How to exfoliate the skin properly and why it's so important

Despite cleansing, hydrating, and protecting the skin, does it still look dry and dull? It could be that you're not exfoliating enough.

Not including exfoliation in your skincare routine means leaving out a crucial step for skin health.

What Is Exfoliation and Why Is It Important?

The skin continually renews itself, with new cells naturally replacing dead ones every 28 days. However, the body cannot eliminate all dead cells, and over time, the rate becomes slower. As a result, pores become clogged, the skin lacks oxygen, and it cannot absorb the necessary nutrients to look its best.

Exfoliating the skin helps remove excess dead cells that accumulate on the epidermis. It's a natural process that helps renew the skin, making it appear fresher and more radiant.

Benefits

Including exfoliation in your skincare routine is essential for several reasons:

• Keeping Pores Clean: By removing dead cells from the face, exfoliation prevents blackheads, eliminates dirt, and helps remove makeup residue that is difficult to clean.
• Evening Skin Tone: Frequent facial exfoliation ensures renewed skin, resulting in a more uniform complexion.
• Smoothing Skin Texture: It makes the skin appear smoother and more even.
• Preventing Acne: It helps prevent acne caused by clogged pores.
• Enhancing Absorption: Exfoliating allows creams and serums to be absorbed more easily by the skin.
• Boosting Circulation: It activates circulation and the lymphatic system, oxygenating the epidermis.
• Promoting Collagen Synthesis.

How to Exfoliate Your Skin?

Apply the product to clean skin, using gentle circular motions. You can use your hand or your own hands.

The product should be rinsed off with lukewarm water, followed by the application of moisturizer and sunscreen for the best results.

Regarding frequency, it's essential to listen to your skin and consider your skin type:

• Dry Skin: Once a week.
• Combination or Oily Skin: Once or twice a week, and if necessary, more, possibly daily.

If sensitivity or redness occurs, you should reduce the frequency.

In addition to using an exfoliating product in your skincare routine, you should also use other complementary products that help care for the skin from both inside and outside. This is the case with the Glowing Skin Set from Matcha & CO.

With these two products, you can repair and radically improve your skin's appearance as they are developed with the highest quality ingredients that hydrate, firm, and add luminosity to the skin.