my necessity for urination was NOT because I had absorbed water through my skin, since I hadn't had anything to drink, before peeing the second time, I should have weighed exactly 214.6 pounds or very close to it, and after peeing, I should have weighed substantially LESS than 214.6 pounds.
I did not drink a drop of water in there. Weight after drying off upon getting out of the tub after 1 1/2 hours of soaking because I had to pee again: 216.2 pounds Weight after peeing, before going into the tub: 214.6 pounds Here's the result from this morning's soak, the first in a good long while. This morning, your statement was proven erroneous.Ī suggestion had been made earlier on that I weigh myself prior to soaking, then weigh myself again upon getting out. Unless you know of a specific chemical that "could be" found in the water and "could be absorbed through the skin" that "could be" triggering release of a natural chemical( which one again?) which "could be" triggering urination(you have a list of chemical triggers of urination lying around?).Ī simple question was asked, can soaking in a tub result in enough water being absorbed through the skin to result in increased urine production and excretion. Makes as much sense as what your "could be" involves. The oil acts as a barrier to water which helps keep the skin from drying out as the oil inhibits evaporation of the water from the skin underneath.Or it "could be" magical bath fairies poking at her bladder causing her to urinate. Oils like cocoa butter diffuse into the cracks and crevices in these dead skin flakes and they soak the oil up like a sponge.
#DOES YOUR SKIN ABSORB WATER CRACKED#
The top most layer of our skin is usually made up of dead skin cells which helps protect the living cells underneath but they can become dry and cracked especially in the winter or if the skin is abused, or thickened with use like callouses. If you wet the skin later, it will be slippery as it is like adding water to dry soap. The rest evaporates off leaving only the dry ingredients of the creme like the fragrance, any oils, and collagen. Collagen is a protein that exists in our skin and so the idea is that it can help repair damage but I'm not sure how accurate those claims are.įor the most part, when you put lotion on, the moisture gets wicked into the skin from capillary action, just like wetting a dry sponge. Most skin creams are water, glycerine and sometimes collagen.
This is why lotions and creams work better if you put them on when your skin is still damp from a shower or bath - you trap more moisture. And if you put something occlusive (a lipophilic barrier like a layer of Vaseline, creams which have oils and fats in them to do the same, a bandage, etc.), you basically trap water in your skin. So lotions on a basic level restore water. The goal is to increase hydration or rather, to avoid moisture loss. To address your initial question with creams and lotions, remember oil and water. Some transdermal (across the skin) delivery systems can even increase the permeability of the skin, making it easier for molecules to get across. To cross the skin barrier from outside of your skin to the inside, generally any molecule has to cross an outer lipophilic layer (which likes fat), then through a hydrophilic layer (which likes water), and then through an inner lipophilic layer. The most general way to understand the skin, drug absorption, lotions, and so forth is to think about how oil and water don't (easily) mix.
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