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Tue Jan 22, 2008 10:54 pm |
It's recently occurred to me that I'm not likely to experience the "Wow!" effect from any new products that I add to my regime. And that's okay, actually.
I paid little attention to skincare (beyond cleansing and occasional moisturizing) until I was in my late forties. At that point, my skin was seriously stressed (illness, chemotherapy, radiation) and I was referred to a wonderful dermatologist who prescribed Retin A (and two followup prescription retinoids) which I couldn't tolerate.
Then she suggested Vitamin C. And my first "Wow!" experience--a lovely glow, and over time a definite increase in healthy firmness and decrease in sun damage and melasma. And she suggested non-prescription retinoids too--and another "Wow!" I've added peptides around the eyes--I think a mini-wow at best. AHA exfoliants, pumpkin mask, Clarisonic--all nice but not the dramatic "wow!" of earlier items. It seems that early intervention and action creates a dramatic impact, but once you are taking good care of your skin, you're less likely to see measurable improvement. So anything I may add will possibly cause a slowing of aging or even a slight improvement, but the days of the dramatic "Wow!" are in the past. But I'm fine with that--it means that most of the gross damage that can be fixed has been fixed and I'm fending off current damage. |
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