Exfolation is Best for Radiant Skin

Clarisonic or Macro-Exfoliator?

Exfoliation can help maintain your skin’s healthy glow and prevent acne and other blemishes. The epidermis is composed of around 30 layers of cells stacked upon each other like bricks. Like a brick wall, an intercellular “cement” runs between them like glue, and between the cells are microscopic fibers that anchor them together. Daily epidermal cells are invisibly shed through the body’s natural means of exfoliation. But dead skin cells can build up, and our bodies need help freeing the skin’s surface of these cells and other clogging debris that can cause blemishes. Poor exfoliation practices and plugging beneath the skin’s surface can lead to acne, blackheads and even large-looking pores.

The most common form of exfoliation is physical exfoliation, or mechanically removing superficial layers of the skin. 

This can be done with with exfoliating cleansers containing sugar or salt crystals like R+F's Microdermabrasion Paste, or by using specific dermatologic grade tools.

In recent years, microdermabrasion has become a popular exfoliation method both in spa or dermatologist settings, or at home. This helps remove the more superficial skin cells, revealing the fresher, healthier skin below. In an office or spa setting these repeat treatments may become costly, though effective.

The Redefine Macro-Exfoliator* is a hand-held, personal, at-home exfoliation tool that sweeps away dead skin by removing the stratum corneum (the top layer of skin) leaving your skin smoother and healthier looking with a more luminous complexion. The diamond tip head sloughs off all the dead skin that accumulates itself on our face. Dead skin cells enlarge our pores, sneak themselves into wrinkles to make them appear larger, and just makes our face appear dull overall.

Just 5 minutes. Once a week. 5 MILLION dead skin cells = AMAZING results!

But, for a radiant glow, your skin needs BOTH physical exfoliation and chemical exfoliation.

Chemical exfoliation involves applying products containing a form of alpha hydroxy acids and/or beta hydroxy acid that dissolve the "glue" around the skin cells, hastening the shedding of several layers of the epidermis.  Step 1 of R+F's REDEFINE Regimen and REVERSE regimen are excellent chemical exfoliators.

The Clarisonic has a brush that cleans, softens and smooths skin. The brush is gentle, yet typically can remove makeup, oil and dirt better than manual cleansing alone. It does not exfoliate.

So, there you have it.  I hope that cleared up any confusion about the differences between the Clarisonic brush and the Macro-Exfoliator.

Love The Skin You're In!

Jen

NOTE: It is not recommended that any make-up removing tools or brushes be used in conjunction with a Rodan + Fields skin care regimen.  Regimens are designed to be used with finger tips or soft cloths only.

* Our 3rd party, clinical results showed that 95% of participants experienced an improvement in their skin texture after ONE use!