How should you exfoliate the skin on your body?
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free skin care · Sat Mar 24, 2012 11:18 pm

VeronicaM wrote:

Is it best to chemically exfoliate the skin on your body by using an AHA or BHA body lotion? If so, should this lotion be used occasionally or daily? If not, what would be a better way to chemically exfoliate the skin on the body?

On the other hand, is it better to physically exfoliate the body skin by using a loofah or a body scrub?

Dermatologist Neil Schultz says that we should regularly exfoliate our skin. Many skin experts (such as Dr. Schultz and Paula Begoun) prefer chemical exfoliation for the face. Is this recommendation different, however, for the body?

How do you exfoliate your body's skin? And has your routine changed over the years?

I'm quite possibly the BIGGEST fan of exfoliation you will run into at EDS... Laughing

With that said though I'd also tell you that I don't do any of the typical "peels" many are fond of, but have come up with my own variation that works well for me.

For me it's mostly manual exfoliation with microfiber cloths, body brushes and/or Clarisonic facial brush for daily face, chest arms & hands, but for icky, yucky, crusty and neglected lower leg and foot woes, read on...

I'm 62 and live in south Florida.. To say my legs are neglected and as dry as the dessert would be an understatement... About every 6 or 8 weeks, when I've had enough of the scaly dry skin, I get to work with this simple system and wala, my leg skin is smooth and creamy in 2 or 3 days...

At night: I use a loofah or some type of body brush, and really go at it on my clean, dry skin (typically from the knee down). This removes much of the flaky top layer of dead skin. Now I add 1 tsp of 88% lactic acid to 1 TBS of whatever AHA cream or lotion I have on hand. I apply this from the knee down on each leg and also the bottom of my feet, let it absorb/dry and then go to sleep... In the morning when I shower, I go at it with the brush and/or microfiber cloth again on my hot/wet skin. When I've finished up I apply a good amount of whatever I have on hand that is especially rich, creamy and has plenty of humectants (favs are; CeraVe Cream in the big tub or Egyptian Magic. Sometimes I'll mix both together!)

I do this routine for 2 or 3 days/nights and I'll tell you what, it's like looking at different skin in 3 days...And OMG, the softness is such that you just want to keep touching... Even Mr Kassy notices and remarks, and this is a man that didn't notice when my hair went from blond to red.. Shock

I have no idea what % of AHA this equates to and frankly, I don't care.. Laughing

Sensitive folks should of course adjust accordingly, or test a small spot to be sure it isn't too strong. I have sickeningly normal non-reactive skin that can take whatever I throw at it...(Don't be hatin' now.. Laughing

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Works great for elbows & heels too!

And with that I'm off to bed so I can get up at the crack of dawn with the grandkiddo's Cool

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