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Okay ladies, what kind of skin care regimen do you use?

Posted: Sep 29, 2011

I looking for a new skin care regimen. I'm 44 and have a round, chubby face which I used to hate, but now realize it has prevented me from getting a lot of wrinkles. I have a few fine lines around my eyes and those parentheses around my mouth, if you know what I mean. I'm looking for something to prevent future wrinkles and to work on what I have. I have freckles and have sun damaged my skin when I was younger, so my skin is blotchy without makeup.

I used to use Mary Kay, but there's so much on the market now I keep thinking I might be missing out of some miracle cream or something. Plus all I've ever really done is cleanse and moisturize. I guess I need to graduate to Retin-A or one of those other repair products.

So what does everyone else use?

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Dove soap and Oil of Olay - RosyPosy

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That's it. No special creams or astringents, just gentle cleansing and moisturizing. Anything more than this and my face burns and itches and gets seriously pissed off.

I have rosacea and very sensitive skin, plus it is oily, so while I have zero wrinkles at age 47, I do have the rosy/ruddy complexion and still get breakouts.

On the rare occasion I do wear makeup, I use a green-tinted preparation under my foundation, and a yellow-tinted loose powder to finish. Both are from Clinique and formulated especially for rosacea. They neutralize the red and splotches and make for an even, "normal" color.

On my MT wages.... - yochana

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Dove soap and Vaseline. No joke. Of course, my skin has never been exposed to the sun or any harsh elements.

As a former face picker who now has brown spots... - Hayseed

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I highly recommend talking to your regular doctor about getting a Rx for a tube of "Renova." It's not cheap (I don't have insurance and a tube cost $100) but holy crap the stuff works and I've had the same tube for about 2 years now, even though it's expired it still works just fine!

You use a TEENSY amount. Directions say "pea sized" twice a day. I use half of that once a day (super sensitive skin thanks to years of self-abuse) and it causes it to gently slough away after just a few days. It will be red, kinda raw, and you really have to baby it as far as washing with a nice neutral cleanser and patting skin dry (NO rubbing!) and moisturizing and being religious about staying out of the sun while you use this stuff BUT IT WORKS.

You can spend a ton on OTC fancy creams that just don't deliver like this stuff can. I only use it in spots, never on my whole face at once because I don't think I could handle all the peeling, and I don't use it every day, just maybe a week at a time when I start to notice brown spots showing up.

I wear makeup almost all the time too because of my prior damage, but it looks a heck of a lot better now than it used to and don't need nearly as much to "spackle" onto my face. I always use stuff with a high SPF as well, to avoid further damage, and I have finally, after like 20 years, STOPPED picking, which was a huge hurdle for me with that messed up form of OCD.

Good luck! If the price has you bummed out, just think that it's only the same cost as eating out only a few times.
:-)

do you just use this on brown patches? - face

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I had treatments done to my face to remove brown spots, cost me $900 and now, a year later, I am developing more in other areas. I dont want to pay that again, so it would be nice to find something that works on the brown patches.

Thanks.

I've used it on my face, neck, and front chest area... - Hayseed

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I've never tried it on say "liver spots" on my hands or arms just because they don't bother me. Does it completely remove the brown patches? No. BUT it makes them a heck of a lot less noticable and this is coming from a person with crazy scarring, so maybe for the average person it would work even better.
:)

Dove soap, Neutrogena moisturizer w/30 spf - Keeping it simple

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Eons ago when I worked for a pathologist, who really knew about derm stuff, he told me that unless there were cosmetic issues (rosacea, brown spots, etc), to keep it simple, and above all else, use sunscreen. For derm issues, a dermatologist should be consulted for suggestions.

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