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Exfoliate Your Way To Younger Acting and Looking Skin

By: Nanci Callahan Nivolo


This article was authored by a non-health professional.


Posted Monday, August 21, 2006

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Our skin naturally sheds every 28 days. With age, this process slows which causes dull, tired looking skin. The daily use of exfoliants along with a weekly peel dissolves dead, flakey skin cells, stimulates collagen production, and builds elasticity. If your skin is continually exfoliated, it's forced to create new cells - at a rate it did before the 28 day cycle started to slow. If you can make your skin act younger, it looks younger.

What is the safest and most effective way to exfoliate? Stay away from "scrubs" that contain grainy particles - they can tear your delicate skin. A gel that contains glycolic acid, lactic acid, salicylic acid, fruit acids or a combination of all four is the most effective, safe way to go. For daily exfoliation, an acid concentration of 2-5% is best. It's important to not overdo it as over exfoliating can cause damage and reverse what you are trying to accomplish. A weekly chemical peel (glycolic, lactic, salicylic, fruit acid-or any combination thereof) at a concentration of 30% is perfect. Chemical peels over a 30% concentration should be performed by a professional only. Glycolic acid works best on wrinkles and sagging skin, lactic acid is milder and works on correcting hyperpigmentation and age spots. Salicylic acid clears breakouts and blackheads and tightens and smooths acne scars and large pores.

If you follow my advice, your skin will be smoother, less wrinkled, have more elasticity, be more even toned, have smaller pores, diminished age spots (hyperpigmentation), blemish free and your skin will GLOW!

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Nanci Callahan Nivolo is a Medical Aesthetician who specializes in anti-aging skin care methods, products & procedures (she is the owner of ncnskincare.com). Ms. Nivolo has decicated her 20+ year career researching results oriented anti-aging products.

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