Shereene Idriss explains the white towel test to check if you cleaned your face properly, and recommends most people skip their AM cleanser and just splash with water to avoid over-stripping. Many of her patients saw benefits from dropping the morning wash.
And how do you know if you actually accomplished cleaning and cleansing your face? The white towel test. After you've washed, you get yourself a clean white towel. And if she's clear, you know you did it right. And number three, do not wash your face in the morning. Now, before you guys all come at me in the comment section, I'm not saying don't clean your face with water in the morning, but you do not need to be using a cleanser in the morning after you've cleansed your face at night, you may be just overstepping, stripping your skin if you do do that. So instead just opt for water. There are obviously exceptions to this rule, but for most people this works great. And tons of my own patients have told me that this specific tip has been a game changer for their skin when they've skipped the AM cleanser. So at the end of the day, don't go buy a car that's worth over a hundred thousand dollars without getting it serviced. And you should be valued at way more than $100,000. So don't neglect your face, your money maker, by not washing it at night.
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