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“I have dry, flaky skin. I always focused on packing more hydration, oils, creams, etc. The flaking was intense! It got to the point where, regardless of my hydration and routine, I had those crepey dehydration lines. Lucky for me, I was in school to become an aesthetician, with an expert teacher at my disposal.”
“I showed her my routine and my skin. Told her my dryness and rationale behind my strategy, but lamented that my skin was so dry it felt like nothing was even penetrating enough to hydrate. All she had to say was, ‘Okay, but where is your exfoliant?’
My classmate did a superficial peel with microdermabrasion, and I PEELED, which is just unheard of for the gentle approach she took.
For years I was so worried about upsetting my skin barrier I skipped exfoliating. Now I know the key words ‘I feel like it doesn’t absorb, it sits on top of my skin’ means there are too many dead layers for product to penetrate!”