Hi everyone, today I would like to bring you a video about over-exfoliaiton.
Something that's really not talked about that much.
When I was trying to find a reason for my acne, at one point Irealized that I was probably
over-exfoliating for most of my life.
And that's probably one of the reasons why I was getting acne.
And that's when I started trying to google and find some information about it.
And guess what?
I found nothing.
Or at least nothing substantial about over-exfoliation as a cause of acne.
There is almost nothing about it online.
So you might find symptoms of over-exfoliation or what over-exfoliation can do to your skin
but there will not be a lot of talk about acne.
And honestly, if your skin is dry and irritated, naturally you're going to get acne as well.
So I decided to dig in deeper and find more information about over-exfoliation.
And this is what I found.
Now just a little disclaimer.
If you want more information about this, head over to my blog.
The link to the actual blog post about over-exfoliation will be in my description box.
And you'll find a lot more information.
I honestly can't put all the information into this video because it will be very long.
I'm trying to make videos shorter, so they're less boring for you.
So I'm just going to highlight some key points.
So, I guess over-exfoliaiton is a new trend of the 21st century.
People are going crazy about all this skincare with glycolic acid and salycilic acid, and
we use Clarisonics, and scrubs, and all kinds of sponges, muslin cloths, and washcloths.
The list is really endless.
And most of them have just irritated my skin.
Unfortunately, it took me years to understand that.
So I really hope that the knowledge i pass over to you in this video is going to help
you to understand your skin better and stop over-exfoliating your skin if you're doing
it now.
Now, when I was over-exfoliating, I wish I'd seen the signs of it earlier.
Then I would have stopped and I would have prevented my skin from getting seriously upset.
The problem is that signs of over-exfoliated skin are very similar to those of a simple
breakout.
So a lot of people get it wrong and don't catch it until it's too late or very late.
So these are the symptoms of an over-exfoliated skin.
Well, all of those things will be present with any inflammatory acne, so I can see why
a lot of people fail to recognize it.
So if you have any of those things, please give it a thought, OK?
And try to go slower on exfoliation, see if it helps you.
And know that the industry wants you to buy those products because that's how they make
money, but honestly think with your own head, and try to listen to your skin.
See what it's saying to you.
Perhaps it's crying for help and you don't realize it.
Because the thing is if you keep over-exfoliating your skin, it can do a lot of damage, not
only acne but it can age your skin, it might increase your pigmentation, so you might get
sun spots more easily, age spots as well.
It will dry out your skin, you'll have problems retaining the moisture.
It tampers with the natural lipid barrier of the skin, and we need that to fight all
the bacteria and all kinds of toxins coming from the environment.
So if you tamper with it, your skin is going to be raw, it's going to defenseless.
Anything thins is that when you are scrubbing or exfoliating your skin in any other way,
of course you are taking off all the dead skin cells but in addition to dead skin cells
you are taking off some healthy new cells as well.
So your skin loses that necessary barrier that it needs to protect itself from the envionment.
And finally, it just builds up a very thick layer of dead skin cells.
And you might be wondering, "Why?
I'm taking them off!
Why don't they just go away?".
When you exfoliate, you're exposing the skin to the environment, so all it does is try
to produce more and more skin cells to cover it up, to protect itself again.
So it's a bit of a vicious circle.
You know, you keep scrubbing and scrubbing.
Your skin keeps producing more and more skin cells just to recuperate the ones you've just
taken off.
So don't get stuck in the cycle of scrubbing more and more and more, and your skin just
building up more and more cells.
It doesn't make sense.
If you read my blog, you'll find a lot of extracts from different interviews with different
dermatologists and their opinion on different ways of exfoliation.
And you'll see that even dermatologists are changing their mind a little bit about exfoliation,
and they are understanding the dangers now.
They are also thinking that people are overdoing it.
So have a read.
It's quite interesting.
I definitely enjoyed doing my research.
And I believe that a lot of us will benefit from this information.
Also if you are already in this situation where you have over-exfoliated your skin,
then at the end of my blog post there will be a list of things you can do now to make
your skin feel better.
And remember once your skin recovers enough to start exfoliating again, go slow and go
really carefully because you don't want to end up in the same position again.
So try and do something really gentle, like a soft washcloth or a scrub made of olive
oil and sugar.
And go really slow, don't use a lot of pressure on your skin because pressure can be just
as dangerous as using scrubs with uneven particles.
So be really careful, treat your skin with respect, and it will respect you back!
So I really hope you enjoyed this video.
I surely had fun doing research because exfoliation is a bit of an improtant topic for me.
I could talk about it for ages.
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They are delicious and super simple.
So I'll see you next time!
Bye!