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Tracie MartynTracie Martyn
How Over-Exfoliation is a Threat to Skin in Colder Months?
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Exfoliation is a physical process of removing dead cells from the top layers of the skin for a tighter, firmer, smoother look and feel. This is also the best method to remove flaky skin even when the mercury drops. However, there’s one mistake all of us do in winter: overexfoliation. It seems logically harmless, but exfoliating more often with scrub or water could dry up your skin, return flaky patches and get worse. Over exfoliation with inorganic products triggers an inflammatory response, leading to more a sensitized skin and accelerated premature aging.
The scientific cause behind
Human body skin cells are blessed with natural regeneration capability. In adults, it regenerates and turns to a new cell after every 28 days. This is the normal turnover rate that doubles over the age of 50. Skin cells have limited lifespan, which is also known as the Hayflick limit.
Your chromosomes have caps at end called telomeres, which shorten every time it replicates. Eventually, the telomeres shortens to that extent where the cell can no longer divide. This is the time when the cell dies. Whenever you exfoliate prematurely, it shortens the lifespan of skin cells. Thus, over exfoliation weakens the skin and makes it more vulnerable to infections, and leads to sensitivity and irritation. Repeated skin manipulation, friction and skin tampering increase aging spots and melanin production. So, if you exfoliate too often, you can remove too much skin prematurely.
Changes you can bring
● Exfoliate your skin not more than once in a week. If you think that doing it thrice a week provides a more radiant skin, you are absolutely wrong.
● Scrubbing with a mild scrubber is ideal for a glowing and smoother skin. Physical scrubs containing apricot pits, ground pits and synthetic beads inflame and irritate acne prone skin. The jagged edges can create tiny tears that promote redness and lead to acne or uneven skin.
● Moisturizing is not enough around thin skin areas. Your mouth, chin and eyelids need mild and gently dissolve dead skin cells. Exfoliating with a sugar scrub and warm water will open pores and ready them for moisturizing.
● Avoid toners containing alcohol and washing face with water. Just gently wipe with rosewater.
● Apply some nourishing or healing oil, such as Avocado or olive oil.
● Keep the skin cool with oil free mask, like Tracie Martyn Complexion Saviour, formulated with zero petrochemicals and combines multiple antiirritants in a soothing organic aloe vera gel base.
Seasons are not same round the year and so should be the skin treatments! Listen to your skin, do it carefully and enjoy a ravishing skin in colder months.