What are Moisturizers that help prevent TEWL?Updated a year ago
The combination of water and occlusives is imperative to combatting TEWL, but prevention relies on a few other ingredients that fortify the skin’s own ability to hang on to water.
Your daily moisturizer should contain a few more important elements that support comprehensive moisturization, like barrier-repairing ingredients, emollients, and humectants.
These ingredients support the skin’s ongoing ability to maintain water by supporting the skin’s own intracellular matrix. We discuss them in detail in our guide to moisturizer ingredients.
Our goal was long-term repair when formulating Protocol's Hydration Cream. It’s built to be aggressively "renewing,” or as GQ recently called it, "the ultimate recovery night cream." It’s packed with clinically-recommended quantities of ingredients proven to prevent TEWL. That includes humectants like hyaluronic acid to increase moisture, light hydrogenated fatty acids for daily occlusion, and niacinamide which supports the skin’s own barrier-repair mechanisms by boosting ceramide and lipid synthesis.
Turn water loss into water GAINS
Having great-looking skin is simple. Prevent transepidermal water loss and keep water inside your skin.
Fully hydrated skin looks healthy, glowy, and springy. Plus, it’s a lot stronger and more resistant to external damage, which maintains youthfulness and prevents irritation.
We’d love for you to use our Hydration Cream - it’s made with a nice blend of TEWL-preventing ingredients, and supports the action of our high-powered Enzyme-Active Retinol Serum.
But at the end of the day, keeping the skin hydrated is pretty simple - find any decent moisturizer, soak in some water, and lock that moisture in. For those not looking for active renewal benefits, a simple drugstore moisturizer or good ole petrolatum will do the job.
Skincare companies don’t discuss this much because it proves that you don’t have to spend a lot of money to take care of your skin. How you apply your skincare can matter a lot more than the actual product.