{"id":30327,"date":"2026-11-02T14:38:29","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T13:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sublio.com\/?page_id=30327"},"modified":"2026-11-04T02:37:03","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T01:37:03","slug":"tight-skin-after-showering","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sublio.com\/en\/journal\/tight-skin-after-showering\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresh from the shower, that tightness we take for granted"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"30327\" class=\"elementor elementor-30327 elementor-30271\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7f8dac e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f7f8dac\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7003ac7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7003ac7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>THE JOURNAL \u00b7 SKIN<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f366bb6 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f366bb6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Fresh from the shower, that tightness we take for granted.<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44184a0 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"44184a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A towel, a mirror, and that familiar sensation: the skin feels tight, sometimes it itches. We blame the winter, the soap, the passing years. Rarely the water itself. More often than not, it is the very first culprit.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c34fa4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0c34fa4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>By Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Esnault, inventor of Hyperionisation\u00ae<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d40131 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9d40131\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ade2710 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ade2710\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>THE OBSERVATION<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-872a634 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"872a634\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A discomfort so commonplace we no longer notice it.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5718c42 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit sublio-aere elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5718c42\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Tight skin, a stiff, papery feeling on stepping out of the bath, the urge to scratch a few minutes after showering: these signs are so widespread that they pass for normal. They all point to the same thing, skin that has lost water rather than gained it.<\/p><p>The paradox is a curious one. We emerge from the water, and our skin is left thirsting for it.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cf2195 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6cf2195\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-225a3cd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"225a3cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>THE MECHANISM<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fed9ea3 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fed9ea3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What ordinary water does to the skin.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bd39bd elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit sublio-aere elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6bd39bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The skin is protected by the hydrolipidic film, a fine veil of water and lipids that holds in moisture and keeps aggressors at bay. Hot water dissolves it. The longer and hotter the shower, the thinner this veil becomes, and the more the water held within the epidermis evaporates once the skin is exposed to the air.<\/p><p>Soaps and shower gels amplify the phenomenon, as does limescale. In 2017, researchers at King\u2019s College London and the University of Sheffield <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcl.ac.uk\/archive\/news\/kings\/newsrecords\/2017\/09-september\/the-hard-truth-about-eczema-it%27s-something-in-the-water\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">showed<\/a> that the calcium and magnesium in hard water bind to the surfactants in soap, deposit them on the skin and raise its surface pH. The skin barrier emerges weakened.<\/p><p>Ordinary water cleanses, but it dries. It glides over the skin, then slips away, carrying with it part of what protected it.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d4a8bf e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8d4a8bf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4dada86 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4dada86\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>DAY TO DAY<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be605c3 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"be605c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The habits that limit the damage.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5a9314 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit sublio-aere elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c5a9314\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dermatologists have long recommended a few simple precautions: lukewarm rather than scalding water, a shower of five to ten minutes, a gentle cleanser, a towel that pats rather than rubs, a moisturiser applied to skin that is still slightly damp.<\/p><p>Such measures slow the loss of water. They do not address its cause: ordinary water remains unable to hydrate the skin it touches.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2a0e1b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f2a0e1b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d20de62 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d20de62\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>OF ANOTHER NATURE<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8be8741 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8be8741\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Water that hydrates, at last.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7dadd8 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit sublio-aere elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a7dadd8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>It is precisely this limit that Hyperionisation\u00ae has lifted. The process gives birth to an unprecedented water. Its composition remains unchanged: the same minerality, the same pH, the same bacteriological quality; nothing is added, removed or filtered. Its ionic organisation, however, is distinct.<\/p><p>From this break with the ordinary arises an affinity with the skin without equivalent. On contact with hyperionic water, the minerals, calcium foremost, set the skin\u2019s biological mechanisms in motion. Hydration reaches deeper, and the epidermis grows denser.<\/p><p>Twelve studies have been conducted on Sublio\u00ae technology; they establish its efficacy on the skin.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-220bde8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"220bde8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-395f1a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"395f1a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>THE SENSATION<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4920d00 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4920d00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What you feel, once dry.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fc3da2 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit sublio-aere elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3fc3da2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>From the moment you enter the water, you sense it is anything but ordinary. The most striking contrast comes afterwards, once the skin has dried: not a trace of tightness. It is firm, smooth and supple, as if nourished from within. You can feel that something has happened.<\/p><p>This effect builds over time. Each contact strengthens the one before: after two or three nights in a house equipped from shower to pool, the skin has regained a density it retains long after departure.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f55968a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f55968a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97cb751 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"97cb751\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>THE EXPERIENCE<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff8aaf0 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ff8aaf0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Where hyperionic water awaits you.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dece6ce elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit sublio-aere elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dece6ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Sublio equips hotels, spas and exceptional residences in their entirety, from the rooms to the pools and the spa, so that the skin never leaves hyperionic water.<\/p><p>Do you run an establishment? Every project begins with a feasibility study, complimentary and without obligation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6047c3a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6047c3a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b79eee elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0b79eee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be2a792 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"be2a792\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The essentials in five answers.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41695de elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit sublio-aere sublio-faq-journal elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"41695de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Does skin that feels tight after showering lack water?<\/strong><br>Yes. Tightness signals skin that has lost water during and after the shower, for want of an intact hydrolipidic film to retain it.<\/p><p><strong>Can showering dry out the skin?<\/strong><br>Yes. Hot water dissolves the hydrolipidic film that protects the skin, and a long shower encourages water to evaporate from the epidermis. Lukewarm water and a short shower limit this dryness.<\/p><p><strong>Does hard water make dry skin worse?<\/strong><br>Yes. Combined with soap, limescale leaves deposits on the skin and raises its surface pH, which weakens the skin barrier.<\/p><p><strong>Does hyperionic water retain the composition of the original water?<\/strong><br>Yes. Its minerality, pH and bacteriological quality remain strictly unchanged: nothing is added, removed or filtered. Only its ionic organisation is distinct.<\/p><p><strong>Where can you enjoy hyperionic water during an exceptional stay?<\/strong><br>In the establishments equipped by Sublio, hyperionic water is present throughout, from the shower to the pool, by way of the whirlpool baths. Sublio is designed for palace hotels, luxury resorts, exclusive wellness retreats and yachts.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee1bdce e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ee1bdce\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a522d47 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a522d47\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>SOURCES<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4878ba8 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4878ba8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Further reading.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7fea03 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit sublio-aere elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e7fea03\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcl.ac.uk\/archive\/news\/kings\/newsrecords\/2017\/09-september\/the-hard-truth-about-eczema-it%27s-something-in-the-water\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">King\u2019s College London and the University of Sheffield, hard water and the skin barrier (2017)<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e96d513 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e96d513\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33c0c9f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"33c0c9f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A PROVEN INNOVATION<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eaee435 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"eaee435\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"236\" height=\"59\" src=\"https:\/\/sublio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/picto-etudes-biologiques-sublio.svg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-19331\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b453523 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b453523\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>12 independent biological studies.<\/p><p>A patented process, trademarks protected internationally.<\/p><p>World-renowned laboratories behind every result.<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 600;\">Sublio does not make promises,<br \/>Sublio demonstrates.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9536089 elementor-align-center elementor-button-warning elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"9536089\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"\/en\/feasibility-study\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Request your feasibility study<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE JOURNAL \u00b7 SKIN Fresh from the shower, that tightness we take for granted. A towel, a mirror, and that familiar sensation: the skin feels tight, sometimes it itches. We blame the winter, the soap, the passing years. Rarely the water itself. More often than not, it is the very first culprit. 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