What is Skin Stripping and how to avoid it?

The video answers below questions:

  1. Why is it not advisable to strip your skin, especially when dealing with issues like blackheads or pimples?
  2. What happens to your skin when you strip away its natural oil, known as Sebum?
  3. How does the skin react when it's stripped of its natural oil, and what does it lead to?
  4. What is the main message or myth that Jodie wants to address regarding skincare?
  5. What does Jodie mention about Homepeel's enzyme cleansing gel and its role in skincare?
  6. How do enzymes in the enzyme cleansing gel work on the skin, and what makes them a gentle option for exfoliation?
  7. What is the difference between enzymes removing dead skin cells and stripping the skin?
  8. What potential problems can overactive Sebaceous glands and excess oil production lead to?

Hi, guys. It's Jodie from Homepeel. Hope you're having a great day. Just a very quick video to talk about not overstripping your skin. Okay?

Stripping your skin is something that many of us do because we feel like we need to have cleaner skin, especially if we feel like our pores are congested with blackheads or we're getting pimples or something like that. Stripping your skin is not going to help. Okay, there's a little bit of a myth there. So, say, like, when I was ateenager, I had a lot of pimples. I used to strip my skin heaps. And basically what was happening is that I was stripping the oil out of my skin, which is the Sebum, which is the skin's natural oil. When you strip it from your skin, the skin wants to replace it, so it's basically creating more. And then what you're getting is you're going to have over active Sebum or over active oil glands going on your skin, and it's going to get caught up in bits of dirt and debris and actually making that problem worse. So I just wanted to quickly talk about not overstripping your skin. Pimples and blackheads is not caused by dirty skin, okay? So Homepeel. well, I'm here, I might as well talk about our new packaging for the enzyme cleansing gel. The reason why we choose enzymes is because enzymes chomp away dead skin cells. They don't touch live skin cells. They eat away dead skin, dead skin cells. So it's a gentle way to remove the dead skin cells without stripping your skin and creating that over active Sebaceous glands. The over active oil coming through your skin, creating more potential problems. Okay, thanks very much and I'll see you later. Bye.

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