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Tue Jan 24, 2006 7:44 pm  |
Hi everyone,
I've been using the Vivier Vitamin C Serum 10% with Kinetin and everytime I put it on, it stings like crazy! It happens to sting where I have problems with my eczema... like around my mouth and on my neck.
Should I not put it on? and should it sting this much...?
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Usually normal skin, can get dry due to eczema, prone to freckles. Mid 20's. |
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Tue Jan 24, 2006 10:11 pm |
| If it stings, don't use it I say. It is too acidic for your skin. There are some vitamin C serums that use ascorbyl palmitate instead of ascorbic acid, and those are nice also. They are much less irritating as they don't need a low ph to be effective. I know that Professional Solutions makes one called Triple C serum (available throughwww.dianayvonne.com), and I think Perricone makes one too but his products are soooo expensive. |
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Mabsy
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Wed Jan 25, 2006 3:29 am |
If it's confined to the areas that have eczema then I guess your skin is not sensitive except where it is irritated. I have found Vivier to be one of the more gentle serums. It is much less likely to sting than say Cellex-C or Skinceuticals. On my normal non-sensitive skin, my 10% Skinceuticals serum stung for the first few days when I used it. Some bottles actually do indicate that people might experience some stinging the first few times they use it.
If it stings a lot then I would dilute a bit of the serum with water and apply that. The catch is that the vit C serum might actually be able to help you with the eczema so personally I would try to persevere but control how much I apply and also monitor the skin closely.
PocoLoco does make a good point. There are other serums on the market that will be even more gentle (and also more stable) but the downside is that they are simply not as effective as the serums with l-ascorbic acid in them. However, if you cannot handle the l-ascorbic then you might be better off trying something like Jan Marini or JB C&C for example (those are just two of I'm sure many on the market). |
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Wed Jan 25, 2006 1:01 pm |
| I believe there are recent studies that show that the ester C's are very effective against hyperpigmentation etc. but fewer studies have been done compared to ascorbic acid so this information is less widely known/acknowledged by many in the skincare industry. |
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Mabsy
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Thu Jan 26, 2006 4:06 am |
| PocoLoco wrote: |
| I believe there are recent studies that show that the ester C's are very effective against hyperpigmentation etc. but fewer studies have been done compared to ascorbic acid so this information is less widely known/acknowledged by many in the skincare industry. |
Ester C needs to be converted by the skin into l-ascorbic before it can actually be utilised. This is a wasteful process as you don't get 1-1 conversion (from what I understand). Serums with l-ascorbic acid do not require that extra step of the skin converting the vitamin C, hence they are said to be more effective (which is the point I was trying to get at). However, they are not as kind to very sensitive skin. |
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