Phytomer Resurfacing Peeling Duo: The peel without the pain
Being a bit of a salt body scrub fanatic, I confess that I’ve wished for a scrub for my face that would gently exfoliate – really exfoliate – without inflaming the skin. I’ve tried several dozen products over the past 20 years that promised to do just this; usually with temporary, unnoticeable or even painful results for my sensitive skin.
Then Phytomer unveiled its Resurfacing Peeling Duo in December, 2009. The two-step process includes the Micro-Exfoliating Cream and the Restoring Cream. It’s designed to revitalize skin on the face, neck and décolleté in six uses over a three-week period.
The Micro-Exfoliating Cream feels much like a gentle scrub, and is applied in a similar way. I spread it over my damp face and neck in the evening, let it dry for a few minutes, then gently worked the product over the skin. It definitely removed excess oils and it felt great. The particles feel like they are the size of very fine sand. I had to wash my face twice to remove the product completely; splashing first with warm water, and then removing the last of it with a wet soft washcloth. My skin felt refreshed.
Without thinking much of it, I washed the product off my hands, rubbing them together under the water.
The Restoring Cream is applied right after the Micro-Exfoliating Cream, and twice daily until the next two-step process in the series. I warmed it between my fingertips and worked it gently into my face and neck. Having sensitive skin, I usually place a little on my chin first. My skin just drank it in. It felt wonderful on my freshly-scrubbed face.
Again, I rubbed the remaining product into the back of my hands.
I followed the directions and used the Restoring Cream the next morning and evening (Sunday), then the morning after (Monday). I went to work. Mid-morning I absentmindedly scratched my wrist. Was that the back of my hand? It took me a moment to remember why my hand felt so soft and – Wow! – looked so smooth.
I ran into the bathroom and took my first good look at my face that day. Through my makeup I could see my skin looked really fresh and luminous with only one two-step application and three additional applications of the Restoring Cream.
I continued to follow the regime for the full three weeks, using the two-step regime twice a week and just the Restoring Cream twice daily. My skin continued to improve through the second week. I was delighted when the results held through the third week.
My skin looked radiant and felt as if I’d had a fantastic facial for weeks after the end of the treatment.
The Phytomer Web site recommends use “as an intensive treatment at each change of season or following exposure to harsh conditions that have marked and thickened the epidermis.”
The Micro-Exfoliating Cream uses five types of exfoliants: “marine AHAs, ultra-effective exfoliants derived from algae,” according to Phytomer. The Restoring Cream contains “Marine Oligosaccharides that optimize cellular renewal, (and has a) “bandage effect” that sooths and replenishes.
The Phytomer Resurfacing Peeling Duo retails for $90.50.
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