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When dehydrated can human skin absorb water by immersion?
Someone told me about this...I'm just wondering if this is true? I know we can lose a substantial amount of water every day thru skin...but is it true we uptake water and rehydrate through a bath or a shower?
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- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
welll, the epidermis has a waxy coating on it. This is why when you get out of the shower the water rolls off of you. But if your skin is submerged in the water for a long enough time the epidermis will start to absorb the water, which is why your hand get wrinkly after being in the bath for a long time or doing the dishes.
The skin can absorb water, but cannot hydrate you.
Source(s): AP Biology, Anatomy, etc.. - Anonymous1 decade ago
Dried out PIECE of skin...yes.
Living & needing a drink? NO!
