effective milia treatment
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Fri Sep 19, 2008 9:05 am

Zoftig... The TCA is a DIY... from Makeup ARtists Choice... it's the 12.5% I bought just the sample... $17.00ish...

You should do a patch test...(I did not)
You apply with a q-tip (stings like the dickens)
You allow to set up to 8 minutes (I think at which time it apparently neutalizes...more science here than I know)
Having never done one before, you should then rinse with a solution of water and bakingsoda...
If you've used before and can tolerate you can apply another layer... so of course, I felt I must do that... hit the melasma spots and milia and the one pimple I had... then tried to do my whole face... the stinging was outrageous.. (and I do infact have a high pain thresh hold)probably lasted maybe 30 seconds before I neutralized and rinsed like mad with baking soda and water solution.

Then I just applied Squalane Oil for moisture, You feel quite dry and puckered... Skin slightly red in appearance.

They recommend ------------... and ZERO assistance with the flaking.

Then I waited... NOTHING for 3 days... my skin was soft but I thought NO WAY no results... wanted to do it again... but decided I was in unknown territory... didn't want to become a stupid statistic. So I waited... Day 3.5-4 the slight peeling begins. I don't know how to explain it... Kind of like dandruff of the face. Use a moisturizer during the day if you leave the house to glue it down...so you don't look like you're molting.

Yesterday was day 7... lots of softer looking fresh skin exposed... a few patches still lifting...

In the mean time, I used my pumpkin mask on day 6 mild scrubbing...to assist. Several little milia gone... still a few more...

I DID NOT put this one on my eyelids... I might try a teeny tiny sweep over the one milia... last minute in case it burns like mad!

I've read where people kind of spot treat little areas... more often and let it set for a shorter period of time...

I'll wait the 3 whole weeks and do one more... then give it a total rest! for a while..

I generally don't like the look of a constantly peeled face. They tend to look mildly scarred all over the face..

free skin care · Mon Dec 08, 2008 10:47 am

I have the occasional milia (milium?) appear somewhere on my face. When I was in my 20s, I had quite a few. I now get a very fine beading needle, run the tip under very hot water, dip it in alcohol, get out the 10x mirror (ugh!) and GENTLY insert the needle (sometimes I have to "lift" the milia with the needle and tear the skin to extract the hard build-up of white matter). I then GENTLY squeeze in a very superficial way using clean fingernails. The result is an immediate disappearance of the milia with absolutely no mark on my skin due to the fineness of the needle. Works like a dream.

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