suncream, zits and wrinkles: rolling skincare thread?

not saying it isn't gross, just saying i like ~science~

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5258/5465902801_b766b897dd_z.jpg

^ this book changed my life in weird ways

i wonder if we need mites as much as they need us

maybe, but the tiny spiders dying and rotting in my pores thought is still giving me palpitations

^^^^

HOW DO I GET THEM OUT?

bleach imo

dudes, this is oooooold news. I am currently running a rosacea clinical trial that is using an anti-parasitic compound. It's working like a champ.

!!! That's kind of awesome.

Sorry guys I know it is sorta horrifying but also v interesting! I will admit that I made sure to wash extra well tonight. And yeah Kate, that is really neat.

kate, you have my attention

This is the study.
If you're interested in participating in clinical trials, you can search by disease and geographic area at clinicaltrials.gov.

I see it mentioned a couple of times upthread, and I know Julia loves her NutraSonic, but has anybody else purchased one? My pal (and ILX lurker) Courtney just got one and really likes it and I'm considering it.

Is that like a Clarisonic? I have the Olay knock-off and love it. Might shell out for the Clarisonic one day but it's so $$.

i skipped a wk of nutrisonic and cld tell the diff. (i use it twice weekly) ugggh dull peely face. before i tried it, i had tried every exfoliant ever (it seems) and nothing helped before. my skin is rly weird tho. (skin condition + wonky hormones = eek)

olay is supposed to be the same thing cheaper, from what i've heard. doesn't seem worth shelling out for the pricier ones if you like hwat u have!

xp Yeah, same general idea. I guess I meant has anybody else purchased one of these new fangled face brushes. Courtney got the Clarisonic. I'm not married to any one brand, although I like the idea of a device that is rechargable.

x-post - Yeah, I'm going to keep using the Olay until one day if/when it seems like it's no longer working. It's cheaper than the replacement brush heads for the other ones. It's very gentle so I use it every night. It's battery operated but I've had it about 4 months so far and haven't had to change them yet.

Oh, that's a plus.

I shall now bombard you with questions: Can you use it in the shower? If you use it at the sink, is it really messy? Does the brush spin or vibrate (I think that's what the Clarisonic is supposed to do - vibrate like how the Sonicare toothbrush does)?

lol, no prob

- I've used it in the shower without problem.

- Not messy at all ime. Sometimes you get a little splash of product but it's minimal.

- It spins which is how it differs from the Clarisonic, yes. However, it really does seem to clean well. Reviews are overwhelmingly positive though you'll get the occasional person who points out that spinning isn't the same as vibrating though I'm not really sure if there's any science to back up the vibrating thing anyway. For every one of those reviews there is someone saying they have both and can't tell any difference so i don't know. When I got the Olay I figured that if it sucked I would only be out ~ $30 and so far it's worked for me.

Oh and it also feels really nice which makes me actually want to wash my face at night which is something I've been lazy about in the past.

i use nsonic in shower, have to close my eyes so soap spittle doesn't fly into my eyes.

good to hear that olay is gentle, i'm def getting that whenever my nsonic dies. (had it for 2 yrs, but eventually i'm sure it will)

When Sonicare toothbrushes first came out, I got a Crest Spinbrush and it kind of sucked (it tasted weird and would catch my mouth in the spinning apparatus somehow). My mom got me a Sonicare a couple of years ago and I love that fucking thing, so I kind of have a bias against spinning things v. vibrating things. But, the reviews are really good for both products, and if you factor in the human tendency to rate something they paid a lot of money for more highly so as not to feel like chumps for paying a lot of money for it, they are about even. Plus, and I think this is the ultimate deciding factor, if I go with the Olay thing, I can get it today, but if I want the Clarisonic (even getting the cheaper one-speed Mia), I have to wait until I get paid next week.

It also seems reasonable to try a cheaper version to see whether I even like using it before.

To finish that sentence, "before I spend a lot of money on the more expensive one."

^^^I am a sucker and I have just decided I am going to the same thing as carl, despite the fact that I never considered a face-washing device until JUST NOW. Thanking u thread for taking all my monies away :(

In other news I just bought a new blush over the weekend but I think it's too dark or ruddy or something and now I have to go return it and that makes me sad because Ulta is far away and I'm lazy. It looked OK in the store dammit!!

ha, quincie, I'm sorry to be an enabler. But this product is going to solve all of our problems. All of them. I just know it.

I want one too, pfft you guys. So we're buying the Olay one?

LOl yes we are. I'm going to Ulta at lunch today because I think I have a coupon somewhere in the depths of my purse.

bwahaha. I will have to wait a bit as I told my sister to take my credit card and get herself textbooks and some back to school clothes, so I really shouldn't spend anything on myself right now. Except maybe as a present for being such an awesome big sister.. hehehe..

Hmmm I hope CVS or Walgreens has the thing, too lazy for Ulta today and MUST EMPLOY NEW WASHING TECHNOLOGY TODAY!

Hahaha you guys crack me up just don't blame me if you hate it or it doesn't agree with you for some reason!

I should have put that thing about the blush in the comestics thread. Oh well. It's Ulta I need to go to to return that so I feel you on that QUince. The other places should have it.

I'm pretty sure Walgreens or CVS carries it. I wanted to go to Ulta because I like to rack up them bonus points. I stopped in Ashley Stewart on the way and found a lovely black linen and rayon skirt and a pair of shorts* on megaclearance, and I wouldn't have gone there had I not been on the way to Ulta so obviously this product is already solving all of my problems.

*There is a vacation involving some light hiking in my future and I realized that unless I was going to go hiking in skirts and Spanx, I needed to break my no shorts ever rule.

I cannot wait to go home and wash my face.

hm, I really like my sonic care toothbrush and have been curious about sonic vibration face cleansing, so maybe I will jump on board too...

It would be awesome if we could actually blast our faces with ultra-high-frequencies and all the oil and dirt and mites would just up and fall out

Similarly, I have always wanted a sonic shower like they have on Star Trek.

does it get rid of parasite feces in yr pores is my question

I am thinking there is nothing sonic can't do

Hey dudettes, I just ran a poll past everyone that works in my office (dermatology) and the verdict? Total bullshit, not worth the money, use a washcloth.

I use cetaphil and a disposable buffpuff, fwiw

wait a sec i don't use any puff or sonic implement
should i?

Why didn't you run this poll before my lunch break?

Busy day? Did you save your receipt?

I did. I'm still going to try it out, though. Not because I don't believe your derma colleagues but because I want to play with my new toy.

I think Ulta's return policy is 60 days w/ a receipt if you hate it, so I can have my spinning face brush and use it, too.

Not to dis yr colleagues, but my personal trust in dermatology when it comes to acne, rosacea and the like is not very strong...

Not that I have much trust in cosmetics companies either!!

facecloths, the soft kind, have served me well though, yes

None of us use it, and we look FANTASTIC.

What is your secret

retin-a, suncreen.