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Hard water
ChemicalSubstance
Water with elevated dissolved calcium and magnesium content. Disrupts skin barrier function through four mechanistically independent pathways.
Histidine
ChemicalSubstance
An essential amino acid with a uniquely skin-specific metabolic pathway. Filaggrin is particularly rich in histidine, and its degradation converts histidine to trans-urocanic acid.
Hyaluronic acid
ChemicalSubstance
A glycosaminoglycan that forms the water-retaining ground substance of the dermis and maintains the mechanical environment fibroblasts need for collagen synthesis.