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Did I mess up my peeling by using a wash cloth to wash my face after a VI Peel Precision Plus?

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harptripAug 23, 2018
I’m 4 days post peel and am peeling in small sheets and flakes. Even though I followed the directions and am peeling, it occurred to me that using a wash cloth to wash my face, as I normally do and I like the thin NOT fluffy thick soft cloths, did I basically prematurely rub my skin off? I stopped using it at my last face washing. I don’t see any additional dark spots, only what was there before. But is a wash cloth a problem?

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