25/09/2025
🛑 Everyone loves a good Hyaluronic acid serum - but is it actually making your skin worse?? 👀
Here’s what you need to know if HA is your obsession:
➡️ Don’t be duped!
Dupes and cheap HA serums commonly use the wrong weights (large molecules). Instead of pulling water into your skin, they suck moisture out - leaving your skin thirsty and barrier irritated.
It’s pretty much the equivalent of drinking salt water when you’re dehydrated 😩
➡️ Know your Type!
On an impaired skin (think dry, hot, itchy, flaky or sore), HA behaves like an over-eager sponge.
It absorbs water into the upper layers of the skin, swelling your keratinocytes (so it FEELS nice and plump).
But without enough lipids to seal it all that water evaporates super quickly, leaving skin even drier and more inflamed. And so you apply more and more but nothing changes.
➡️ Check the forecast….
💧In high humidity, HA can draw moisture from the air so the skin looks hydrated
☀️ In dry climates there’s no ambient moisture to pull from so the HA steals it from your own skin, which can worsen dehydration
So what do we recommend?
Leave a comment if you want to know more!
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