suncream, zits and wrinkles: rolling skincare thread?

Always, always horseshoe.

hahaha I am with you, LL. We have not discussed wrapping paper on the knocked up thread, puritans and capitalism on the skincare thread. Next up - Marxist feminism in the Trader Joe's thread!

LL, if you EVER want to talk shit about the cleansing/toxins bozos, Jesse and I are here for you. It's one of my favorite objects of scorn and derision.

YES. Like one ILXor once said, "I wish I had more time to argue on the internet" b/c there's TOXINS talk is such bullshit. And carl's unformed thoughts OTM.

Ugh, let's include juicing bozos, too.

I too went to the dermatologist yesterday. Mostly to get some little brown spots on my temple looked at. Tthey were "nothing" (hyperkeratosis) but he offered to remove them, which he did w/ a combination of freezing and scraping (so they could be biopsied) and cautery, which caused a visible, stinky smoke.

He also prescribed Retin-A per my request and told me I was unusually sensitive to bug bites and gave me a sample of some cream. Their office has a cosmetology branch and the cosmetologist nurse tried to sell me some $45 retinol lotion instead ("well, your insurance probably won't pay for Retin-A," but they did b/c the doctor wrote that it was indicated for acne) and talked to me about laser resurfacing and I told her get thee behind me.

I'd be all "Lady I'd sooner laser resurface my floors than my face, tyvm"

note to self --
if you are smearing 4 kinds of medicated creams on your face daily, your face is going to peel (exfoliate) and you may want to have a little purse sized moisturizer (that is safe for faces) on hand at ALL TIMES for those moments of severe molting

i can never just leave my face alone and so I basically picked a fucking whole in it that's all scabbed over now and looks just lovely.

i look like a facial leper

eh, one scab does not a leper make

your body cleanses itself of toxins. Unless you have a genetic SNP that makes it so you don't clear toxins well (like MTHFR http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTHFR)

HOWEVER, you can have a toxic lifestyle that makes it hard for the body to clear them out. Heavy metals, chemicals in cosmetics, hormone-laden food, etc.

I have been DEEP DIVING into sciencey shit lately about our environment and our genetics snd it's fascinating.

Sooo... in a sentence: toxin cleansing is a real thing, I don't think you can do it by juice fasting specifically or anything like that, but I think women are far more suspectible to toxin build up because of our lifestyles (makeup, hair coloring, etc).

Heavy metal detoxing is like the most intense process ever that can take years and no amount of juicing will ever help.

Amanda: look into a zinc supplement, you may be deficient if you have acne.

I'm the Sanpaku of skincare today!

la lechera otm. tho in general I won't butt into people's business if they want to do a cleanse thing or whatever. I'm kind of a curmudgeon about alternative medicine.

LL did you just quit hormonal BC? When I quit the pill I got horrible acne.

nope
that was 3 years ago

i'm not gonna butt into anyone's life either -- i was just overwhelmed by the # of people i knew who were doing it and the pressure (via their incessant irl updates/kvetching) to believe that my body was deteriorating at my own hand
really i do not lead a toxic lifestyle but also i know it's gonna take a lot more than juice to clean the HEAVY METAL out of my body
lol

YES

Excuse me, but it's time for me to GET THE LED OUT.

http://trolleyla.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/robert-plant.jpg

HEY HEY MAAA

heavy metal detox band name called it

Well, a little over a week into night application of Retin A (.025%) and absolutely no undesirable effects! I think one morning my skin might have felt a little different, like it feels after getting some sun, but it could have been my imagination. Probably want to bump up to .05% next time. How long until I get a porcelain complexion?

That's great but just FYI most people who do go through purging don't get that until around week 3. Porcelain complexion around 4-6 months.

:( Just let me pretend I'm special.

I'm mostly surprised that I haven't gotten redness or sensitivity despite not having changed any other aspects of what I do to my face.

Me in 4-6 mos

http://drfreex.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/scob.jpg?w=300&h=223

best movie!
my face is doing ok but i think i chemical burned a little area near my lip because it was flaky this morning

Yeah I sometimes get the lip irritation thing :(

looks like i got scab face but that's better than zits

at least atm it is
please no faces of meth photos

Suddenly got red dots, like tiny broken blood vessels maybe, all round both eyes. They're all over the eyelids as well as under and next to both eyes. I didn't have them at 11am yesterday, and I did when I looked in a mirror at 4pm yesterday. WTF? They're still there this morning. Not painful, and nothing else going on except for a sore throat.

You can get them from any kind of strain that builds up pressure in your head (I don't know the technical term). I've had them from vomiting and coughing for sure.

yep. they should clear up in a couple of days, assuming yr coughing subsides

Are they itchy? Are they under the skin, or swollen spots?

When I vomit, I get black eyes from burst blood vessels. They looked really awful. Last time I vomited, I pressed my hands under my eyes and didn't get the black eyes. I've thought about putting an ice pack over my eyes next time I have to puke, if possible.

Sorry but I loled at "When I vomit, ______" dependent clause.

LOLing at being able to pause and get an icepack prior to puking.

My vomiting episodes have almost exclusively been significant life events and they involve a lot of to-do, e.g., denial, bargaining (actual praying, tho I'm an atheist), whimpering, much more denial, crying, preparing a kneeling towel, cleaning the toilet, black eye abatement, and finally, actually vomiting. It wouldn't be hard to throw an ice pack into the event.

I suppose not in that scenario.

They're not itchy, and not swollen, and they seem to be very slightly faded? Not sure yet. I'll find out when I get off this overnight bus.

Je55e, I'm familiar with denial prior to vomiting!

I get those whenever I have a particularly violent vomiting sesh.

so I am using this really mental woman's homemade face cream for night and it's actually kind of blowing my mind?? her website is TOTALLY CRAZY. It also smells WEIRD. I have no idea what the ingredients are.

http://www.hairgasm.com/products.php?cat=151&prod=114

http://www.hairgasm.com/content/ingredients

dang she sounds shady! glad it's working for you though

what if it's just mayo

It is kind of a light beige color, really sticky consistency, and smells kind of metallic-y. Its very strange. I am sure it's a BLESSED POTION by LOUISE LONGHAIRS. I also bought her wacky shampoo because I heard it's just incredible. I am not that impressed with the shampoo yet.

like, I wouldnt be surprised at all if the shampoo is just johnson and johnson baby shampoo. It kinda smells the same, even.

blood vessel things seem to be fading, so yay.

what if it's just mayo

― no fomo (La Lechera), Monday, August 26, 2013 5:37 PM (51 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lololol

it's "wholistic"

lol

Note: [redacted]'s products do not contain or involve the use of any of these Dangerous Ingredients in our products or treatments:

No Pills

Apparently it's not mayo

No Animal or Animal By-Products

No pills, no mayo. We're narrowing it down.

propane & propane accessories

WHERE do LONG HAIRS
ingredients come from and what are our ingredients principals?

EVERY
CULTURE IS DIFFERENT EVERY COUNTRY HAS DIFFERENT LAWS. We keep our
trade secrets a secret. It is alright to do that, we have trust. If you
have allergies, let us know:-)

that smiley face is a little menacing in its context...

sorry, I'm just slowly working my way through this site and every couple seconds finding something special.