subject: Achieve Perfect Radiance With Our Skin Care Tips [print this page] . Skin exfoliation is a sensitive process and some of the most popular questions that we get asked as skin care experts revolve around how often one should exfoliate their skin as well as what the best methods are to exfoliate the skin, whether its manual or chemical exfoliation.
So the questions you need to ask yourself are, could you be over exfoliating? On the other hand, could you be under exfoliating? Skin care experts at the Dermalogica Institute conducted a sample of research into this area and have identified that by over exfoliating; you can trigger an inflammatory response in your skin. This can actually compromise the lipid barrier on your skin leading to over sensitised skin and even premature skin ageing.
A couple of signs that you could be looking out for that will highlight the fact that you have over exfoliated include dehydration of skin, increased skin sensitivity including breakout of acne as well as patched of dry skin on your face or parts of your body.
If these are some of the symptoms that you're experiencing then get in contact with a skin care specialist or therapist today for immediate attention and advice. It will be more than likely that you will be prescribed with a skin calming cleanser and toner that should hopefully moisturise your skin leaving it soft and supple, hopefully speeding up the recovery process.
Having recovered from these unwanted side effects, we also recommend that you look towards using gentler products on your skin; this included potentially considering chemical exfoliants in the form of lotions, etc, as opposed to manual exfoliation using a face loofah or scrubber. Doing this alongside professional salon treatments will mean that you can indulge in silky smooth skin for longer.
Sometimes its quite difficult to exfoliate the skin, especially if your skin has an oily texture as due to the sticky nature of the oil, it proves difficult to remove unwanted dead skin cells. Hence, chemical exfoliation methods may be a lot more beneficial as they can be used after you have cleansed your skin, proving to be more effective at also maintaining the silky smooth feeling for longer.
As a user of chemical exfoliation methods, we would also recommend that you used a daily defense sun block and sun protection product because chemical exfoliation can over sensitise your skin, making it more sensitive to sun exposure, causing wrinkles and premature skin ageing which could lead to skin cancer.
These were our recommendations from the skin specialists for your sin. For a more personalised analysis of your skin, feel free to contact your local Dermalogica skincare specialist as you will be able to get a more personalised report of your skin along with recommendations on the kinds of products that would be suite for your skin type as well as tips on how to obtain and maintain that natural, radiant glow on your skin.
