Exfoliating Polish — Reddit Reviews
by ZO
Updated October 8, 2026
Physical exfoliant that clears flakes and ingrowns; easy to overdo.
What the community says
A physical exfoliating polish with mineral grit, tea tree oil, and fragrance for sloughing dead skin before shaving or on tretinoin flaking. People with dry, flaky, ingrown-prone skin like it; over-exfoliated, rosacea-ish, or barrier-wrecked skin may hate it.
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Real Reddit threads — 7 mentions across 6 threads
ZO Exfoliating Polish on Reddit, in one place — 6 threads from r/tretinoin, r/30PlusSkinCare and 1 more, summarized.
“2-3 times a week I also use ZO Exfoliating polish to remove dead skin and help ingrown hairs”
Positive
“I usually wash with a water based cleanser, exfoliate with ZO skin polish, let dry, then shave.”
Positive
“exfoliate with ZO skin polish”
Positive
“actual Zo polish”
Cautionary
“Agree I’ve done everything and it doesn’t work”
Cautionary
“constant sebum protruding out my chin.”
Cautionary
“ZO exfoliating polish (started this in June and actually helped the “pilling”)”
Positive
“aesthetician recommended physically exfoliating and that helped a ton.”
Positive
“I kept getting a pilling daily”
Positive
“zo skin health exfoliating polish”
Mentioned
“Recomienda unos muy muy suaves, no vale cualquiera”
Mentioned
“me recomienda usar un exfoliante físico 3-4 veces a la semana”
Mentioned
“The only thing that’s helped with my dry skin while on tretnoin is the ZO. exfoliating polish.”
Positive
“it’s the only scrub i’ve used that’s actually removed my flakey skin.”
Positive
“It’s quite pricey”
Positive
“- ZO exfoliating polish”
Cautionary
“your skin needs a break from over exfoliating & so many different acids/products”
Cautionary
“You will probably gleam that you need to chill on exfoliating and actives until you heal your skin.”
Cautionary
