How to remove dead skin from chicken skin

Many people have chicken skin, and many people always lose confidence because of their chicken skin. Because chicken skin always affects our appearance invisibly, chicken skin is quite a headache. Many people recommend using exfoliators to remove chicken skin, because chicken skin is related to the thickening of the cuticle. Let’s take a closer look now.

"Chicken skin" is natural and cannot be "completely cured", but it can be effectively improved.

① Gentle exfoliation

Because "chicken skin" is related to the thickening of the keratin, gentle exfoliation is necessary, but it must not be excessive.

There are many ways to exfoliate. When we take a bath, we can use shower gel containing scrub particles, rub our body vigorously with a bath sponge, bath ball, etc. to achieve the effect of exfoliation. However, if we wash like this every day, the already dry "chicken skin" will become unbearable and become thinner and drier, which in turn will stimulate the "chicken skin" to become worse. Our skin's keratin renewal cycle is 28-45 days, so such intensive exfoliation once every 1-1.5 months is enough.

A relatively gentle way to exfoliate is to use bath salts (table salt can also exfoliate, but the sodium in it will dry out the skin. People with "chicken skin" are better off using Dead Sea bath salts which have moisturizing properties). You can take a bath with bath salts, or you can dissolve the bath salts in hot water first, then mix it with a plant-based shower gel (shower gel with more chemical agents will react chemically with the bath salts), and use it in the shower. When taking a bath with bath salts, you can also add rose and sandalwood essential oils to exfoliate and moisturize the skin.

Many people think that taking a bath every day is a good habit, but it is not good for "chicken skin". Shower gel can also remove dead skin cells to a certain extent, but it may also remove too much oil. Therefore, people with "chicken skin" only need to take a bath once every 2 or 3 days in winter, or just take a bath with clean water every day without using shower gel.

②Moisturizing is the most important

More important than exfoliation is moisturizing the skin - exfoliation is just a means.

"Chicken skin" is a skin that lacks both water and oil. Ordinary body lotion will not be moisturizing enough for it. Instead, you should use body lotion sold in pharmacies that is specially formulated for extremely dry skin. You should also use moisturizing cleansing products when taking a bath.

Another key point is that the water temperature for bathing must be kept at around 40℃. In winter, many people like to use hotter water, thinking that this is more comfortable. But hot water can easily "remove oil" and remove too much oil from the skin; and as soon as the body leaves the hot water, the moisture on the skin's surface will evaporate immediately, taking away the moisture from the skin as well. This is "adding insult to injury" for "chicken skin".

If you have money and time, going to a SPA to enjoy moisturizing body care is also a good way to improve "chicken skin".

③More haste, less speed

Grains of "chicken skin" will make people want to "get rid of them as soon as possible", but squeezing, scratching, and picking with hands will cause edema of the tissues around the pores, so that the pore openings become smaller and more easily clogged, causing acne and folliculitis; if scratched, it will cause inflammation and pigmentation. So don't scratch or scratch.

If you have an important occasion where you need to show off your smooth and beautiful skin, you can seek help from a dermatologist. Applying retinoic acid or undergoing a fruit acid peel under the guidance of a professional physician can make your skin crystal clear within a few days. But this is only an "emergency measure" that only treats the symptoms and not the root cause. If you treat it like this frequently, it will weaken the skin's barrier function, making the skin drier and more sensitive.

To improve "chicken skin", "persistence is the key". No matter spring, summer, autumn or winter, use body lotion to nourish your skin after taking a bath. Don't be a "lazy woman", and your skin will become more beautiful.

The above introduces the relationship between exfoliation and chicken skin removal. If you are also troubled by chicken skin, you might as well try the methods introduced above. I hope it can help everyone.