Everyone's skin has a natural way to lose dead skin cells from the surface of the top layers of the skin.  This natural process is called "desquamation,"  Exfoliation is a term used and it means to "accelerate" the process  by using various exfoliating products.  Microbeads, facial scrubs and chemical peels seem to be popular exfoliants to use these days but leave people with sensitive skin wondering where to turn when they want to exfoliate their skin, but not exfoliate it off.  The answer is powder exfoliants.  Powder exfoliants gently exfoliate the skin without being too harsh.



There are two different processes used to exfoliate.  One is called "chemical" and the other is "mechanical".  If you want to remove the dead skin to reveal the healthy skin beneath and also keep the healthy skin from getting irritated in the process, then the "mechanical" way would work best for you.  Common exfoliants typically have acids in them that irritate or burn the skin.  Chemically oriented exfolliants rely on these acidic ingredients to remove not only the dead skin but quite often the healthy layer as well resulting in a red, blotchy looking face.