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Fri Oct 19, 2012 10:48 am  |
Against my better judgement (really, I should have known better), I went a little overboard with my new retinol cream (Green Cream bought from EDS). My cheeks feel like they are on fire. Really. I'm not exagerating.
Can anyone provide advice as to how to baby my skin back to health? I know to lay off the retinol for a few nights until it gets better, but should I also be avoiding my Clarisonic? And what about makeup?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated...
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Makeup and skincare are my passion!! My dayjob is just to pay for the obsession... |
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Fri Oct 19, 2012 5:28 pm |
| Emu oil and time are the only solution. It is a natural anti-inflamatory that I am a big fan of- it tends to be too heavy for me unless I have abused some sort of topical and need protection. |
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Late 30's, fair skin, dark hair. Retin A, DIY potions. Missions completed- acne, acne scarring, 11's, redness, contact dermatitis. Working on maintenence and cellulite. |
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Fri Oct 19, 2012 5:50 pm |
| Apply an ointment that contains hydrocortisone. Hydrocortisone is widely available in many anti-itch and anti-inflammatory products at the drugstore. It works almost immediately. For example, Preparation H Anti-Itch Cream Hydrocortisone 1%. Be careful to use it only occasionally only when your cheeks are really burning. |
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Sat Oct 20, 2012 4:01 am |
The same thing happened to me with Green Cream, but it was mostly my cheekbones and temples.
Must admit it took ages to calm down. I stopped everything (personally I would not be using a clarisonic on it)
I didn't use any actives at all for at least 2 weeks and just used cerave for moisture. |
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I'm 49, fair skin, green eyes, blonde hair, dry slightly sensitive skin, I have very few wrinkles, slight pigmentation, main worry is sagging..yuck!! Currently using CP |
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Sat Oct 20, 2012 4:34 am |
Except make-up, I would stop everything else while my skin heals back to normal. But make-up should be "light" just to camouflage those areas. We still want to look beautiful 
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| Can anyone provide advice as to how to baby my skin back to health? I know to lay off the retinol for a few nights until it gets better, but should I also be avoiding my Clarisonic? And what about makeup? |
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Sat Oct 20, 2012 8:41 am |
| That totally happened to me when i used Perfect Complexions retinol peel. I applied WAY too much and emailed the owner, Julie Robbins. She advised me to get Neosporin and apply it. I got the Neosporin with pain relief too. It helped me a lot and after a week, my skin was back and lovelier than before. I would say definitely no to the Clarisonic or any other kind of exfoliating treatment, the retinol is already sloughing skin off. Just the neosporin and a plain cream with no actives (i used garden of wisdom base cream at the time). And definitely stay out of the sun and florescent lighting also, it emits UV as well as those energy saving light bulbs. HTH! |
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about to hit my 40s, retin-a user, differin, LRP |
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Sat Oct 20, 2012 8:28 pm |
| stop use the cream ,use some aloe vera gel to let the skin cool down... |
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Sun Oct 21, 2012 6:01 am |
| I did a lactic/salys peel last night and am a little rosey. I used Special Cleansing Gel from Dermalogica and a non-active moisturizer (All Sensitive) from Aveda. Hopefully things will calm down by tomorrow! |
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Esthetician working at a Med-spa. Love the Clarisonic! |
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Tue Oct 30, 2012 4:48 pm |
I did not do well on Green Cream at all. Level six did nothing but level nine was major irritation.
It took weeks to calm down. I went back to basics - just gentle cleansing and moisturizing. I do wear mineral makeup and was ok with that.
I would not use a Clarisonic or anything that exfoliates. |
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Canadian with fair skin. 50+ years old sensitive and reactive. |
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Tue Oct 30, 2012 6:13 pm |
If you are in the UK bepanthen the baby butt cream is fantastic for this (done it myself a few times so know what your going though).
Biafine is also good, available in the US and France. La Roche-Posey also does a thermal water mist with selenium which I really like if I fry my skin with retin a I just use a mild cleanser and then mist my face and slather on bepanthen for a few days and it makes a big differance. |
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