butternut squash makes my hands peel - could it me an alternative faical peel?

[loulu55]

I've just cut up a butternut squash and noticed that afterwards my hands tighten and then peel.

Could this be the new all natural facial peel - or would I be a total idiot to think of putting it on my face (apart from the fact that i'd turn orange)?

Thing is, peels are natural too, and its probably cheaper to buy the concentrate than to waste your butternut...

True, I have however just rubbed some of the peeling over my neck so guess I'll soon find out!

Bns does that to my hands too. What is that??

I've done some research this evening and it is the 'sap' in unripen bns that makes the skin exfoliate - it's the squash's built in selfdefence mechanism!

I've been using glycolic peels lately and although they seem to improve my skin they don't make it peel like this - and i've had not contra indications to it this eve.

I'm going to patch test my face with some - the only problem is knowing which squash's in the supermarket are not yet ripe!!

I've had this, and now have to wear gloves for preparing squash.
My hands were claw like for a worrying amount of time!

Yeah, it happened really quickly tonight - but it depends on how ripe they are - the less ripe the more potent.

My skins has settled down already - just peeling on my neck now but no irritation or redness.

I think it's fab and much cheaper than the glycolic peels i've been using!