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    Who here works out their skin?

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    • Posts: 3,927 Member
      It doesn't help with cellulite because cellulite is well below the skin and caused by connective tissue and pockets of fat between that connective tissue. Nothing is going to change the way the skin is connected. The only thing that works for cellulite is body fat reduction.

      Dry brushing is great for removing excess dead skin cells, and it feels good. A loofah in the shower or a scrub brush in the shower, or even a rough wash cloth, will have the same effect. Shaving will remove the dead skin cells as well, but it doesn't have that "feel good" effect that brushing the body has.

      My skin routine is pretty lame. Dial antibacterial in the shower, razor shave the legs, and sunscreen, sunscreen, and sunscreen. The face gets the added benefit of weekly exfoliation, some toner and some moisturizer before bed.
    • Posts: 513 Member
      I started doing it a month or two ago though I don't remember every day. I don't know about the health benefits but I am just looking for the skin benefits - it only takes a few minutes.
    • Posts: 22,281 Member
      My skin gets the Insanity routine. I used to work in the skincare industry so I'm a bit of a princess when it comes to that. My skin workout routine:
      AM and PM
      Body Brush with Elemis brush
      Use Salux Cloth with homemade soap
      Use homemade body lotion during the day (with vitamin c added) or homemade body butter at night
      Wax/Epilate if needed

      On my rest days (like today)
      Take a hot epsom salt, milk, and lavender flower bath
      Use homemade scrub
      Use homemade mud mask for 15 minutes
      Use homemade body butter

      UR me hero.
    • Posts: 2,295 Member
      I work out my skin everyday.
      Best 30 seconds of my life

      Ha!
    • Posts: 403 Member
      I use a salux cloth for exfoliation.. works well enough for me.
    • Posts: 39,744 Member
      i shower.
    • Posts: 22,281 Member
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      And here's where it clears the rails, dives over the embankment, and plunges into the ocean depths

      Wheeze laugh. Dittoes!
    • Posts: 550 Member
      but my skin improves with exercise and healthy eating.... this should have been titled "who exfoliates?"
    • Posts: 61,406 Member
      Its also very good for your heart ...

      And it does need to be a dry brush on dry skin...before the shower/bath.

      .... And this is where it's consumed by a leviathan
    • Posts: 22,281 Member
      So apparently it can get to the parts I like more attention paid to that masseuse don't typically do. I always said during breastfeeding "man I gotta find a spa that does breast massage", to which he always replied if you get that do put me down for a d*ck massage. (quack!)

      Dry-Body-Brushing-Diagram.jpg

      but judging by the photos it depends who you go to cause you might end up getting the kind of massages that are easier and more appropriately obtained at home. This is like a man manual to intercourse. All roads lead to rome.

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    • Posts: 2,295 Member
      LOL! Look at all of those um points of interest :)
    • Posts: 108 Member
      I just looked at a couple videos on YouTube. The brushes look similar to the one we use on our horse. I guess next time I go to the barn I'll have to " borrow" Kota's brush.
    • Posts: 327
      The brushes look similar to the one we use on our horse.
      Sarah Jessica Parker swears by it.

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    • Posts: 2,005 Member
      My skin gets the "lift heavy things and sweat like a *kitten* in church" treatment at least 4 times a week.
    • Posts: 1,653 Member
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      MUH SKIN POOPS ?!


      :laugh: ... And now everyone in the office is staring at me like I'm nuts.
    • Posts: 24 Member
      i used to practice dry-brushing, but have found significantly better results with these special fish.
      they just love dead skin, nom nom nom!

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      LOL...I would not be able to sit still. That is neat. I heard about that for your feet.
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      :laugh: ... And now everyone in the office is staring at me like I'm nuts.

      maybe waste wasn't a good word...:laugh:
    • Posts: 8,218 Member
      My skin gets the Insanity routine. I used to work in the skincare industry so I'm a bit of a princess when it comes to that. My skin workout routine:
      AM and PM
      Body Brush with Elemis brush
      Use Salux Cloth with homemade soap
      Use homemade body lotion during the day (with vitamin c added) or homemade body butter at night
      Wax/Epilate if needed

      On my rest days (like today)
      Take a hot epsom salt, milk, and lavender flower bath
      Use homemade scrub
      Use homemade mud mask for 15 minutes
      Use homemade body butter

      I assume you don't have kids. If you do, you are the luckiest mommy in the world!! I'm jealous. :)
    • Posts: 2,674 Member
      It's supposed to be good for your lymph system, too, encouraging lymph circulation.
    • Posts: 14,025 Member
      I work mine daily. Keeps my youthful vigor.
    • Posts: 657 Member
      http://www.osmosis.com/post/1378407-dry-brushing-benefits-and-techniques
    • Posts: 1,160 Member
      I've been doing this for many, many year for keratosis - little tiny dry bumps on the backs of my arms & legs. Dry brushing will keep them away. Didn't know about these other reasons!!!!
      wow, I have those bumps in the back of my arms and never knew there was a name for it! thanks for sharing!
    • Posts: 1,936 Member
      This is enlightening! Thanks to you, Monday would be Skin workout day and not Back & biceps day anymore
    • Posts: 2,674 Member
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      wow, I have those bumps in the back of my arms and never knew there was a name for it! thanks for sharing!
      I have gotten rid of those bumps by using a Buff Puff type scrubbie in the shower daily, then moisturizing. Makes perfect skin there where the dry bumps were.
    • Posts: 1,159 Member
      I work mine daily. Keeps my youthful vigor.

      LMFAO.. sorry.
    • Posts: 110 Member
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      wow, I have those bumps in the back of my arms and never knew there was a name for it! thanks for sharing!
      They aren't really dry skin, they are tiny little deposits of keratin at the base of the hair follicle. The brushing (or a buff puff & I've even used a scotch scrubber too) loosens the little plugs. Then a good moisturizer, I use coconut oil. The problem is you have to do it ALL the time or they come right back! :tongue:
    • Posts: 2,674 Member
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      They aren't really dry skin, they are tiny little deposits of keratin at the base of the hair follicle. The brushing (or a buff puff & I've even used a scotch scrubber too) loosens the little plugs. Then a good moisturizer, I use coconut oil. The problem is you have to do it ALL the time or they come right back! :tongue:
      Makes sense!
      They do come back, however, I've noticed the better the circulation there, the less problem I have. Weight lifting seems to help me. Also a natural moisturizer...one with natural oils in it.
    • Posts: 3,763 Member
      I think I have now truly seen it all.

      (shakes head)
    • Posts: 4,741 Member
      I have started to work my largest inner organ. I am going to drink a 6 pack tonight and really put my liver to work! Thanks for the suggestion OP!
    • Posts: 457 Member
      Can I do this with a dry loofah?

      My aging skin gets extremely dry. I exfoliate in the shower then slather myself with baby oil and moisturizer on top, but the idea of topping up with a dry loofah in between appeals to me. Just for the scratch alone, if nothing else.
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