| Am I a Skin Care Product Junkie? Or Just too | | | | irritated and seemed drier and to flake more. |
| Much of a True Consumer to Settle on One | | | | Perhaps this was the idea? My skin has always |
| Product?This is a personal story of the myriad of | | | | been a little sensitive, so maybe this is not a fair |
| skin care products I've tried. Which products | | | | nor "accurate for all" assessment of the home |
| disappointed and which ones delivered. | | | | facial peel, but my experience was less than |
| Furthermore, which skin care products over | | | | impressive. But of course I will be trying it again - |
| delivered? With the thousands of skin products on | | | | this time probably a higher end, online brand.Now, |
| the market today, all promising to do one thing or | | | | onto the next product. The next product I felt |
| another for your skin, from making you look 20 | | | | certain would take my crows feet away in |
| years old again to erasing acne in days, it's really | | | | seconds as shown in the persuasive infomercials I |
| tough to know when you're wasting your money. | | | | was so gullible to watch for twenty full minutes. |
| And yet, we all do it! Read on for a true skin care | | | | The before and after live shots of a fifty- |
| product junkie's confessions...Let's see, where to | | | | something woman applying this gel to her eyes |
| start. I guess we'll start with my latest little | | | | were nothing short of miraculous! Barely able to |
| discovery. The home microdermabrasion kit. Now | | | | contain my excitement for this new "fountain of |
| mind you, I've had the real thing done about two | | | | youth" product, I picked up my phone and |
| years ago for some old acne scarring still left | | | | frantically dialed the Home Shopping Network |
| over from my younger acne-ridden days and I | | | | number, anxiously awaiting my "special limited time |
| absolutely loved the way it made my skin look | | | | price" since I had acted so fast.The shipment |
| and feel. Now, the home microdermabrasion kits | | | | came in about four days. I opened the first |
| claim that they can produce very similar results to | | | | package. Let me explain what this product was |
| the real aesthetician administered procedure.Not to | | | | before I tell you how it worked. It was primarily |
| disappoint you too quickly, but they cannot | | | | made up of hyaluronic acid and another substance |
| simulate this effect. They do work, and they do | | | | whose name escapes me now, but both of the |
| add a nice freshly scrubbed look to your face, | | | | primary ingredients were "skin swellers". What do |
| and clean away a lot of dull dry skin to reveal | | | | I mean by skin swellers?Skin care product |
| newer skin, but they do not have the same | | | | ingredients whose main purpose is to temporarily |
| dramatic effects as real microdermabrasion does.I | | | | swell the skin out. The key word is "temporary" |
| will continue to use my home microderm kit | | | | here. It did work, and it worked for about two |
| though, because I like the fact that I can do it in | | | | hours, but to my dismay, when I looked in the |
| the comfort of my own home, and for a fraction | | | | mirror later on that day, all of my crows feet |
| of the cost of the real office procedure. I also like | | | | were just as deep and pronounced as they were |
| the frequency it allows me to administer the | | | | before application.My miracle fountain of youth |
| treatment. There's no way I could afford the | | | | hopes were dashed to smitherines! How could I |
| time to visit a doc's office once a week, nor | | | | be so gullible? I promised myself I would never |
| would I want to squander that much money | | | | again purchase another pricy skin care product. |
| away!Now, onto another skin care product I've | | | | Instead I would only limit myself to special visits |
| purchased and tried. I purchased Dr. Varon's liquid | | | | to a cosmetic dermatologist or spa to get my |
| mild acid peel kit and tried it approximately ten | | | | "real" skin care treatments. After all, they were |
| times. This kit is another home system that | | | | the only thing that worked, right?Well - no, not |
| advertises as an effective alternative to a popular | | | | necessarily. I have had some good experiences, |
| dermatologist or aesthestician administered skin | | | | which I would like to share also - in another article |
| care treatment, the glycolic acid peel, only it is in a | | | | perhaps? Just try to be as informed as possible |
| much more diluted version due to OTC | | | | about the ingredients in the skin care products |
| regulation.After several uses, I examined my face | | | | you purchase. That's the moral of the story. Make |
| several times, very closely mind you, and call me | | | | sure they have some sort of real merit and |
| crazy, but I just didn't see any difference. The | | | | therapeutic properties to them over the long haul, |
| only thing I noticed was that my face got mildly | | | | and are not just some sort of quick fix. |