vit c serum burn
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Mon Dec 19, 2005 11:27 am

I was using carekate's 12% recipe with great success, so I thought I'd up it to 20%- big big mistake. I now have what i believe to be burns on my cheeks and forehead. thankfully, they're not super noticeable... the one on my forehead is shiney, and i have flakey skin on both my cheeks. it doesn't hurt... just looks bad... well to me.

So my question is, what can i do to speed up the healing process? So far, i'm moisturizing like crazy and doing an aspirin mask everyday to exfoliate. anything else i should be doing?

the skin on my forehead's started to peel and it looks like the skin underneath is ok, but this totally sucks Sad

more is not always better.

free skin care · Mon Dec 19, 2005 4:19 pm

i'm not totally sure about this (i'm sure someone will correct me) but i'd cut out the asprin mask because i think that might be making the situation worse. from what i can gather vit c works as an exfoliator so you might be exfoliating skin that if already suffering from over-exfoliation.
i'd slap on the moisturiser and cut out all your other exfoliating stuff and serums and things until it settles down.

get better soon!

Kiwigirl.

free skin care · Mon Dec 19, 2005 6:58 pm

Definitely stop the aspirin mask for now. Keep the area moisturizer and don't use treatment products until your skin returns to normal.

free skin care · Tue Dec 20, 2005 2:49 pm

ena,
I agree. I think that 20% ascorbic acid + salyclic acid is too much to apply to the skin at one time. Also, since you made the c serum yourslef, did you test the pH? The reason I am asking is that I would imagine that 20% ascorbic acid will result in your pH being VERY low. (not certain, just off the top of my head). Just a thought!

Tue Dec 20, 2005 6:15 pm

^ any ideas what i can do to speed up the recovery?

and in the future, what's the highest vit c % to use while using acetysalicylic?

free skin care · Tue Dec 20, 2005 7:18 pm

well, depending on how bad it is, you might want to use a hydrocortizone cream or gel. If it's not that bad, then there's really nothing you can do except keep the acid mantle intact. Use a gentle, SLIGHTLY acidic cleanser, then either squalene, or a moisturizer with ceramides. Wear a sunscreen, as this is the prime time to incur UV damage in that area & end up with hyperpigmentation in the future. You could try a 15% vit. c solution next time, but again, I think that the burn came from the pH, and the stratum corneum being already disrupted from the BHA, not so much the % of vit. c. But I don't know your skin or the details of the solution you made.

free skin care · Tue Dec 20, 2005 9:14 pm

Hi, I agree with other members that you better not use the aspirin mask. For recovery I would suggest to apply Vitamin E (just take the drug store vitamin E). If your skin is not very oily you can put some Cocoa butter. If it is really bad, you can use hydrocortizone cream or gel, but you have to make sure you are not allergic to hydrocortizone Exclamation

Wed Dec 21, 2005 8:37 am

pbsadhaka wrote:

well, depending on how bad it is, you might want to use a hydrocortizone cream or gel. If it's not that bad, then there's really nothing you can do except keep the acid mantle intact. Use a gentle, SLIGHTLY acidic cleanser, then either squalene, or a moisturizer with ceramides. Wear a sunscreen, as this is the prime time to incur UV damage in that area & end up with hyperpigmentation in the future. You could try a 15% vit. c solution next time, but again, I think that the burn came from the pH, and the stratum corneum being already disrupted from the BHA, not so much the % of vit. c. But I don't know your skin or the details of the solution you made.

Doing the above, do you have any idea how long before my skin goes back to normal?

free skin care · Wed Dec 21, 2005 9:52 pm

ena,
Again, it's difficult for me to say since I haven't seen your skin. When you say your skin is "burnt" what do you mean? Is it flaking, blistering, oozing? Or is it just really irriated & red? If it is open at all (blistering or oozing) I would put some sort of topical antiseptic on it like bacitracin or neosporin. The last thing you want to get is an infection on that already traumatized skin. If it is just peeling & flaky, but not secreting, then you could follow the advice gievn & you should see an improvement in about a week. MAybe a bit less (4-5 days) if you are using a topical cortizone.
Whatever you do, you absolutely MUST avoid the temptation to pick at any loose or flaking skin. Doing so could cause permanant scarring.

Thu Dec 22, 2005 3:16 pm

thank you, pbsadhaka for your help Smile

thankfully other than my skin being dry and flaky, the burn isn't noticeable- it isn't blistered or anything, just kinda shiney.

Do you think it's safe to do some sort of mask to speed the exfoliation along? Aspirin masks do wonders for my acne...

free skin care · Thu Dec 22, 2005 5:17 pm

Well it's up to you, but I honestly would give it a rest if I were you.

free skin care · Thu Dec 29, 2005 7:25 am

ena,
I was just wondering how your skin is doing? Any better?

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