# Water and acne

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-and-acne/592063>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 9, 2011, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-and-acne/592063 "2011-08-09T11:01:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![CheeseDonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecae2f/32.png) [@CheeseDonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheeseDonkey)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-and-acne/592063/1 "2011-08-09T11:01:47Z")

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From time to time I suffer a bout of the acne, which mostly occurs when I slack off on my water consumption. When I drink a good amount of water a day (6-8 cups) it normally goes away, and when I stop drinking water it has a tendency to come back (or at least stick around longer).

My question is, why does drinking more water help get rid of acne?

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**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-and-acne/592063/2 "2011-08-09T14:33:32Z")

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Dry skin causes/promotes acne. Dehydration leads to dry skin.

[A cite.](http://www.dryskinsite.com/acneanddryskin.htm)