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Thu Nov 06, 2003 12:30 pm  |
Hi Tammy,
If you run a search on this forum, I think there are quite a few answers to your question (this topic comes up frequently).
Nonetheless, to save you search time, let me offer my two cents.
I think a lot of the non-professional products are great -- but my skin just won't react well with them for some reason. I don't WANT to be "high maintenance" and believe you me, I definitely would prefer to spend $5 on face wash than $30. BUT . . . OTC products just haven't helped with my acne or my skin. I LOVE going to the skin care section in grocery stores to look at new products -- and I buy a LOT of stuff that way -- but it ends up going unused (after the first use) because it made my skin break out or didn't feel quite right.
A lot of people are blessed with beautiful, flawless skin -- and those people are lucky to be able to use the great products at grocery stores.
I SEE a difference when I use a PTR mask vs. a $3.00 mask from a drug store. The masks have the same ingredients (not all the same but most) but the PTR mask ends up healing my acne and the other one ends up adding more to the problem. Again, I think my skin has an "atittude problem" and I can't help it. After many years of using non-professional products, I find that professional products really help my skin -- and this is a purely personal opinion.
Another thing I do notice is that non-professional exfoliators have HUMONGOUS beads -- and those are AWFUL for your skin because they end up scratching the surface. The SMALLER the beads, the better, and most non-professional brands don't have small exfoliating beads. They might smell good and stuff -- but what are they really doing to your skin?
My advice is just to stick with what works for you. I have so many friends who have perfect skin from simply using L'oreal or Johnson & Johnson or Neutrogena. Those products are GREAT -- but *I* cannot use them because they don't help my skin much. I have been using Yonka (for like 6 months now) and it has really really helped my skin -- and has given me more confidence -- and actually, it's made me learn MORE about skin care and skin products.
I think there are many others on this forum with great advice so hopefully they'll reply -- otherwise, do a search on the forum because there have been quite a few posts on this issue 
Hope this helps! |
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