How to Exfoliate Your Face: Guide to Using a Facial Scrub

. It couldn't be better explained, but after the definition, a lot of questions arise: is it advisable to eliminate and remove these cells from your face? How often? In what way?... Facial exfoliation generates many doubts and Faced with so many questions, we have decided to ask a couple of skin experts for advice to clarify them for us.

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“An exfoliation consists of removing the most superficial layer of the skin, the horny layer, to renew it. Helps cleanse and renew skin to give it a brighter complexion. That it be more alive, less dull and with a healthier appearance”, says Dr. José Luis Estebaranz, director of the Dermomedic Clinic and Bioderma collaborating dermatologist. In addition, “it helps to eliminate impurities, cleanse and reduce the size of the pore, fight against spots and small wrinkles, and combat the effects of environmental pollution. It also stimulates blood microcirculation –this promotes the best functioning of the epidermal cells– and benefits the penetration of any active ingredient that you apply afterwards”, adds beautician Carmen Navarro.

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Types of exfoliants

Before doing a facial exfoliation, whether at home or in a beauty center, it is very important that you have a skin diagnosis, since depending on the type, the most appropriate one will be sought. In the cabin “on the one hand there are chemical 'peels', which are usually performed with keratolytics, glycolic acid, salicylic acid... and serve to remove the most superficial layer of the skin; and then there is the physical or mechanical exfoliation, which can be done with more superficial CO2 or Erbium lasers." Navarro explains below the characteristics of each of the three types of exfoliants that exist:

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Frequency of exfoliation

This depends on the type of skin and the objective that you're looking for For the dermatologist, the answer is clear: “Everything depends on the diagnosis. Exfoliations are not indicated on very fine skin; In combination or more oily skin, we can indicate them”. In addition, it is also necessary to take into account the type of product that you are going to use: “Oily or thick skin admits a mechanical exfoliator 1 or even 2 times a week, but sensitive skin must wait fifteen days to repeat the process. In the case of the latter, it is preferable to resort to an enzymatic option”, affirms the beautician.

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Homemade facial exfoliation

If you decide to do the routine at home, you always have to follow a series of steps to obtain the desired results.

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