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AlphaDerma - is your skin oilier because of it?
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Tue Apr 04, 2006 7:02 am Reply with quoteQuote
I'm trying out an Alpha Derma 5-Day pack and I find that my skin is oilier. I usually have normal-to-dry skin and this is causing my forehead to shine (never had this problem before).

I use Skin Prep, then after it just dries, Okusil, C+C and ADCE on deeper wrinkles.

Is it supposed to make skin oilier?
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Tue Apr 04, 2006 10:12 am Reply with quoteQuote
The same thing happened to me. It does not happen with just the AlphaDerma CE, so it was either the facial prep or the C serum. My guess is the C serum, because I'm using it up on my chest and it makes it very shiny.

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Tue Apr 04, 2006 10:15 am Reply with quoteQuote
Weird, no other C serum does that to me hmmmm

Thanks, LandB Smile
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Tue Apr 04, 2006 6:37 pm Reply with quoteQuote
I've been using Janson-Beckett's AlphaDerma CE and the facial prep since December 2005. I've not noticed that it makes my face oily.

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Wed Apr 05, 2006 5:08 am Reply with quoteQuote
I haven't noticed any oiliness or shininess with these, but I do have pretty dry skin.
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Wed Apr 05, 2006 1:39 pm Reply with quoteQuote
I haven't noticed any difference at all in oilliness as well.
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Tue Apr 11, 2006 7:32 am Reply with quoteQuote
It definitely make me oilier-that's why I stopped using it. My skin felt suffocated (can't think of a better word) as well. The okusil, on the other hand, dried out my eyes & gave me the not so coveted crepey look. My skin is normal/oily. Confused
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It's interesting : Alpha Derma CE actually completely dried my undereye area, my eye-cream (z.bigatti's eye return) couldn't help it, however it is nicely moisturizing without AlphaD. So I'm using AD on my forehead only (some slight wrinkles started to appear there recently . . .), and haven't noticed any oiliness there.
Still funny, how different we're - isn't it.

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Sun May 07, 2006 11:14 am Reply with quoteQuote
I've definately noticed by face becoming more oily while using these products. I think the vit. c or face prep is doing it.
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Sun May 07, 2006 1:02 pm Reply with quoteQuote
Add me to the list of people who discontinued using Prep and ADCE because of shine.
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Sun May 07, 2006 1:21 pm Reply with quoteQuote
Same here, except that the okusil dried my eyes out & actually made them look worse Sad
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Mon May 08, 2006 4:02 am Reply with quoteQuote
Nope, no oiliness here with AlphaDerma. Mind you, my skin is very dry.
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Mon May 08, 2006 9:50 am Reply with quoteQuote
Yup, I barely got 1/2 way through prep + ADCE and stopped because of the feel and shine.

like Marina said, my skin just felt suffocated and by the end of the day if I rubbed my finger over my forehead I could rub off oil and product (eraser-like rubbings). Also, I found that if my face perspired 30min-1 hour after application I could "feel" the product in the persperation. Those two elements alone are enough to make me stop a product. I am VERY weight sensitive on my face care.
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