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I want to make my skin a lighter shade, will exfoliating daily help me do this?
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Skin lightening: Exfoliation will not help you achieve a "lighter" shade of skin. Exfoliation removes the outermost layer of your skin (the stratum corneum). The pigment which results in skin color is made by melanocytes in the bottom/basal layer of the skin, and this pigment is ultimately transferred to nearby skin cells of the epidermis. Usual exfoliation does not affect these cells
Answered 5/22/2016
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