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Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest of them at? Well lately NOT ME! With the list of menopause symptoms getting longer each month, I am now noticing that my make-up is making me look older. And the one time in my life that I want to “hide” behind a full face of make-up hoping age won’t find me just isn’t working any more. The fine lines on my face and neck are just getting deeper no thanks to the lower levels of estrogen in my body. Applying make-up and light powder just makes the lines just look worse. It is so bad my husband has suggested I not wear make-up at all. But this story has a happy ending, and it doesn’t involve going to a plastic surgeon. Theresa, a dear friend of mine and beauty consultant, shared the secrets of exfoliation. Once I started a weekly program of exfoliation, I immediately looked years younger. Every 28 days your skin renews itself leaving your skin with a fresh layer of baby cells. But as we get older this shedding process, called desquamation, slows down leaving us with fine lines, dry areas and an uneven skin texture. And make-up can really accentuate this dilemma. Exfoliation stimulates new cell growth by removing the cells your body is no longer shedding. It helps your body with the desquamation process by stripping the dead epidermal cells on the outer surface of your skin and exposing a fresher layer of living cells. It takes a few days for a noticeable amount of dead cells to accumulate. So it is best to exfoliate once or twice a week. You don’t want to irritate your skin or remove healthy living cells by doing it more often than that. Benefits of Exfoliation:
Exfoliation can benefit the skin on your face, around your lips, neck, elbows, knees and feet. As I have gotten older I have noticed the skin on my heels starting to crack and the skin on my elbows seems thicker. And during the winter while having to wear many layers of clothes I always get little breakouts on my behind, which have completely gone away after I started exfoliating. Most of these dilemmas have improved as a result of exfoliating. And for those of you who love to self-tan, exfoliation will be your new best friend. It is a great technique to blend around the feet, elbows and knees. There are three different exfoliating methods.
Manual exfoliation is moved across your skin’s surface using your fingers or buff puff. You are removing the dead cells by scraping off the top surface with physical friction. Many manufacturers use natural products such as seeds, apricot pits, or crushed oyster shells as the ingredient that causing friction. Some products use round beads or poly spheres that can be easier on the skin.
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