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To exfoliate or not?

The Stratum Corneum is the outer most part of our skin, made up of approximately 20 to 30 layers of dead, but not inactive, cells.  Unfortunately, this layer hasn’t been very well understood until quite recently and so in an effort to ‘freshen’ our skin, we often remove it. This practise of over exfoliation has now come under question because it has been discovered that this layer is responsible for keeping our skin beautiful. So what does this part of our skin do for us?  Essent...