Comments on: Exfoliation Nation – Can you peel too much

By: College Candy » Candy Dish: Suavenomics, 101

College Candy » Candy Dish: Suavenomics, 101 — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 23:01:07 +0000

[...] Is it possible to over-exfoliate? [...]

By: Joshua Powell

Joshua Powell — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:07:53 +0000

Beauty Brains, you left BHA (salicylic acid) peels out of your list of available chemical peels.

By: Ruben

Ruben — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:12:43 +0000

Hey there!
I’m a cosmetic Scientist myself and this is my idea of the question (backedup with studies ofcourse)

The Hayflick Limit the scientist is refering to, means that the mother cells can only divide about 52 times. But exfoliation and (mild)chemical peels have no effect to these mother cells.
Infect ingredients like Retinoids can even make sure that The Hayflick Limit is expanded from 52 till…
They only bad thing of using a scrub/peel too often is that the skin receptors will become lazy and thus won’t give signals no more to there where needed.

By: Janis

Janis — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 23:56:13 +0000

Actually, they take off a little more than just the top layer.

There is no font large enough for me to write AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH …

By: lille

lille — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:19:15 +0000

Great post! Still, could you elaborate – would you actually recommend avoiding chemical peels altogether (for the long-term benefits of the skin)? Or do you think they do offer some benefits?