How To Use Salicylic Acid For Exfoliating Skin Care

Salicylic acid can be used to help protect your skins appearance. Salicylic acid is known to help skin by exfoliating dead skin cells and by helping to dissolve debris and grime that can clog pores. You’ll want to avoid clogged pores as they can lead to skin blemishes and other skin irritations.

The recommended strength for an effective salicylic acid solution is 2%. Higher strengths can be very strong and so need to be administered by a medical physician although solutions are available as cosmetics at 2% which is suitable to help you to keep your skin clean and free from excess oil and dirt build up.

How To Use Salicylic Acid as for exfoliation?

Salicylic acid shower gel can be applied to your skin as a soap and gently massaged into the skin to penetrate and exfoliate deep into pores and then washed away. After bathing a suitable leave on product such as a salicylic acid body spray may be applied.

Simply use 2% salicylic acid shower gel body wash like any other shower gel and take care to avoid eyes as you would with any normal shower gel. Some good 2% salicylic acid shower gel body wash products also include additional complimentary natural ingredients that may also help keep your skin clean and blemish free.

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