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With Dr Heather Woolery Lloyd
What Are Your Skin’s Natural Moisturizing Factors?
Certain skincare ingredients are widely known for their skin-hydrating benefits: shea butter, glycerin, and so on. Natural moisturizing factors (NMFs) sometimes get left out of this conversation, but these water-attracting molecules deserve more attention. Ahead, dermatologist and CeraVe consultant Dr. Heather Woolery-LLoyd explains the role NMFs play in your skin and in products like the CeraVe Intensive Moisturizing Balm.