If sleeping with the air conditioner (AC) running all night makes your skin feel rough and dry when you wake up in the morning, Dr. Jushya Sarin has the solution. The dermatologist on Instagram suggested keeping a bucket of clean water in the room.

“When the water evaporates, it adds a little moisture back into the room,” she explained in the video. Does it really help? Dr.

Shivakumar K, MD and chief consultant pulmonologist, Respiratory Medicine, Kauvery Hospital, Marathahalli, Bengaluru, says that air conditioners (ACs) reduce the humidity in the room by sucking moisture while cooling the air. And dry air means dry skin, itchy eyes and irritated mucous membranes.