I Tried a Professional Full-Body Scrub

During a professional body scrub you'll strip down and likely wear a pair of disposable underwear and a disposable bra. From there your therapist will use a gentle physical exfoliator (sometimes mixed with a chemical exfoliating agent like enzymes or acids) and slowly start massaging it into your entire body one area at a time.

They'll scrub practically everything (arms, legs, back, stomach, between your fingers and toes, your ankles and knees and sometimes your scalp). The movements are massage-like so it's very relaxing.

"Scrubs can come in all different varieties, [including] creamy or oil-based, but will include some gentle exfoliation ingredient like sugar or a gentle granule," explains Buldini. "Dry brushes can also be used."

After you'll take a shower to rinse off. In some salons body scrubs are performed on a table where they can rinse you then and there. Others have you rinse off midway and then they'll repeat the treatment, this time with a moisturizing body cream.

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