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Creating Beauty From the Outside In
The Secret to Healthy, Radiant Skin
By Andrea Candee
Oftentimes, the body's internal health is reflected in the skin. Show me a person who has been brought up with antibiotics, a dairy laden diet and chronic constipation, and I'll show you a person with skin problems: acne, boils and cysts.
A healthy diet, a full-body herbal detoxification program and lots of water offer a good combined approach to skin repair from the inside out – even for teenagers or postnatal moms caught in the middle of hormonal flare-ups.
Daily exfoliation with a gentle, creamy herbal scrub accelerates new cell production while decreasing build up of dead surface skin cells which produce clogged, lackluster looking skin. Care must be taken to use an exfoliant gentle enough for daily rather than weekly use as is indicated on many scrub labels. Oily skin benefits from use of an exfoliant morning and night while normal to dry or sensitive skin is fine with a once-a-day cleansing.