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  You might hear the words “cell turnover” when looking into skincare, but many of you may not know exactly what “cell turnover” means. To keep your skin healthy and nice, you’d better understand how cellular turnover works!   What is cell turnover? Cell turnover is the process of shedding dead skin cells and replacing them with newer cells. New skin cells are born in the deepest layer of your dermis, the basal layer, and gradually move through the skin's surface, called the epidermis. Because new cells replace old ones, this process makes your skin healthy, tight, and smooth. Usually new cells are born every 28 days but the rate slows down with age. What happens when turnover slows down? When the process becomes stagnant or slows down, dead cells stay longer on the surface of skin. Because new cells make you appear healthier and younger, the accumulation of dead surface skin cells causes problems such as dry, textured, rough, dull complexion bumps, blemishes and signs of