Does Dry Skin Cause Wrinkles?
NO! Why the mania over moisturizers? Why are so many women (and, increasingly, men) slathering on lotions and creams regardless of whether or not their skin needs them? Because most people believe the long-standing myth that dry skin causes wrinkles. Yet nothing could be further from the truth. The notion that dry skin is more prone to wrinkles is utterly false but with so many products claiming they can firm, tone, lift, sculpt, de-puff, and act like medically injected fillers for wrinkles or substitutes for Botox, it’s no wonder so many consumers can’t imagine facing the day without at least one moisturizer. Why does the myth about dry skin causing wrinkles persist? Simply put, when you have dry skin wrinkles look more pronounced and when you put on a moisturizer, voila!, wrinkles look less noticeable. However, this improvement is not a function of the moisturizer changing your skin or necessarily giving your skin what it needs, but an extremely temporary effect taking place on the s
