- It causes inflammation by damaging the natural lipid barrier
- When barrier doesn’t function properly, your skin gets dry, blotchy, itchy, inflamed, etc.
- It causes excessive dryness and loss of ability to retain moisture
- It destroys healthy cells in addition to dead skin cells and your skin is left completely exposed to the environment
- It accelerates aging due to continuous trauma and inflammation of the skin
- It might increase your risk of getting age spots (hyperpigmentation) as over-exfoliation seems to overstimulate melanin production
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