Name: St. Ives Apricot Scrub
Brand: St. Ives
Rating: 41.0 (8 reviews)

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Dr. Mamina

277k subs · 626 devotees

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"Design flaw. The particles are jagged and irregular, which means that they create micro tears in the skin barrier rather than gently buffing the surface. Those micro tears can cause inflammation, they can accelerate barrier breakdown, and they can worsen acne in people who are already prone to it. The apricot kernel specifically has a shape under a microscope that is genuinely damaging to the skin. There have actually been lawsuits about this, and the data is not on St. Ives Apricot Scrub's side."

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"Design flaw. The particles are jagged and irregular, which means that they create micro tears in the skin barrier rather than gently buffing the surface. Those micro tears can cause inflammation, they can accelerate barrier breakdown, and they can worsen acne in people who are already prone to it. The apricot kernel specifically has a shape under a microscope that is genuinely damaging to the skin. There have actually been lawsuits about this, and the data is not on St. Ives Apricot Scrub's side."

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"St. Ives is a long-standing object of hate amongst dermatologists. The exfoliating agents in there, the harsh beads or like the ground up walnut, can potentially cause micro tears to your skin, affecting your skin barrier and causing more damage. After water, the second ingredient is denatured alcohol, which is not a good thing. It's only going to dry out your skin. We've got citrus fruits in there as well, and all of these can be harsh for the skin barrier and increase your risk for phytodermatitis. So yeah, I wouldn't recommend it."

Dr. Shereene Idriss

1.71M subs · 51k devotees

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"Within the physical world, you have your physical scrubs, your lofah, etc. But you also have scrubs that are formulated in a product like a St. Ives scrub where they used to use crushed walnut shells. And these physical scrubs can be abrasive and they're often too harsh if they're overdone and they can lead to micro tears and irritations and they're therefore not my favorite category."

Dr. Daniel Sugai

716k subs · 23k devotees

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"I feel like people are damaging their skin by trying to grab unnecessary physical exfoliating scrubs like St. Ives or other scrubs with harsh beads."

The Budget Dermatologist

718k subs · 9k devotees

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"The last product I do not recommend you buy is a harsh scrub. Say St. Ives Apricot Scrub. I'm looking at you. These are so harsh and so abrasive on your skin barrier. They are more likely causing more damage than any benefit you are looking for them to do on your skin."

Dr Dray

2.66M subs · 34k devotees

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"The product that everybody loves to hate on is the St Ives Apricot Scrub. You guys know that product, it's abrasive, it can be very irritating. But some people use it, they don't have any problem with it, it doesn't cause them problems, they enjoy using it. If you're one of those people who uses that or any other facial scrub to exfoliate your skin, get your face wet first before going in dry because the skin smoothing effect that you are seeking is going to go much more efficiently if you have hydrated the stratum corneum first."

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"St Ives apricot scrub and or the buff puff may be helpful here for stubborn cases of eruptive velis haris, where mechanical exfoliation can actually be helpful."

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"The product that everybody loves to hate on is the St Ives Apricot Scrub. You guys know that product, it's abrasive, it can be very irritating. But some people use it, they don't have any problem with it, it doesn't cause them problems, they enjoy using it. If you're one of those people who uses that or any other facial scrub to exfoliate your skin, get your face wet first before going in dry because the skin smoothing effect that you are seeking is going to go much more efficiently if you have hydrated the stratum corneum first."

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"I'm not a fan of these mechanical exfoliants because they can lead to a lot of irritation. Some people do just fine with these, especially people who maybe have thicker oilier skin, but it can end up being irritating in the long run."

Hyram

4.36M subs · 31k devotees

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"I just can't wait for the scrub to just slowly die out. I'm waiting for the day that St Ives comes out with better exfoliant products instead of scrubs, but that day is not here."

James Welsh

1.58M subs · 122k devotees

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"I used to love St. Ives Apricot Scrub as a teenager. The apricot bits were harsh and jagged, and I do remember actually cutting my skin on one of these apricot kernel shards. I have tried St. Ives Apricot Scrub recently. Was it the best? No. Was it as bad as I remember? Definitely not. I think St. Ives have kind of jet milled their scrub particles a bit more. It felt a lot less harsh. The only issue is, even though they say with Ceramides on the front, it's still incredibly drying. I just feel there is no need for a modern day product to leave your skin feeling that dry and tight."