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Is the reversibility of inflation of a subset equivalent to its smoothness?

$D_r(x)$ denotes a closed ball of radius $r$ centered at $x$.

Definition. Let $M \subset \mathbb{R}^n$.

  • $D_r (M): = \bigcup\limits_{x \in M} D_r (x)$
  • $Int_r (M): = \{x ~|~ D_r(x) \subset M\}$

Question1: Is it true that $M \subset \mathbb{R}^n$ the f the following conditions are equivalent

Question2: Is it true that $M \subset \mathbb{R}^n$ the following conditions are equivalent

  • There is $r> 0$ such that $Int_r (D_r (M)) = M$ and $D_r (Int_r (M)) = M$
  • M is a n-dimensional smooth submanifold

Related: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_curve