Bite Sized - Why Sugar and Salt Scrubs Should Be Avoided

99% of estheticians agree… please avoid sugar and salt scrubs. Specifically in the intimate areas of the body. Let’s discuss why.

You’ve just had your first Brazilian and you are SO happy. But remember that for the first day, your skin is more sensitive. For this reason, you really do want to avoid heat, sweat and sex. For 72 hours, you should also avoid exfoliating the skin.

Your skin desperately needs exfoliation though. When the hair is waxed, it is at a finer point of the hair. The dead skin cells are still the same; that doesn’t change. So you need to help remove dead skin cells so that that finer hair can pop up through the skin and not get trapped underneath.

Sugar and salt scrubs are aggressive and disruptive to the pf of the skin. One of my skin care philosophies is “More is not always better.” The same is true with this. These scrubs are sometimes just too much for such a gentle area. Many clients that end up with ingrowns mistakenly are using a scrub.

Sugar can also throw off the pH in the intimate areas and cause infection (particularly yeast since they love sugar.) It can also spread bacteria and create microtears in the skin.

Also, please note, that the direction with which you exfoliate also matters. Exfoliate in the direction that the hair is growing and not in a circular motion.

Don’t forget to

Breathe. Let Go. Relax.

Zoey Jolley, LE