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When you exfoliate your face you are basically speeding up the process of shedding the external level of dead skin cells. This process unclogs pores, keeps skin clean and helps reduce acne breakouts. In normal skin, the skin naturally sheds dead skin cells without any assistance from exfoliating. Acne prone skin has a difficulty when it comes to exfoliating naturally. Oily skin produces even more dead skin cells than normal skin and these dead skin cells have trouble shedding from the skin.

They cause clogged pores which lead to blackheads or inflamed blemishes. This is why exfoliation is more important for acne prone and oily skin. Using an exfoliant can keep the follicles free of obstruction and reduce formation of blemishes. Physical exfoliants are the common scrubs that contain synthetic beads that physically lift the damaged and dry skin cells from your skin.

There are natural exfoliating scrubs that use ingredients such as apricot seeds or almonds instead of synthetic beads but in this case the synthetic option is preferred. This is because the natural products have sharp corners and can irritate the skin. If you have got sensitive skin, you should be cautious with any type of physical exfoliant. They cause friction which can irritate the inflamed skin. You may be better off using a chemical exfoliant if you have inflamed acne.

Chemical exfoliants are based on mild acids that are used to dissolve damaged skin cells. They can be found in many products including masks, night creams and gels. There is a large difference in the potency of chemical exfoliants so you have to make sure you aren’t using any strong products too frequently. All chemical exfoliants dry your skin so it’s important to use a moisturizer after exfoliation.

There are some other physical exfoliating products that can be used, however these are not commonly used on the face. Such products include exfoliating gloves and exfoliating brushes. Exfoliating gloves are pretty much just gloves with an exfoliating texture on the palm side. They are used to exfoliate your body in the bath or shower. It’s best to look for exfoliating gloves that aren’t too rough. I do not actually use these myself but enough people love using them. They leave your skin feeling clean and soft. Again it is important to moisturize after exfoliating your body.

The number of times a week you exfoliate is also important. That is the main reason that I decided to write this post. There are products out there which are called things like a daily scrubs and some suggest that you use them twice a day. I used to exfoliate every day as I thought it was an alternative to using cleansers. I soon realized that this was too harsh on my face and it caused my skin to become oilier with more blemishes. Now I only exfoliate once per week as that is what works best for me. How regularly you exfoliate is actually depends on the sensitivity of your skin, however I do not recommend using an exfoliating cleanser every day like I did.

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