Dry skin occurs when skin cells lose their ability to hold water causing you to lose your natural and hair moisturizers. This is due primarily to loss of natural oils, which form a moisture barrier on the skin surface.
Other moisturizers have water as the first ingredient, offering temporary relief. However, this high water content soon evaporates, leaving no barrier to retain moisture.
In contrast, the Elta Creme base in Elta Lite provides a watertight moisture barrier that works for hours, substituting for the skin’s natural and hair moisturizers as well as natural oils.