No idea what it's about when someone talks about exfoliating the skin? No worries. We explain it to you in great detail.
In short
Exfoliation is a method in which the wafer-thin top layer of the skin – not visible to the naked eye – is removed.
Dead skin cells
This top layer is the stratum corneum where old skin cells are piled up. Those 'dead' skin cells are there because the skin continuously renews itself according to a natural process. Every minute you lose about a thousand skin cells, which you don't notice.
Getting older slows down the process
This process of cell renewal slows down a bit as you get older. In teenagers, the skin renews itself every two weeks on average; towards forty it only happens every thirty to forty days.
Why does it benefit the skin?
If the cell renewal is stimulated to work faster, it automatically sends more new, young cells upwards, which improves the skin condition and slows down the process of skin aging (wrinkle formation, dryness, pigment spots).
What does it do?
If dead skin cells remain for a long time, they pile up – and the well-known gray veil appears. But the layer can also get in the way of the absorption of the active ingredients (cream/serum), for example:exfoliating clears the way to the skin layers. Plus:it can boost blood flow, refine large pores a bit and provide remarkably soft, smooth skin overall.
Want to refresh your skin? We tell you how to exfoliate your skin.
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