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Why not use 100% alcohol instead of 62% alcohol? Why use alcohol at all? How does alcohol dry the skin?

April 26, 2017alcohol dry skin

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Why not use 100% alcohol instead of 62% alcohol? Why use alcohol at all? How does alcohol dry the skin?

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Alcohol is a solvent that extracts the natural oils from the skin, a process sometimes called de-fatting. Loss of these natural oils makes your skin dry cracked and inflexible. Thousands of small micro cracks can be caused by each application of alcohol products.