Henna does like to pull water......
Posted by Catherine Cartwright Jones on March 29, 2000 at 21:02:57:
In Reply to: Weird "pruning" of skin after shower, reverse of Henna pattern posted by Carrie on March 29, 2000 at 00:25:22:
This has something ... but its hard to say exactly what ... to do with
the way henna binds with collagens in the skin. When hennotannic acid
binds onto a skin or hair cell, moisture (also) holds more easily to
that cell. Women living in arid regions value henna in that it brings
moisture into their hair....making it silkier. Henna on feet keeps
feet from cracking in really arid conditions.
I suspect it has something to do with the little oxygens or the
hydrogen stuck onto the second carbon ring of hennotannic acid
grabbing and hanging onto extra water molecules and thus relatively
rehydrating that part of the skin .... but that's out of my area of
expertise, so I wouldn't want to venture further in my guestimate.
