How to Exfoliate Skin

Posted on June 18th, 2009 by Carmelia

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Exfoliating your skin regularly is an important part in any beauty and health regimen for your skin. Here’s how to bring out that glow by exfoliating your skin.

Exfoliating Your Body

Use exfoliating gloves to brush your body’s dry skin before getting in the shower. Start from the soles of your feet and move up. Exclude your neck and head, as these have more sensitive skin and will have a separate exfoliation process.
Get wet in the shower.

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Put on a pair of exfoliating gloves and apply your exfoliating cleanser of choice. Those made with natural exfoliants like oatmeal, sea salt or ground almonds are more preferred when it comes to exfoliating cleansers.
Use gentle, circular motions all throughout your body when scrubbing and applying the exfoliating cleanser.
Use a pumice stone for your heels.
Use the exfoliating gloves every other day. In between, use a washcloth with mild water to apply the exfoliating cleanser.
After rinsing and drying yourself, apply body lotion all throughout your body and foot lotion on your feet. Exfoliating your skin can result to dryness that’s why it’s important to reintroduce moisture back into your skin.

Exfoliating Your Face

Exfoliating your face and neck is a different process from exfoliating your body because the skin there is much more sensitive. Exfoliate your face and neck three times a week or every other day.
There are three ways that you can exfoliate your face thoroughly: Microdermabrasion, chemical peels and retinoids. The first two are recommended to be handled by a dermatologist, and should be done sparingly throughout the year. Focus more on the everyday exfoliating process than those that can be done in a dermatologist’s office.
Clean your face with a mild cleanser before starting.
Use exfoliating gloves with an exfoliating cleanser that are both made to be used for the face.
Splash water on your face.
Apply exfoliating cleanser using your exfoliatng gloves. Rub the cleanser in using soft circular motions. Do not scrub the area under your eyes nor your eyelids.
Rinse your face thoroughly with tepid water. Don’t use hot water, as this is particularly damaging to freshly-scrubbed facial skin.
Pat your face dry using a clean towel.
Apply a facial moisturizer with alpha or beta hydroxy acids. Apply it in the same gentle circular motion. This will moisturize the skin and encourage the additional dead skin cells to fall off.
Use an exfoliating mask once a week. Put it all over your face except your eyes and let it stay for 15 minutes. Rinse it off thorougly afterward.