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Wed Dec 21, 2016 2:57 pm  |
I want to get on a routine for dry brushing my face. If I do it 2 times a week, should I use alpha hydroxy and or sugar scrubs other days of the week??
Also i plan on doing it at night, can I also use my retinol??
Some people say to dry brush in the morning, but doesn't that leave you more susceptible to sun damage? Thanks and I hope to hear from some experts on this topic! |
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Thu Dec 22, 2016 2:02 am |
2x a week should be fine, but don’t use AH or scrubs as this will likely irritate the skin and cause issues. Dry brushing is a very effective exfoliation technique but doing it 2 a week is good enough and sufficient until you know how much your skin can take.
Yes you can do it at night and use a retinol product. Just be cautious aboutyou’re your skin responds as it may be too aggressive for your skin. Dry brushing in the morning is better because it helps to get rid of flakes etc and exfoliate. The only way it would make you more susceptible to sun damage is if you didn’t wear a sunscreen (not a good idea!). It exfoliates dead skin cells.
| mamaherrera wrote: |
I want to get on a routine for dry brushing my face. If I do it 2 times a week, should I use alpha hydroxy and or sugar scrubs other days of the week??
Also i plan on doing it at night, can I also use my retinol??
Some people say to dry brush in the morning, but doesn't that leave you more susceptible to sun damage? Thanks and I hope to hear from some experts on this topic! |
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Thu Dec 22, 2016 6:25 am |
Just a thought.. you might want to get a clarsonic. I use mine every day.. you could use it without water and cleanser and just dry brush your face with that. '
In fact, I've never thought of using it that way. I swear by the clarsonic..the brushing and vibrating action firm the skin and exfoliates like nothing else |
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Thu Dec 22, 2016 6:45 am |
Very bad idea. The brush you would use for dry brushing is very different from that of the clarisonic. I have a clarisonic also and love it but it is no where near the same thing as dry brushing. Also because the brush fibres of the clarisonic are synthetic – these can cause tears and damage to the skin surface. The beauty of the clarisonic is that when used with water it helps to really cleanse the skin at a microlevel which makes whatever products you use afterwards more effective. Whilst it does exfoliate the skin somewhat, I don’t think of the clarisonic as an exfoliator because it can produce no where near the same results as dry brushing!
| hotdocgirl wrote: |
Just a thought.. you might want to get a clarsonic. I use mine every day.. you could use it without water and cleanser and just dry brush your face with that. '
In fact, I've never thought of using it that way. I swear by the clarsonic..the brushing and vibrating action firm the skin and exfoliates like nothing else |
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Thu Dec 22, 2016 12:20 pm |
Thanks to both of you for sharing. I get it now, so exfoliating with a dry brush cleans the skin but it isnt like retin a? I mean why does retin a make us more susceptible to the sun (just curious) thanks for all the info and it shouldnt hurt when doing, right? Think I was doing it too hard. Take are
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Fri Dec 23, 2016 2:32 am |
It isn’t so much that it cleans the skin – rather it helps exfoliate the skin, which as we grow older seems to slow down somewhat due to a variety of factors, but in exfoliating the skin it encourages the skin to renew faster and quicker than normal.
Retin A and Retinoids make the skin more photosensitive to sundamage because it thins the upper mantel of the skin (but in doing so – it helps the lower layers duplicate faster).
To answer your question it shouldn’t hurt – and if it does you are probably doing too heavy so ease off. Once you build up your skin, it will start to require more challenge and then you can go heavier.
| mamaherrera wrote: |
Thanks to both of you for sharing. I get it now, so exfoliating with a dry brush cleans the skin but it isnt like retin a? I mean why does retin a make us more susceptible to the sun (just curious) thanks for all the info and it shouldnt hurt when doing, right? Think I was doing it too hard. Take are
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Fri Dec 23, 2016 7:34 am |
nah.. I used my clarsonic dry after I wrote my post.. it felt great and didn't do a bit of damage. Yet.. I've been using a clarsonic for years now. So, my skin is used to its exfoliating action.
Yet.. i get the natural fibers of the proper dry brushing brush.. but I'll continue using my clarsonic dry for a while and see what the accumulative effect could be. |
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Fri Dec 23, 2016 8:25 am |
Please don’t do this. It really isn’t designed to be used dry. The damage will definitely be being done but its at a microscopic level and it will definitely happen without doubt. Clarisonic is supposed to be used with water – that’s what helps it clean so well that the sonic waves can travel through the water to the deeper layers of the derma moreso than just using an ordinary cleanser. Even if you were a super exfoliator (and some folk are) – there are ways and means of achieving this without causing damage that will haunt you and your face for the remainder of your life – and whats worse because the brush is synthetic it will cause scratches that will leave your skin open to bacteria and nasty infections. Not a good idea.
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nah.. I used my clarsonic dry after I wrote my post.. it felt great and didn't do a bit of damage. Yet.. I've been using a clarsonic for years now. So, my skin is used to its exfoliating action.
Yet.. i get the natural fibers of the proper dry brushing brush.. but I'll continue using my clarsonic dry for a while and see what the accumulative effect could be. |
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Fri Dec 23, 2016 12:45 pm |
| but with the brushes that have natural hairs, are there any ways you can do damage with those, if you do it wrong or too rough?? I think I was too rough the last time I did it. |
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Wed Dec 28, 2016 5:38 am |
It is believed, because they are a natural fibre that they do lesser damage because they are not synethic and therefore incapable of scratching skin surface like plastic/nylon will. However, like most things it really is down to the user.
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| but with the brushes that have natural hairs, are there any ways you can do damage with those, if you do it wrong or too rough?? I think I was too rough the last time I did it. |
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Wed Dec 28, 2016 10:34 am |
| So even if they do lesser damage, is it believed the benefits outweigh the damage? Or in fifteen years, will I regret having done it? And hownto avoid getting tinnitus from it? I have heard of people getting ear ringing from i |
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Thu Dec 29, 2016 2:28 am |
No – it is no where near the same thing. You are comparing two things that are entirely different as though they are the same. They are not and they are very different and achieve very different things. There is a good reason why its recommended to choose a natural fibre brush – but if you feel you know better follow that. It is your face and your life and you are the only one who can judge it and make decisions for you. Not me or anyone else. However if you do your own research I’m pretty confident you will see the same recommendations will be made for you that I have done above.
Now re tinnitus – again you are just scaring yourself here. There are less occurences of it happening and those that do often admit openly that they just brushed without any sequence or pattern (and in most cases they had tinnitus already). I wish I had started earlier but that’s just me and I am not giving up dry brushing for anyone or anything!
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| So even if they do lesser damage, is it believed the benefits outweigh the damage? Or in fifteen years, will I regret having done it? And hownto avoid getting tinnitus from it? I have heard of people getting ear ringing from i |
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