When we are young, our body naturally sheds and renews skin cells. This gives teenage girls a natural glow that cannot be created by even the most expensive make-up. As we age, our skin cells don't renew themselves as quickly and exfoliation becomes essential.
Exfoliation is actually the scrubbing away of dead skin cells. It is the true key to keeping your skin youthful.
When dead skin cells stay too long on the surface of your skin four very bad things happen:
- The dead skin cells block moisture from penetrating your skin.
- Your skin gets a dry and dull appearance, even pasty at times.
- The dead skin cells can clog your pores and result in breakouts.
- And worst of all, the dead skin cells on the surface actually slow down the renewal and regeneration of new skin cells underneath the surface skin layer.
Proper skin exfoliation can increase the renewal of fresher, younger looking skin cells by as much as 30%!
Our bodies are designed to automatically heal and renew itself. So, when you scrub away dead skin cells, your body is triggered to replace those cells with new cells. When your body makes new skin cells, it is also signaled to produce more collagen. Collagen is the connective tissue that plumps our skin. If you read any beauty magazine, you will see many products claiming to replace loss collagen in your skin. This is important because collagen loss is the main reason our skin becomes drier and more wrinkled as we age. To give you a feel for the difference collagen makes, take a look at the average male your age. Chances are his skin is a lot less wrinkled than a woman's. This is because men have roughly 25% more collagen in their skin than women.
So now you know that exfoliating removes dead skin cells, causes your body to produce fresh new skin cells and collagen which is absolutely necessary for younger looking skin.
Our bodies are designed to automatically heal and renew itself. So, when you scrub away dead skin cells, your body is triggered to replace those cells with new cells. When your body makes new skin cells, it is also signaled to produce more collagen. Collagen is the connective tissue that plumps our skin. If you read any beauty magazine, you will see many products claiming to replace loss collagen in your skin. This is important because collagen loss is the main reason our skin becomes drier and more wrinkled as we age. To give you a feel for the difference collagen makes, take a look at the average male your age. Chances are his skin is a lot less wrinkled than a woman's. This is because men have roughly 25% more collagen in their skin than women.
So now you know that exfoliating removes dead skin cells, causes your body to produce fresh new skin cells and collagen which is absolutely necessary for younger looking skin.
