EXFOLIATION

Definition            : the removal of the oldest dead skin cells on the skin's outermost surface

Exfoliate ni ada 2 jenis; mechanical and chemical exfoliation. Apa beza dia?

1.        Mechanical exfoliation.

o   Dia buang kita punya sel-sel mati yang ada dkt muka ni by using a lil bit harsh substance

o   Ex:

                                                               i.      scrubbing (terms yang most people know it)

                                                             ii.      or any cleanser yang ada tiny particles yg kasar kasar sikit tu.

o   So, these two adalah exfoliate yang umumnya ramai tahu.

o   Bila kita massage the scrub on our skin, akan terhasil a friction. And that friction will help us to remove our dead skin.

o   But don’t be too harsh when you massage your skin. Manjakan kulit korang sbb kulit muka kita ni agak sensitive.

2.       Chemical exfoliation

o   Yang ini, dia guna chemical substance which will penetrate deeper into our skin – kalau mechanical, only outer layer of our skin.

o   What is the substance?

o   If you guys beli cleanser or whatever skincare yang ada tulis AHA and BHA or either one – haa that’s an exfoliant tau!

o    AHA and BHA are the chemical exfoliant.

o   What is AHA?

                                                               i.      AHA – Alpha Hydroxy Acid

                                                             ii.      Dalam ingredients, biasanya dia tulis ni: glycolic acid, lactic acid, malic acid, alpha-hydroxyoctanoic acid, and triple fruit acid

                                                            iii.      So, basically AHA is from fruits.

                                                           iv.      AHA is good for those who hv dry skin

o   What is BHA?

                                                               i.      BHA – beta hydroxy acid, also known as salicylic acid

                                                             ii.      Lebih kurang sama dengan AHA tapi dia more oil-soluble

                                                            iii.      So, dia akan lebih berkesan kepada orang yang oily skin and acne prone skin

                                                           iv.      salicylate, sodium salicylate, beta hydroxybutanoic acid, or tropic acid. – korang boleh cari nama nama ni dkt dalam ingredients skincare product korang

o   AHA and BHA ni dia tak sekasar mcm scrub tu.

o   Also function to shallow our wrinkles.

o   If you guys use this kind of cleanser, please know that korang mmg TAK BOLEH LANGSUNGG skip your sunscreen.

o   Kalau terlalu terdedah dkt matahari, kulit korang jadi merah merah. Senang nak burn/tanned.

o   It means that korang BETUL BETUL kene jaga your skincare.

I pernah nak beli AHA and BHA cleanser from wardah beauty tau, then I read the caution, directions etc dkt belakang tu – terus tak jadi beli sis. Sebab I bukan orang yang beristiqamah dgn skincare. So, this skincare entry is just my notes and sharing. Then ill be more istiqamah utk jaga my skincare routine haha.

Okay sambung pasal exfoliation.

I write this entry as my notes tau. Im not an expert but I wanna gain knowledge abt skincare.

I ada baca satu article ni. From DANISH SKINCARE  

Dalam tu, dia tulis; its good for us to exfoliate everyday *maybe the chemical exfoliate dia in small percentage or they want to promote their product je. Idk la

But then, I read many more article abt exfoliation. They said x elok untuk kita exfoliate every day.

Why?

Sebab benda tu kan menghakis dead skin yg ada dkt outer layer tu. So kalau kita buat every day, kulit kita x sempat nak renew kita dah buang dia. So, it will be more harmful laa to us.

Untuk yang dry skin; you should exfoliate at most twice a week. Sbb nanti korang macam halang pengeluaran natural oil dr muka korang, which is not good. Kulit kita need oil actually, but the excessive oil yang clog pores, then tumbuh la segala mak nenek jerawat dsb.

Untuk normal to oily, 2-3 times a week is enough. Inilah golongan yang ada excessive oil, especially those yg oily skin tu. So we need to exfoliate frequently sbb nk bersihkan pores, xnak bagi tersumbat yang akan menyebabkan muka korang break out.

So that’s it! I need to do more reading abt skincare tho. Oh yaa, kalau korang nak more info or nak lagi paham pasal exfoliation ni, haa check here!!

okay tu je. Bye ;)