Beauty Tips For Body Care
i'm 34, with pale but generally clear and compliant skin except for winter dryness, and until a few months ago had never really done any kind of skincare stuff except for putting on olive oil or coconut oil in the winter. recently tho i began noticing fine lines on my forehead & elsewhere. this forum has been amazingly helpful and generous, and i'm finally using sunscreen regularly and experimenting with serums.i just added the 2% retinoids from TO a few days ago, and it's messing with my face a bit, which i guess is to be expected initially-- sensitive dry patches on my cheeks and a kind of oily bumpy forehead situation, lines look more pronounced. i've read so much about it but there are still questions i can't find answers to that maybe you all will know:-should i even be using retinoids if my only issue is fine lines, no acne or other texture or pigmentation issues? like is gentler better, in your opinion?-do i have to keep using retinoids regularly forever or can i stop once the effect i want is achieved? it slightly freaks me out how powerful they are!i get that retinoids/retinol helps skin regenerate itself, exfoliate and eventually become thicker as well, and i have some questions/concerns about that too. when i look at retinoids before& after pics, the after pics look smooth and bright and beautiful but also kind of ... waxy? like maybe the thickened skin is producing that effect? or maybe i'm imagining it. it's obviously a powerful and useful ally for many situations, but i'm wondering if at this stage in my wrinkly journey it's overkill that will alter and age my face in other ways. i'm pale and my skin is generally kind of thin/translucent looking and i like my freckles, and until recently i literally put nothing on my face ever, i hardly even washed it with water and never really had issues. i don't wanna look prematurely opaque and waxy. even tho i think it looks nice on other people and someday i am totally going to want to that as an alternative to inevitable wrinkles. is this an effect/concern that anyone has noticed or am i off base here?thank you so much for any thoughts you can offer!the rest of my routine:hylamide subq anti-age and eyes serums in the morning, followed by another serum (i just recently added, on alternating days, TO EUK134 and, on the other days, resveratrol+ferulic acid and the 20%vitamin c & vitamin F oily serum they have-- maybe this is all overkill that is stressing my face out too?) followed by combination physical/chemical sunscreenand at night i just use micellar water to remove eye makeup, then sometimes an eye serum & castor oil on my lips & eyebrows, plus the 2% retinoids from TO(edited for typos and clarity)
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