Skin exfoliation is a very important step of your skin care system. Choosing the method of skin exfoliation you should always take into account your skin type. Different skin types react in a different way to different skin peels. The reaction of your skin depends greatly on it color, thickness, functioning of glands on its surface and presence of such imperfections as scars, acne and sun damage.

For example when your skin is dry, dead cells very quickly accumulate on it’s surface and you may think it needs more often exfoliation, but it can be too irritative for your dry skin. Moreover the dry skin needs more gentle skin peels and intensive moisturizer.

Normal skin exfoliation:

If you have normal skin, you should exfoliate it about 3 times a week. To exfoliate normal type skin you can use any method of skin exfoliation like chemical peels, manual exfoliation or a combination of each.

Using any one of the exfoliators you should always follow the instructions and try not to irritate your skin too much. If you feel your skin too irritated, exfoliation method or exfoliation product should be changed for a gentler one.

After exfoliating your skin always use a good moisturizer and sunscreen.

Dry skin exfoliation:

If your skin is dry, the exfoliation procedure should be done very carefully to not to irritate the skin. The correct exfoliation can help you gently remove the dry dead cells from your face and body and make your skin feel and look better.

For the facial exfoliation you can use different types of gentle exfoliating crèmes and lotions. The most suitable for the dry skin are the products which contain AHA because these products remove dead cells from your skin surface without rubbing it and irritating it too much.

Also you can use a lotion or crème which contains exfoliating granules, but you should make sure it’s gentle enough for your skin and the granules are not too abrasive. Using such mechanical exfoliators you should always apply it to the clean wet skin with a very gentle circular motion and avoid areas with a sensitive skin.

After exfoliating your skin, rinse it and apply a good moisturizer and a sunscreen.

Always try not to over exfoliate your skin because it can cause it to dry more or get irritated.

Body skin exfoliation:

To exfoliate your body skin at first wet it and use a body loofah, scrubbing sponge or gloves and apply a gentle exfoliating cleanser to your skin or onto the sponge. Then gently massage your skin with this sponge making circular motions. Rinse your skin and use a good moisturizer and try not to over-exfoliate. Also you can use the body lotion with AHA or BHA made for dry skin.