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Thu Mar 19, 2009 7:53 am  |
Hello Everyone!
I was wondering what everyone's daily routine is and what they use. I had always washed with clearasil day and night and a daily moisturizer.
I'm wanting to change my regime because now that I'm getting older, I need to take care of my skin type. Any suggestions are welcomed. Just as fyi, I am asian and have combination skin, I think. |
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Thu Mar 19, 2009 12:51 pm |
| I have just bought a microderm face cloth (from Ebay). Each day I use a face wash with the cloth (I use origins face wash). I follow this up with a vitamin c serum in the morning and at night I use a serum and then J-Beckett alphaderma, followed by eye cream. |
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Thu Mar 19, 2009 4:13 pm |
Hmm maybe you could give us more to work with. I'm guessing you would like anti-aging benefits. I would suggest a nice gentle cleanser. You could definatly splurge on a great moisturizer, eye cream and retinol product. From what I've read on the board Revive has some great moisturizers, Valmont is good for masques and Cellcosmet has nice eyecreams. You could try Green Cream or a prescription retinoid (ask your doc and surf around). Don;t forget sunscreen!  |
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23, fair, EDS newbie, taking Diane 35. |
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Thu Mar 19, 2009 7:33 pm |
| I also Asian people. So I suggest: the use of external than taste, more should undertake interior. Such as taking bird's nest, are very effective |
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Sat Mar 21, 2009 11:33 pm |
| Oh you mean supplements. That's very interesting. When you say birds nest what exactly do you mean? What would be in the birds nest that would benefit skin. I'm very open to traditional and homeopathic medicines, I'm just curious as to what this is. |
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23, fair, EDS newbie, taking Diane 35. |
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Fri Mar 27, 2009 11:04 am |
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| Oh you mean supplements. That's very interesting. When you say birds nest what exactly do you mean? What would be in the birds nest that would benefit skin. I'm very open to traditional and homeopathic medicines, I'm just curious as to what this is. |
Oh gosh, this is gonna be a shock to you! 
Birds nest is a Chinese delicacy, the really fine ones cost more than $1000 USD/pound! Birds nest is not really the branches and leaves little birdies use to make a nest, but the food, stomach acid and saliva the birds regurgitate from their little beaks that is used as "mortar" to "glue" the sticks and leaves into a nest.  When you buy this from a Chinese apothecary, one must spend HOURS picking out the stray leaves and feathers before you can start cooking it into a dessert soup. YUMMY! Anyways, I did a quick google search, and in terms of "western" nutritional value, it looks like most people think it's just protein and not much more. I also don't know enough to tell you about the TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) explanation for why this is good for the skin, but I think it really works-- Living in this part of the world (Malaysia), you can DEFINITELY see a difference in the quality of skin between the wealthy old ladies who drink this stuff regularly, and the wealthy younger ladies who are too modern to believe in this kind of "superstition". It is generally believed that consuming birds nest helps with elevating collagen production. Hope I didn't give you nightmares!
Luckylady- I believe the consensus here is that retinol and vitamin C are the most established ingredients for antiaging (and sunscreen!!). It sounds like you have a pretty simple routine going on, so perhaps a vitamin C serum in the mornings followed with a sunscreen, and then a moisturizer with retinol for use at night. HTH! |
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