How to Exfoliate Your Skin: A Guide

Today, discuss how to exfoliate your skin to improve texture, pigmentation, and fine lines / wrinkles

0:00 Intro
1:07 Benefits of Exfoliation
2:52 Mechanism and Types of Exfoliants
5:18 Choosing the Correct Exfoliant
10:06 What Age to Start
12:34 Cautions and Safety
14:33 Final Thoughts
15:44 Bloopers

Body Scrubs for Keratosis Pilaris:

Exfoliants for Dry Skin:

Exfoliants for Normal Skin:

Exfoliants for Oily / Acne-Prone Skin:

Exfoliants for Sensitive Skin:

High-Strength Exfoliants (use with caution):

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[alaabadarna]

it should be illegal being this attractive and intelligent at the same time

[DatingDisaster]

*PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DO A VID ON HYPERPIGMENTATION ON BROWN SKIN* 🥺👉🏾👈🏾

[danaezrb]

Benefits of Exfoliation 1:06
1. Improve Skin Texture
2. Dyspigmentation (hyperpigmentation, evening out the tone)
3. Getting rid of acne
4. Collagen growth (resulting tomanti-aging benefits)
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Choosing the Correct Exfoliant 5:19
1. Normal to Combination skin (Glycolic acid AHA)
a. Krave Beaty Kale-Lalu-yAHA (5% glycolic acid)
b. The Ordinary AHA 30% + BHA 2% Peeling Solution
c. Paula's Choice 25% AHA + 2% BHA Exfoliant Peel

2. Dry skin (Lactic acid AHA) 7:04
a. The Ordinary Lactic acid 10% + HA
b. Squalane + Lactic acid Resurfacing Night cream

3. Sensitive skin (Mandelic acid AHA and PHAs) 8:05
a. The Ordinary Mandelic acid 10% + HA
b. The INKEY List PHA Gentle Exfoliating Toner

4. Oily or Acne prone skin (Salicylic acid BHA) 9:12
a. Paula's Choice 2% BHA Lotion Exfoliant

[ClaymoreGinWeed]

I'm so thankful for your presence on YouTube, sharing all this valuable knowledge in these consistently high-quality content videos you make. I always really enjoy watching your videos and learning, it's really inspiring and I'm constantly improving on my skincare routine taking your pieces of advice. What you guys are doing is so important! Thank you.

[betutieful]

just me and my thin as hell eyelids anxiously waiting for the dr Shaw skincare routine drop, i’m absolutely loving the videos!

[bleazyful]

Why does Maxfield always have the giggles? I feel like he got sent to the principal’s office a lot.

[MAI_CHAN]

5:48 Normal to combination skin
7:08 Dry skin
8:14 Sensitive skin
9:15 Oily skin

[brady_cll]

It’s so refreshing to hear you both talk about Keratosis. When I was a kid, I went to doctor after doctor, through cream after cream. A doctor literally told my dad that I just needed to get out in the sun and i would “grow out of it.” 😑 Now, as an adult, I have an explanation, so I have a routine and my skin is amazing. But I really had to just kind of - figure it out - for so long. It makes me happy to know that this is being brought forward and hopefully other kids will see this stuff on the internet and won’t feel the need to hide behind their clothes like I felt I had to. ❤️

[anneel]

"It should not burn"... there I was, going to stop using my exfoliator that I was not feeling.
I've watched many videos on exfoliation and still learned from this one. Thank you

[sallybachori]

This is my favorite channel on Youtube ❤️

[sujuluvu]

These videos are so empowering(?) honestly. I don’t know how else to phrase it, but being armed with the information I need to take care of my skin myself is so incredible. I’ve been going to dermatologists since I was eleven but this is the first time I’ve felt like I can actually solve my skin issues, and I don’t need to spend as much money as I would have otherwise! Thank you so much for creating accessible education for people!

[jessywanders]

Still acne prone at 30. I have been seeing a dermatologist since I was in my teens, and no one has given me this much information. I usually just get a hi, looks better, and good bye.

[debramiller]

😄 keep that laughing. It’s fun, it’s positive and it’s so nice to see docs having a good time with your audience. There is a lot of serious in your respected field. Laughter is the best medicine there is.
Thank you both..

[edena]

You guys are incredible! I am a 60 years old woman with a very bad skin texture. I had bad acne for many years, and now I have scars on my face. I hated my skin all my life, so always felt it’s a waste of time to try anything to improve it. I found you guys a few months ago, and since than I started buying products and used it on my face. I hope it’s not too late….. you are both amazing, I love the laughs, and I become addicted to your videos… 😂

[ImNaturalNana]

I don’t even know what kind of skin I have anymore.

[deannabanman]

Tip: the ordinary’s glycolic acid toner is like $9 and I use it once a week all over my body and it’s life changing. It lasts months and it works. Out of the shower while I’m pretty damp I use it like a lotion and let it dry and use a thick lotion on top and it gets sucked up in no time! Once a week with a physical exfoliant too my skin is like silk.

UPDATE: I now wash with Neutrogena’s salicylic acid wash and when I say it’s level- it really is! On the same day I’m going to use to glycolic acid 😉

[mollywilliamson]

EYE CREAMS!! This 👏🏻 needs 👏🏻 unpacking 👏🏻

You guys are skincare angels I love your vids so much never stop

[smhca]

Dr. Maxfield cannot keep it together. He laughs everytime HAHAAHA

[alexfurey]

I'm such a skincare junkie and I absolutely love your videos. Thanks for all the great content. It would be awesome to do a video on common contraindications (ex. Don't use retinol on the same day as you use this other product) or a video on precautions for pregnant women. I like I said I'm a skincare junkie, I love having a multi step routine and often mix it up. I plan to become pregnant in the next year and would love a video on what products/ingredients from my extensive collection are not pregnancy friendly.

[gloriaaponte]

Please do a segment on aging skin 60 and over, thanks!