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Mon Jan 15, 2007 1:18 pm  |
Hello,
Has anyone else noticed this: You cannot really "spot treat" with retinol. Based on my experiences, if you put it anywhere on your skin, it affects a much larger area than where you've actually applied it. For example, I decided to use SkinCeuticals' retinol 1.0 underneath my eyes only, and I woke up with light peeling above my eyebrows and on my eyelids. Last night, I used a very thin layer only on my face, avoiding my neck, which is more sensitive, and today I awoke with a red, peeling neck. I'm not sure if others have had similar experiences, but you have to be careful with any retinoid, so it might be good to know that a day "off" really means a day off!
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Wed Jun 20, 2007 1:59 pm |
| skincareaddicted wrote: |
Ok Miss A sent me this link because I have been using a retinol peel (apeel light-night) and am experiencing pain and itching at the corners of my mouth where i shouldn't have applied the apeel as warned, but i did anyway! the corners are itchy, sore and cracking and i cannot open my mouth. of course, i didn't follow the apeel light directions at all, so this is also another reason.
Pudoodles--how long did it take for you to recover? i know we're not using the same product but i am curious anyway.
Thanks, K |
Hi K - what a friggin' nightmare it was for me!!! I tried hydrocortisone from the drug store, polysporin and several other natural and not-so-natural potions and ointments to get relief. Nothing worked! I actually gave up and went to the doctor who gave me something called Dermatop (Prednicarbate emollient cream 0.1%)..This stuff did the trick, I no longer have a permanent kool-aid smile!
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Wed Jun 20, 2007 4:46 pm |
| Kristen: I just got passed that stage - omg...I dreaded when I had to eat foods that require me to open my mouth too wide....HORRIBLE. But I got through it by applying and reapplying moisturizer in that area. Basically my Valmont Nature Moisturizing Mask literally saved my skin, I know that it could've been a lot worse. I actually had a time when the dead skin around the corners of my mouth and chin literally peeled off on its own, VERY unattractive. Luckily it was pealing dead skin and not good skin so I never had a problem with excessive redness/rawness. I also found Phytomer's Accept Soothing Cream (not the exact name but the cream in their Accept line) which I got a sample from EDS was indeed very soothing and that really helped as well. Now one corner of my lip is slightly darker in color (from the peeling which healed) as I get pigmentation from all wounds even mosquito bites so I'm just waiting for that to go back to normal. I hope you get through it too, the key is definitely to keep on applying a good moisturizer in that area. Also when I wash my face I always use a wash cloth so I'd always go over that area to make sure I get all the flakies off. HTH |
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