Getting off like little flaky surface bits and that's why you think that they're doing a really great job. And for younger people, that's fine, you know, you can use a scrub to even out your skin texture and that's totally cool. However, be very gentle about it. There's no benefit to really grinding a scrub into your skin. You're just damaging your skin. Scrubs, like I said, are not that effective, so there's no benefit to going really harsh with them. You can use a scrub withal washcloth, with a clarisonic, with any kind of face brush, just does it very gently? And it's not really not good for your skin to exfoliate that aggressively, you're going to be more prone to sun damage, dehydration which means more prone to skin infection and it just doesn't look very good if you're constantly peeling, so I would recommend doing a low-strengthAHA, if you're going to use AHAs, use a low-strength, if you're using BHAs, use a low-strength, start as low as you can and work up. You need to start low, otherwise your skin is going to slough too fast and it's going to get irritated. And irritation is the enemy of skin, you wanton avoid irritation at all costs, that includes exfoliating. So, if you over-exfoliate your skin, it can get irritated, it can get hyper pigmentation, more sun damage, dehydration, premature wrinkling, you can lose elasticity. Irritation is absolutely the worse thing for your skin so avoid it at all costs. Now, word on retinol, use it in cycles, and do not use retinol continuously. I've seen some people who do this because they like the very dramatic results that retinols can give and they end up with this very shiny, translucent, waxy-looking skin. And that's not healthy. Your skin may be smooth as a waxed baby's bottom, but I'm telling you, it's not healthy. When your skin gets into this state, it's really like on the verge of being extraordinarily irritated and any tiny thing can set it off. It may be irritated like just up to the point where you're going to see an extreme reaction and then any tiny little thing can set it off and you can get like horrible redness, rosaceous-type acne, like this sort of like cracking, awful appearance and it's painful. And I've seen this and I've had it happen on small areas of my face before. It's really.
Unpleasant and, given everything I've just said about irritation, you want to avoid it at all costs. Number three: thou halt not wax while exfoliating. Basically, what this means is if you are applying like and AHA or a BHA or a retinol or, most importantly, if you're using acutance, do not get waxed.Acutane, you can't get waxed anywhere on your body, but if you're applying your AHA's to your face, don't get waxed anywhere on your face. I've been using a 5% AHA and with my skin texture I know for a fact that if I tried to wax, it would lift my epidermis. This is what people refer to as a "burn" when they get waxed and it's not a burn, that's notate all what it is, what it is your epidermis lifting off. And that sounds super scary and it kind of is, but when you think about the anatomy of the skin, it makes perfect sense. The epidermis is like a dry layer of hard keratin cells that are stacked in like a brick wall type formation, and when it's not prepared properly or when it's in a sort of "loose €state, if you will, from exfoliation, the whole thing can lift right off. You can liftoff the epidermis and expose the new skin below which is very sensitive and it will basically scab over and can create scars. So, don't do it. As a professional, I always ask every single client every single time: "Are you using.
Any exfoliating products, Retin-A, any type of retinols, Acutance?" I ask them this every time, not just the first time, I ask every time. Because not everybody knows to say: "Oh yeah, by the way, I've just added this new glycolic." And it's not everything, like a glycolic face wash is not the same as a glycolic leave-on treatment. But if you're using a topical exfoliating treatment regularly or if you've just recently had a chemical peel or microdermabrasion or something likedermaplaning, any sort of, you know, good exfoliation or if you're using a retinol -- retinols, you've got to be very careful, you can't use them anywhere near the application. So, if you've applied retinol for two weeks, you've got to wait a month. You've got to let more cells turn over before you go in to get waxed. Also, if you are getting waxed on the someday that you have a facial, do the waxing first. Your operator should know this, but, just in case, you always want to do the waxing first, then do the facial. This does not really apply to body waxing, unless you are applying a lot of exfoliates to your body or if you €reusing Acutance. If you use Acutance, and I don't recommend Acutance to anybody, but if you douse Acutance, do not get waxed ever. Commandment number four: thou salt not sleep in your make-up. And, this is pretty self-explanatory, just don't do it. I usually will allow myself to pass out without washing my face once a year. This has gotten even less as I've gotten older, but back in the days when I used to, you know, go out partying, if I was so tired, if it was so late and I just wanted to pass out, I would let myself do it once a year. And I would always pay for it. My skin would be hell for a couple of days afterward, but just don't do it unless you absolutely have to. And don't make excuses about it, don't, you know, don't say, "Ah, but I'm so tired." It doesn't matter, it really doesn't matter, take five minutes, wash your face, remove your make-up and if you are so tired, so often that this is a problem for you, that you are frequently sleeping in your make-up then you need to look at your lifestyle and see what you can do to change your nightly routine, to make a priority of removing your make-up so that your skin stays healthy. And it's not just about removing your make-up; you need to wash your face. You need to introduce water into your face and then put on something to hold that water into your skin for it tube healthy. Commandment number five: thou salt not put dirty