Used an oxidized C serum, it burned me! Advice?
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Sun Mar 20, 2011 11:32 am

Hi everyone,

I am new here - I made a big mistake this week with my skin care routine, hopefully you can help me out with some advice.

I bought some Devita C serum (LAA 17%), I think it was around 6 months ago (but maybe longer), haven't used it much in the past several months. I put it just on my cheeks a few nights ago, on a whim, woke up in the morning, and bam! bright Red streaks right where I applied the serum. Well, that was three days ago, and I still have slight reddening in that area. Also, some sun spots/freckles in that area of my face now appear darker. I feel dumb, to say the least - looks like I got burned by an oxidized C serum. Don't let it happen to you!

Can anyone give me some advice on how I can heal my skin from this?

Also - I was previously planning on getting touch up IPL fotofacial in a couple of weeks. Do you think I should cancel and give my skin time to recover, or is it OK to proceed with IPL in 2 weeks?

thanks for any advice you can offer.

free skin care · Mon Mar 21, 2011 3:03 am

Yes, I would wait on the IPL. I would be very gentle on your skin, maybe put some aloe vera gel on it, or a soothing oil like emu...just stay away from doing anything abrasive.

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