One of skin care’s best secret weapons is exfoliation. While many people know what exfoliating is or that they should do it, they often don’t. Men typically believe skin care treatments are for women only, and women often put it off as too time consuming to fit into a busy day. In as little as three minutes a week you can brighten your lack luster skin and have a “dewy” glow.
Exfoliating should be done three times a week. It is important to remember that your body heals itself at night and if you use anti aging serums, exfoliate at night because it will help product penetrate deeper into the skin receiving more health care benefits.
Exfoliation is a technique that can and should be used by both men and women once a week in order to maintain healthy beautiful looking skin. The process of exfoliation removes the dead skin cells from the top layer of your skin. These dead skin cells accumulate on the skin, and without some method of removing them, they can cause a great deal of trouble for you. Dead skin cells clog pores trapping dirt and oils inside and encouraging blackheads, pimples, and other facial blemishes. This is especially true for oily skin. Dead skin cell accumulation causes much of the oils produced by oily skin to get trapped underneath the dead cells causing a layer of oil that just adds to acne problems.
St Ive’s Apricot Scrub is VERY harsh on the skin. In my experience as a licensed skin therapist of analyzing people’s skin under a 16 diopter magnifier I have seen fine cuts on the epidermis caused from heavy pressure of exfoliating and also from the granule crystals in the product. If you have this product at home, don’t throw it away, instead use it as a foot scrub!
The top layer of your skin is called an acid mantle and it has a natural ph of 4.5 to 5.5, anytime you are using a product that is either too drying or moisturizing to the skin you are changing the ph level in the skin. Adverse effects also cause you to change the hyaluronic acid level. Hyaluronic acid levels are the natural oils in the skin that help hydrate the skin and keep it soft and supple. Using the incorrect product or harsh products can lead to oil shine break through mid day.
An exfoliator should be soft, non-granule and non-abrasive. Dermalogica makes a Daily Micro Exfoliant and is made of rice. It still should only be used three times a week and NOT consecutive days.
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