How to Exfoliate Facial Skin

A healthy skin will always be noticeable at a glance, as the care of this important layer that covers our entire body has been present since the beginning of our existence. Although many believe that it is only vanity born in contemporary aristocracy or in the superficiality of modern and entertaining internet networks, the truth is that it goes beyond merely aesthetic issues.

Everything is in function of skin health, and this is intimately linked to the general health of our body since the skin acts as a protective layer against the harshest threats that the harsh outside world has prepared to affect us and cause skin ailments.

It’s not that the world is an entirely hostile place, but we also cannot enjoy it as if nothing out there could affect us, because in life and this ecosystem, things have a balance, and we are a fundamental part of that chain.

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That is why caring for the skin has become more than an aesthetic tradition, a necessary practice recommended by millions of dermatologists worldwide, who know and establish a set of basic rules and treatments to guarantee its maximum protection and healthiness to show it off healthy and glowing.

You probably already know some of these treatments for a healthy and effective skin care, but we bet that beyond the classic moisturizer, you had overlooked one of the main skin care practices that pharmaceutical industries and health professionals so emphatically emphasize regarding the effective preparation of the skin regardless of its type.

Oily, combination, sensitive, or dry, all without exception need general care, and that care that prepares and strengthens them for a better result is named and currently known as exfoliation. In today’s article, we want to talk to you about it and all its steps to achieve an effective treatment to achieve totally exfoliated facial skin.

Do not miss any details, and be a participant and of course the protagonist of this new destination to which we very pleasantly want to lead you and prepare you for a necessary rest for its proper maintenance and also a couple of tips for you to apply from now on and with the family, without needing to leave home and enjoying all the benefits that we bring you. Join us!

What is exfoliation and what are its benefits?

As we were telling you in the introduction of this article, techniques for skin care have been constantly increasing, and around the last 50 years have gained some notoriety in the field of cosmetics, becoming one of the most common techniques of millions of women and men.

But according to medical studies, there is still a good portion of the world’s population that ignores it, and does not consider it as a necessary practice for the maintenance of healthy skin and appearance, an issue that from this space where you read us we strongly condemn and want to give our best effort to clarify why this is a serious mistake and on the contrary, you must maintain a routine of weekly or monthly exfoliation.

Although you may not believe it, exfoliation can be involuntary, as our skin also tends to leave dead cells in its upper layer known scientifically as the “epidermis” which just by passing a comb or drying ourselves with a simple cloth towel, we would be generating an exercise of involuntary micro exfoliation.

The important thing to highlight here is that we must continue with that routine but in a detailed and precise way so that the skin achieves a better appearance and prepares to be more receptive when it comes to future treatments, and even if you do not want to apply one, continue with this as part of a routine as important as the first glass of water in the morning.

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To get into the subject, we want to tell you that scientifically speaking, and from the opinion of consulted dermatologist doctors, we can define exfoliation as a process that, although it can be physical, thanks to the modernity of our times, there are currently chemical interventions that achieve this result.

The goal is to ensure that the dead skin cells are eliminated, and mostly this causes a positive effect for the penetration of products such as moisturizing creams or any other medicinal cream, where having exfoliated skin will take an effect of unique self-regeneration that ends up providing a better appearance in the skin and an effective and deep care.

The frequency with which exfoliation should be done must be measured, as an abuse of this practice could end up with wear on the skin tissues or even leaving it terribly photosensitive when we expose ourselves to everyday sunlight, so the minimum recommendation ranges from once a month, up to a maximum of two exfoliations per month. Below we leave you all the benefits:

Glow and health

Healthy skin is always noticeable for its glow and appearance. When we put on makeup and do not remove the dead cells that we naturally and cyclically have in our tissues, we are contributing to the dullness of its glow and also allowing it to form a layer that ends up leaving it rough or coarse.

By exfoliating the skin, we can reduce almost 99% of the accumulation of those dead cells, and as the revitalized tissue, we let the skin create a layer of evident softness to the touch, and as a positive effect, an absolute improvement in its color appearance that are evidenced in a radiant glow.

Combats acne

The stage of acne is something that all human beings go through regardless of race, skin type, or other factors. It is classic in puberty, although studies have affirmed that its process can have a second outbreak when adulthood is reached around the age of 30.

As prevention is the key to success and a certainty in good health, skin is no exception to this fundamental medical principle, so we recommend you have an exfoliation routine according to the advice previously indicated, only then can you free yourself both if you already have acne, as well as in a hypothetical re-outbreak.

Reduces pores

The skin has small hair follicles, these same ones prepare and open naturally to cause hair growth to be effective, which is a process we all go through, but aesthetically speaking, this expansion of the pores does not look very good and are noticeable at a glance.

Closing the pores is also a normal practice, although the reality of all this matter is not actually the intention of closing them, but to achieve a reduction, and for that, the exfoliation routine contributes greatly, so we recommend applying it at least every 15 days and enjoy healthier skin for you that makes you look confident.

Receptive skin

For any good treatment to have an effect on your skin, it is necessary to follow a series of steps and recommendations, both at a medical or dermatological level, as well as those emphatically expressed in any beauty product that we buy in the market.

Part of all that process is to previously prepare the skin for an exfoliation routine, this technique contributes enormously so that the skin leaves a layer of absolute receptivity product of the elimination of dead cells, and other adjacent bacteria in the epidermis.

Prevention of wrinkles

The effects of being over 50 years old, cannot be left behind, and almost any aesthetic neglect in our skin that we have, will leave a mark for future wrinkles that we take so long to remove, and in some cases, tend to be marked and of surgical intervention.

But a great secret that prevents the ordeal of wrinkled skin, especially that which covers the extent of our face, is exfoliation, since it works on blood stimulation, removes impurities, and constantly works to generate new tissue free of any threat.

Types of exfoliation

Thanks to the diversity of the market, today we can find multiple options to achieve effective exfoliation on the skin, and that is why we have concluded in two marvelous ways that can be useful for you and your colleagues in this aesthetic and health frenzy to achieve totally healthy skin.

Surely you are very interested in wanting to exfoliate your skin, and with the list of benefits, steps, and definitions that we previously gave you, it is time for you to know the methods to achieve it.

Natural exfoliation

Skin exfoliation is not something difficult to achieve and as in this space we are fans and aficionados of natural methods, we have submitted to intense research to bring you, our most beloved reader, several exfoliation techniques with natural products that you can do from home.

Enjoy each of the natural options that only the benevolent mother earth brings to you, and begin to join one of the cutaneous prevention routines that you can best apply and at a moderate cost that hardly manages to drastically alter your monthly market budget using basic ingredients such as oats, cinnamon, honey, or yogurt.

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Chemical exfoliation

Next, we have prepared a small list of professional interventions with exfoliating purposes that can help you with this process, and although their price is high in many cases, the effect is more lasting and in addition, you have the supervision of trained personnel at all times of the application. Dare to try them!

Chemical peel

The chemical peel is an outpatient surgical intervention, in which the patient is placed on a bed of absolute rest and the treating doctor with the help of high-pressure syringes, places on their tissues a chemical substance that causes the skin to regenerate quickly, killing dead cells, and working on a new one.

Dermabrasion

Dermabrasion is a process where there are no needles penetrating the skin tissue, but rather a facial device prepared to put pressure on the epidermal tissue, and thus achieve a natural response in the skin that ends in facial rejuvenation.

4 steps for effective exfoliation

Many times it doesn’t matter so much the product we are going to use, but how we are going to use it, and for that reason we bring you the four fundamental steps that you must take into consideration so that your skin has the effective exfoliation that you want to achieve so much, and that following our instructions will be more than a piece of cake, will you come?

Step 1

As it is always due, cleaning is basic and fundamental for any treatment that you want to achieve on the skin, and if we are going to work on our face it is important that we have as a fundamental rule the cleaning of our face to free ourselves from impurities.

For that reason, we strongly recommend that you effectively clean your face so that when complementing the exfoliation, the same ingredients do not join with the impurities or other matters that normally lodge in our epidermis, where the best ally will be some tonic or micellar water to avoid dryness in this sensitive area of our body.

Step 2

After having cleaned your face well, it is not necessary to dry it completely, because as an additional fact we want to share with you that the secret of many aesthetic centers worldwide is to use the exfoliating ingredient of your choice with damp skin to facilitate adsorption.

Another aspect to consider is that the movement for this routine is never vertical, but rather enveloping, circular, and sustained, applying only minimal pressure so that the product manages to penetrate through the skin layer and thus achieve a better effect.

Step 3

Some exfoliants can be irritating to certain areas of our face, so it is better that while applying it following our previous step, you avoid at all costs going through the sensitive area of the eyes and its contour.

If for some reason you passed the exfoliant in that area and you feel itching or burning, you should immediately suspend the treatment for a few moments and attend to the eye, which will serve to refresh it with plenty of fresh water and dry by giving light taps in the entire area, once everything is ready, we return to the routine. Nothing should stop you!

Step 4

All of the above was a resounding success, of that we have no doubt, but a last but not least important step is that after having been exfoliating the skin of our face, it is necessary to go through a complementary step of clearing the area, so we will achieve a more eye-catching result of great cutaneous benefit in terms of aesthetics.

For that it is only necessary to use your favorite moisturizing cream, the one that has always accompanied you throughout your entire life and now figures as an unprecedented ally. If by chance you still do not have one, you can get it at any beauty store or make a homemade one by just consulting a few minutes on the internet.

2 typical mistakes when exfoliating the skin

Sometimes we focus so much on the benefits we want to achieve when exfoliating the face that we execute the relevant steps incorrectly, and what we cause is not a healthy exfoliation routine but a real imbalance that can severely damage our skin if the following two aspects are not taken into consideration:

The first is that pressure at the time of doing it is essential, but you should not be aggressive, not because you apply more pressure in the area means that you will be doing it better and that the result will be guaranteed, everything is about supreme delicacy and subtlety on the skin, remember that this protective layer is designed to protect us, and to give back, the best thing is to pamper it with the softness that only it deserves.

The second and not least important is that if you have sensitive skin, and at the time of executing the exfoliating routine, you feel that the skin becomes red, itches or burns, it is best not to insist, and suspend treatment to avoid greater damages that you could later regret and therefore take a few minutes in a medical consultation.

For that reason we always recommend that sensitive skins should be tested with natural ingredients, as scientifically speaking they are the least likely to cause an unfavorable reaction in the skin of people who suffer from this condition. As an additional fact, always testing the exfoliant on the back of our wrist is an indication of how the skin reacts by letting it act for a maximum of 10 minutes.

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Taking care of the skin is one of the most common practices that we can observe today, and although exfoliation is just as important as using a simple moisturizing cream, there are people who do not have it fully conscientized. We hope this article has been helpful to you and you start to carry out this care. Until next time and don’t forget to share the information with your friends.