How to Exfoliate Dry Skin

When you exfoliate your skin, you are mildly abrading your skin and removing the surface layer of dead cells. This helps hide fine lines, and adds a glow and luster to your skin. Once you start exfoliating regularly, you'll wonder how you ever lived without it - your skin will feel great all day.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Exfoliating Cleanser
• Exfoliating Products
• Foot Lotions
• Hand And Body Lotion
• Moisturizing Facial Masks

1. Wet your body in the tub or shower.

2. Use a synthetic scrubbing sponge, exfoliating gloves or a body loofah.

3. Apply an exfoliating cleanser to your skin or sprinkle it onto your sponge. Some exfoliating cleansers contain as much as 25-percent ground volcanic rock; if you have dry skin, avoid these. Choose a gentle exfoliating cleanser with a label saying it's appropriate for dry skin.

4. Scrub the exfoliating cleanser over your skin using your sponge, gloves or loofah; make circular motions.

5. Be gentle over sensitive parts of the body, like delicate neck and thigh tissue.

6. Rinse skin thoroughly.

7. Follow up with a good moisturizer. Remember that exfoliating makes your already dry skin drier. Choose a lotion with alpha- or beta-hydroxy acids, or any favorite moisturizer made for dry skin.

Tips & Warnings

• Mash up papaya and smear it over your body. Papaya enzymes exfoliate skin.
• Exfoliating gloves can be used every few days, and are especially effective because they are so easy to use.
• Use exfoliating cleansers with care. If used too often or too vigorously, skin can become cracked or severely dry. The cleansers can even cause tiny skin blood vessels to break.

[naturallysweet]

on 6/1/2009 Great tips! I make a homemade sugar scrub.

[starlet67]

on 1/27/2009 The exfoliating gloves do work!
Good tips! 5*

[jbechtold]

on 1/21/2009 Great tips. I use baby oil while i am stil wet then dry off.

on 9/8/2006 Take some whole wheat flour. Add a little milk (whole preferred) a little honey and make a paste. Use this as a scrub in the shower or tub.
Dry some orange peel (keep the peels in sunlight for few days).Grind them in power (not too fine, so it can exfoliate)Mix it with the above whole wheat paste or use separately with milk and honey (optional).

on 7/10/2006 I recommend using an exfoliant with a high amount of glycerin, like Aveeno Skin Brightening Daily Scrub. Glycerin helps pull moisture into the skin and makes your face feel perfect.