We’ve all been there: You’ve gone overboard with a new, glistening scrub or promising tube of retinol, and your skin is quite literally rubbed raw—tight, sensitive, and peeling in scales. Overexfoliation happens to the best of us, and everyone has a different limit—for some, it’s trying your hand at an at-home chemical peel; others may face a flare from leaving on a purifying mask mere minutes too long.
