Beauty Tips For Body Care
Forgive the length of this I did my best to bullet point and paraphrase.PART ONE: THE VISITMay 2016: I go see my doctor about this shitty long line under my eye. (not the normal one close to my lashes, but the one below that. btw any suggestions on that are greatly appreciated) He tells me to make a few faces, pinches and pulls on my face and says "Its odd, you dont seem to have any lines or creases anywhere else..." So he prescribes me Tretinoin .1% and tells me to use it under my eyes, its cool he says, just do it. He doesn't warn me about the sun dangers, even though he knows I work outside 40hrs a week. Doesnt warn me to not apply it to a sunburn, or to 100% make sure you wear sunscreen all the damn time. The pharmacist just said "moisturize". I didnt know what I was getting into. No evidence ANYWHERE suggests that tretinion CAUSES wrinkles.PART TWO: THE APPLICATIONHoly hell my face is melting. Dear god, am I regrowing a new face? Its so red, especially around my nose. I didnt know you should keep this away from nose/mouth areas. Applying my moisturizer afterward seemed to carry it into all the undesirable spots anyways. At first, I started using this twice a week, then every other night, then every night. I thought i was doing pretty good. I experienced:*Severe Redness and burning around nose and mouth*Peeling/dusting*Sensitivity to other products*Tearing feeling around my mouth/nose area when yawning, I still get this today.I barely purged, and I noticed it made my eyebrows grow thicker(fuckyiss.) I didnt think anything of the symptoms i had, they were apparently normal, And I was moisturizing like crazy.My Routine (at that time) was:*AM - Nothing. Sunscreen applied between 10 -12pm. Neutrogena sheer touch spf305PM HOME FROM WORK SHOWER*Wash: Boscia Purifying cleansing gel*Serum: Dr jart Ceramidin liquid*Serum 2: Ole H vit c serum*Moisturizer: Murad skin perfecting lotion*Moisturizer 2: clinique moisture surge for dry spots.2 HOURS BEFORE BED:*splash with water. pat dry. wait 15 min.*apply tretinoin. wait 15 min.*apply Dr Jart ceramidin cream. feel the searing pain.*apply vaselineFast forward to late August 2016: It was at this point I was noticing lines forming from my nose to my mouth. I saw my reflection and thought....I look 37...not 28. I ditched the tret instantly, angry that I went from 1 shitty wrinkle under my eye, to suddenly 1 inch long crows feet on 1 eye, smile lines and lines on my forehead.So This is me today, been off tret for a 8 weeks now, and all the damage is still there:ForeheadMouth crease (goes up to nose both sides)As an experiment, I decided to only use tret on the outside corner of my right eye, (where the shitty wrinkle is.) The result:Right eyeLeft EyeThe left eye, untouched by tretinoin, has almost no crows feet.SEPT 2016: Re visiting My doctor, he would NOT believe me that this happened while on Tretinoin. He tried to say that I had developed those lines naturally over 3-4 months, after declaring me fine-line free in May. I said to him "You said I didnt have any lines though? surely this doesnt happen over 3 months naturally?" and he just looked at me with this confused sort of smirk on his face and said "well ....its just not possible, it doesnt do that." and his answer was to keep at it but with a lower prescription of tret, at .04% no other thoughts or suggestions.PART 3: WHAT WENT WRONG?Well, Im still trying to figure that out. I wanna say its my fault, and believe that I can still place hope in Tret.*I work outside all day, most of the summer.*I only wore a hat 60% of the time, and only wore sunscreen about 80%. In the early mornings of the gentle sun, I liked to work on my tan, and I didnt know it could go so wrong.*I applied it to a sunburn probably 5 times, before I found out this was a huge no.*I applied tret at night then (SMH) didn't wash my face in the morning before going to work in the sun. so dumb.*I didnt take a break when I should have, I pushed through the pain and kept applying. The internet said this was normal, so I foolishly ignored my body. such wrong, many dumb.PART 4: SO WTF NOW?Im trying to hydrate my face back to life by taking on an asian beauty regimen, with a couple western products involved. My current routine is in the process of changing. Incorporating some products from the ordinary right now, and on the way are the Rohto hado labo lotion and Mizon all in one snail repair. I wasnt happy with my Sephora based routine, it was costing a fortune and wasnt yielding satisfying results. Key ingredients Im focused on right now: Hyaluronic Acid, Vit C, Ceramides, Peptides, Niacinimide, AHA/BHA, and snail filtrate.My question to SCA,*Has anyone else ever experienced wrinkles from using Tretinoin? if so, did you recover? how?*do you think I can turn back to Tretinoin in a few months time to fix my wrinkles and get back to my wrinkle prevention?(providing I use it properly with proper protection) the options for proven wrinkle repair are slim, and im not in favour of botox/fillers or surgery.*or does it appear to just have a thinning wrinkling affect on some peoples skin, and should I just stay the fuuuck away?*And if I DO stay away, is this something that may correct itself or correct with a good hydrating routine, or did I just put myself on the fast track to aging? Thing is....I wanna give it another shot. Now that I actually have wrinkles...i have less to lose now than i did in May. It smoothed my pores and evened my skin tone.*Aging Australian sun worshippers, how do you find tretinoin works on your sun damaged skin??TL;DR: Doctor said i had no lines except this one under my eye. So he prescribed tretinoin for under my eye, but i used it on my whole face. Used improperly without enough sun protection and paid the ultimate price: multiple creases. Permanent? maybe. Only one eye was subjected to tretinoin and developed crows feet. Do not apply tretinoin close to eyes.
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