Clarisonic V Facial Skin brushing
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free skin care · Wed Mar 25, 2009 2:15 am

Hi All

Is there any need for both, or is one better than the other?

Thanks so much.
Zelda

free skin care · Wed Mar 25, 2009 2:54 am

My thoughts are that both Clarisonic and Facial Skin brushing are good things.... as they both do exfoliate, although they work very differently. The clarisonic uses sonic waves to really clean quite deeper than the regular facial brushing, but it misses out on the toning and improvement of circulation that the regular facial brushing does.... so if you wanted the best of both worlds you could do both (but probably not on the same day - and maybe a couple of days in between). I know from my own useage that the clarisonic is great at cleansing, but doesn't give my skin the softness that regular facial brushing does.

I think it also depends what sort of skin type you have (i.e. if you have sensitive skin you might not be able to cope with regular brushing), etc, but I think both are really valid and good methods for people to try out and see which works for them in my personal opinion.

free skin care · Mon Mar 30, 2009 6:10 am

Thanks Seany

My problems is large pores! (and sort of acne scarring). I am loving the facial brushing and its made a difference I just wondered if the Clarisonic has any affects on pores?

All the best
Zel

free skin care · Mon Mar 30, 2009 6:43 am

I'm not sure that either facial brushing or the clarisonic could change the pore shape, but both methods would help keep the skin and pores clean. If its pore size, then the thing I would read up on would be Retin A, which is featured in numerous studies.

Both the clarisonic and facial brushing do lightly exfoliate the skin, and the clarisonic does do a good cleaning job in the process of doing it, something that facial brushing doesn't however I notice when I dry facial brush, my skin has better circulation increase than when I use the clarisonic, but when I use the clarisonic my skin does feel and look cleaner. So its dependent on the state of your skin and what results your going after. I think using both together is a little over zealous, but using them every other day (as I have been) has been quite pleasantly surprising for me!

Zelda wrote:

Thanks Seany

My problems is large pores! (and sort of acne scarring). I am loving the facial brushing and its made a difference I just wondered if the Clarisonic has any affects on pores?

All the best
Zel

free skin care · Mon Mar 30, 2009 7:23 am

I'm afraid I dont know much about Retin A, can you recommend which type to buy (and where) and how often I should apply it.

Thanks for your kind help.
Zel

free skin care · Tue Mar 31, 2009 4:16 am

Do a search, as Retin A is a prescription medicine that many people have used, and it does have awkward stages (peeling, redness etc), but you could probably use a retinol product without that difficulty - and you would get the same results but probably have to use it longer - but its worth searching. Both have already been written about in EDS in great depth already, its probably easier to search and read up on all the opinions already in place than rewriting new ones! Laughing

free skin care · Tue Mar 31, 2009 2:18 pm

Actually I don't believe the clarisonic can change the pore shape or reduce the pore size. However, if we wash the face clearly, the pore will look smaller -- it's absolutely a visual affect!

Anyway, I didn't use this clarisonic yet, only considering the theory.

SeanySeanUK wrote:

I'm not sure that either facial brushing or the clarisonic could change the pore shape, but both methods would help keep the skin and pores clean. If its pore size, then the thing I would read up on would be Retin A, which is featured in numerous studies.

Both the clarisonic and facial brushing do lightly exfoliate the skin, and the clarisonic does do a good cleaning job in the process of doing it, something that facial brushing doesn't however I notice when I dry facial brush, my skin has better circulation increase than when I use the clarisonic, but when I use the clarisonic my skin does feel and look cleaner. So its dependent on the state of your skin and what results your going after. I think using both together is a little over zealous, but using them every other day (as I have been) has been quite pleasantly surprising for me!

Zelda wrote:

Thanks Seany

My problems is large pores! (and sort of acne scarring). I am loving the facial brushing and its made a difference I just wondered if the Clarisonic has any affects on pores?

All the best
Zel

free skin care · Tue Mar 31, 2009 2:22 pm

Zelda wrote:

Hi All

Is there any need for both, or is one better than the other?

Thanks so much.
Zelda

Clarisonic should be stronger than general facial brushing. At least, clarisonic is electronic, while facial brushing is manual. How do you think it? Bad Grin

free skin care · Tue Mar 31, 2009 3:58 pm

vivian.vl wrote:

Zelda wrote:

Hi All

Is there any need for both, or is one better than the other?

Thanks so much.
Zelda

Clarisonic should be stronger than general facial brushing. At least, clarisonic is electronic, while facial brushing is manual. How do you think it? Bad Grin

Actually, for me I've found it to be opposite to this. Dry brushing seems much more intense to me than the Clarisonic. I use both because I think they do different things.

Tue Mar 31, 2009 8:05 pm

I am considering both Clarisonic and Neutrogena Face Brush. Will these make face too dry after the usages?

free skin care · Thu Apr 02, 2009 2:01 am

I am beginning to think that the facial brush might be enough.

free skin care · Thu Apr 02, 2009 11:22 am

The clarisonic brush fibres are good, but they are not as strong as those you get on a manual brush, and whilst it does do a good job of exfoliating, becaues it is sonic technology, you need to ensure you have enough water to really help the cleansers work into the skin wiht the sonic waves. You don't have that issue with the manual.

Vivian, I agree with you re them changing pore size, I don't know how they could and I'm not aware of any studies saying so. The thing that does change pore size though is Retin A.

vivian.vl wrote:

Clarisonic should be stronger than general facial brushing. At least, clarisonic is electronic, while facial brushing is manual. How do you think it? Bad Grin

free skin care · Thu Apr 02, 2009 11:23 am

I think doing them both together may be a little much and stressful for your skin, but I do both - but often a day apart from each other. Depends on what your skin can take!

keth wrote:

I am considering both Clarisonic and Neutrogena Face Brush. Will these make face too dry after the usages?

free skin care · Thu Apr 02, 2009 4:53 pm

SeanySeanUK wrote:

I think doing them both together may be a little much and stressful for your skin, but I do both - but often a day apart from each other. Depends on what your skin can take!

keth wrote:

I am considering both Clarisonic and Neutrogena Face Brush. Will these make face too dry after the usages?

ye,I fell same. clarisonic is strong enough to me . use both , can't image.

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