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My mom told me to stop using physical exfoliants on my sensitive clients, and she was dead right
She's not even in the field, just a retired nurse who reads a lot. I was using a gentle scrub with jojoba beads on a client with rosacea for about 6 months, thinking it was fine. Her redness just kept getting worse, and I couldn't figure out why. I finally switched her to a chemical exfoliant with mandelic acid, and her skin calmed down in 3 weeks. Do you think there's EVER a place for physical scrubs in a pro setting, or should we all just ditch them?
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michael_bennett1110d ago
Moms just know things, don't they? I had the same exact problem with a client who had what I thought was just dry skin. A physical scrub was making tiny tears I couldn't even see. Switched to a lactic acid toner and it was like night and day. How can we justify using something that causes micro-damage when gentler options exist? I keep one scrub in the back for maybe, like, super callused feet, but that's it. For the face, it feels like using a rock when you have a scalpel.
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hannah_wright10d ago
Moms really do have a weird sixth sense about these things. After seeing what @michael_bennett11 described, it's hard to argue for using scrubs on the face at all. I had a client with what looked like simple texture, and a gentle scrub just made her skin angry and more uneven. Switching her to a soft cloth and a low percentage PHA lotion fixed it without any irritation. It feels like we were all taught to scrub problems away, but that just makes sensitive skin fight back harder.
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skylerbell10d ago
My sister swore by those apricot scrubs for years, kept complaining her cheeks were always red and rough. Finally got her to try a konjac sponge with her regular cleanser and the difference was crazy. It's like we're trained to think we need to sand our faces down to make them smooth, but that just wrecks the barrier.
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