If It's Just Vapor - Why Does It Dehydrate You?

[tomus]

I keep on hearing how vaping de-hydrates oneself, and that you should drink more liquid to re-hydrate.

But, if it's water vapor I am inhaling, wouldn't that hydrate you more to start with?

 

[cosmic charlie]

Its not water vapor its pg/vg vapor and it takes moisture from your mouth throat and lungs to produce the vapor you see

 

[o4_srt]

I don't know that it necessarily dehydrates you, rather, gives you cotton mouth due to its hygroscopic (absorb and retain water) properties.

 

[BradSmith]

Interesting question. I don't know but I do know that vg is used in humidors for cigars to add moisture.

 

[tomus]

Its not water vapor its pg/vg vapor and it takes moisture from your mouth throat and lungs to produce the vapor you see

Really?
You mean if I just put a suction on the cartomizer side with a pump, no vapor comes out?

 

[cosmic charlie]

No you will see vapor there is some water in the juice as well as the atmosphere we breathe I saw a thread once where this came up don't renmber where it was though when I was a kid we would play laser tag they always had fog machines going so you could see the laser fog machines don't require someone exhaling.

 

[Ardeagold]

I do know that whatever it is...it absolutely makes me "dry". I was at the grocery store yesterday and HAD to get a drink out of their cold box at the check out counter. My mouth felt like sand, and I hadn't vaped a thing for an hour!

 

[cosmic charlie]

propylene glycol works as a humescent, which causes retention of moisture content of skin or cosmetic products
http://www.natural-health-information-centre.com/propylene-glycol.html don't know if the link will work

 

[NCC]

+3 on stanleyeis's line of thinking.

The liquid is hygroscopic. It is visible even if not inhaled, partly due to the water in the air, but also would be visible if the humidity was 0% (I believe). When inhaled, it is responsible for removing more water from your body than would be removed by normal breathing.

 

[Dob_Bobolina]

+3 on stanleyeis's line of thinking.

The liquid is hygroscopic. It is visible even if not inhaled, partly due to the water in the air, but also would be visible if the humidity was 0% (I believe). When inhaled, it is responsible for removing more water from your body than would be removed by normal breathing.

Now that is an interesting factoid.

 

[cosmic charlie]

I work as a cosmetologist and its been a long tome since school but some products will pull moisture out of the air to enhance curl currently I don't own a chemical dictonary or have the chemistry background to explain it properly but I would suspect pg is what is used to achieve this in hair products pg in an of itself is not going to moisturize but hold moisture

 

[cosmic charlie]

A factoid is a questionable or spurious

 

[Dob_Bobolina]

A factoid is a questionable or spurious

ah, oh, sorry, I didnt mean it like that, I think currently modern culture or pop culture uses it as a pet name for an interesting fact. At least thats how I meant it =)

 

[cosmic charlie]

Yes I bealieve a factoid is a factoid and I am sorry I am definitely not the one who should be correcting grammer, spelling, english, or anything in that field it just makes me giggle to myself when I hear or see someone use the word factoid. If my phone hadn't freaked I would have included the link and the rest of the quote with alternate meanings

 

[Dob_Bobolina]

Yes I bealieve a factoid is a factoid and I am sorry I am definitely not the one who should be correcting grammer, spelling, english, or anything in that field it just makes me giggle to myself when I hear or see someone use the word factoid. If my phone hadn't freaked I would have included the link and the rest of the quote with alternate meanings

lol, ok cool, glad I didnt offend !