I've recently had a bit of an acne breakout on my chin. Which when you not on the good side of 25 truly sucks :(
The last time I had this was when I just turned 20. I went to Ayia Napa (enough said) and got ill on like my second day, and was there for 2 weeks! I got a throat infection and laryngitis - ended up taking what can only be described a horse tranquilizer. So this combined with lack of sleep just destroyed my skin.
When I got home I ended up using Quinoderm and it worked wonders.
So when the problem came back I thought I would give it another go.
Its a quite a thick cream and you apply a 'thin layer 2 or 3 times daily by gentle massaging over all the affected area'
Its main ingredients: Benzoyl peroxide 10%ww and Potassium hydroxyquioline sulphate 0.5ww
It does burn a little (for some it may just tingle) and you definitely don't need much.
So I'd been using it for about 3 days when I noticed by skin starting to itch where I'd been applying it (it reaaallllllly itched). It all became quite sore and I had to stop. My skin also looked like it was peeling in places and it didn't even clear up the acne!
I also forgot that it really bleaches things. See the evidence below......my poor pj top.
When I first used it - I now remember ruining a few bits of bedding and quite a few pj's.So after a few fun days I'm now left with a sore itchy patch of dry skin and a bleached pj top.
Verdict - Hell no, never again!
L :(
I tried this at the end of last year and my skin went exactly the same. I threw it away and wont use it again, took me ages to get rid of all the dry cracked skin on my face.
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ReplyDeleteYou could try Panoxyl which also contains Benzoyl peroxide but you can get 2.5% and 5% variants so it doesn't burn as much. You can buy it on Ebay for about £3.50, my sister has had bad skin all of her teenage life and she now swears by this! .. xx
@Laura - its awful isn't it. I've resorted to facial oil in the evening in the hope it will help moisturise.
ReplyDelete@laura@thebeautysanctum - thanks hun, I'll give it a go.
Lx
I used that cream and it made my skin flake off and very very dry and itchy as well:( It was horrible. But now I'm using Panoxyl, you can get it in a cream or a gel. And it works fantastically! I love it!
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hey, thanks for following :D I also used this once, emphasis on the once. Never ever again. I have sensitive skin and as soon as I put this on it felt like my chin was about to melt of, it burns! I threw it out sharpish. great blog btw! xx
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