PSA: stop over-exfoliating your clients' skin with those gritty enzyme scrubs

I had a client last Tuesday who came in with raw patches and I found out her last esthetician was using a scrub every single visit, so now I only do light chemical exfoliation for her and the difference is night and day - has anyone else noticed this trend with new estheticians going too harsh?

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holly70915d ago

My cousin tried one of those gritty scrubs before her wedding and her face looked like a tomato for three days straight, had to do cold compresses and everything. Her regular girl was booked solid so she went to this new place that bragged about their "intensive exfoliation" and oof, lesson learned I guess.

linda_reed16d ago

Oh my God, a scrub EVERY single visit? That is ACTUALLY insane. I cannot believe some people are still doing that, it's like basic skin science 101. Those gritty enzymes just tear up the moisture barrier and then clients come to us wondering why their face feels like sandpaper. I've had to fix so many over-exfoliated faces lately from new estheticians who think more scrubbing equals better results. It's like they never learned that skin needs time to heal between treatments.

young.michael15d ago

My cousin went to one of those fancy medi-spas and got a scrub with some kind of crushed walnut shell or whatever, and her face was red and peeling for a week. I get what @linda_reed is saying about overdoing it, but is a gentle scrub once a month really going to ruin everything? Seems like the bigger problem is people using harsh stuff too often, not the concept itself. My wife uses a mild scrub maybe every six weeks and her skin is fine, never had any issues. Sometimes I think the skincare world goes overboard making people scared of everything.