How long would you go without washing, toning, indulging in a face mask, or moisturising your face? One day? One week? One month?
Much like fasting for metabolic health, skin fasting is a detox. Since the skin is an organ and we constantly cover it with all kinds of different products, the Mirai brand suggests fasting to allow our skin take a breather, heal, and also permits skin cells to regenerate.”The skin is an interesting organ, besides acting as both a sensory and protective layer for all of our precious blood and guts, it also “breathes.” This means that there is some gas exchange at play .
By day three, I really needed to cleanse, especially after a long sweat session of working out, so I rinsed my face in the morning and at night. Days six and seven came with no major flare-ups and I began to feel nervous for week two of my skin fast.Just as I feared, the first day of week two started with a pimple right underneath my chin. The worst part was knowing I’d committed to not putting any product on it.