I did a little research on that product and from what I read it looks like it would be a nice product. Got decent reviews, however I did read where one other person had claimed she had a bad experience as well. The ingredients look fine to me except for witch hazel. Don’t get me wrong, witch hazel is suppose to be a great for a lot of people, but i found for me, it irritated my skin and dried it out, so I couldn’t use it. Its so hard to say what could have caused your skin to react this way. I suppose its possible you may have an allergy to the glycolic or something else in there. Everyones skin is different, but Glycolic acid especially at a 10% shouldn’t really cause any problems.

I would say, especially since its been 6 wks, its a good idea to go to a dermatologist and bring the product with you so that they can take a look. Its really hard to say how your skin will react to products. For instance, like I’ve mentioned I’ve always done really well with Glycolic, however a few yrs back I tried Avon’s glycolic peel pads and wow, it broke my face out so bad and it was red and in terrible shape! Took awhile to get it to calm down. I basically concluded there was something else in the product that my skin didn’t care for.

Have you ever looked at a site called Makeup Artist Choice? Thats where I get my Glycolic peels. I’ve been buying from them for yrs and they are great! They have so many different products designed for every skin type, especially Rosacea. Check them out when you get a chance. In the mean time though, I would use a gentle cleanser, like “Purpose,” or something similar so you don’t furthere irritate your skin and call and make an appt. with a dermatologist to be checked out.

With Rosacea everyone has their “triggers,” and it may just be you have overly sensitive skin and that product caused an outbreak for you. I would definately be curious as to what the doctor says.

Keep me posted, and try not to worry to much, I’m sure your skin will calm down, just going to take time and a dematologist can prescribe something to help. Let me know when you have your appt. and what they say.

Lynn

Sorry, I probably didn’t make myself clear: I never had Rosacea, or Rosacea symptoms, before I used the Cane + Austin pads. That’s why I was so surprised!

Here is the full ingredients list:
Water(Aqua), Glycolic Acid, Ammonium Hydroxide, Hamamelis Virginiana (Witch Hazel) Water, Polysorbate-20, Phospholipids, Retinyl Palmitate, Tocopheryl Acetate, Ascorbyl Palmitate, Ubiquinone, Disodium EDTA, Sodium Benzoate, Menthol, Acetone, Imidazolidinyl Urea.

I suppose it could have been another ingredient, but the Glycolic Acid was the one that jumped out at me since it would seem to be the harshest?

Do any of the other ingredients raise a red flag for you?

Wow, how bad was your Rosacea before you did these treatments? A 10% glycolic is not really all that strong. Was this the first time you’ve used glycolic acid? Then again I’m not sure, maybe you have a bad case of Rosacea? I personally have a very mild mild case and am able to do 30% glycolic peels once a week with no problems at all. In fact its very helpful for my skin. I also just did my second Vi peel, which is a combo of Tca, phenol, Retin A and vitamin C and while you shed like a lizzard the results are awesome!!! My skin seems to tolerate it just fine. And I was told I have “sensitive skin.” Glycolic acid is a great product, however you have to be careful as to what else is combined with it. I use pure glycolic.

Honestly, I would be extremely concerned if its been 6 weeks and your skin is still in “bad condition.” Maybe its best to visit a dermatologist and see if there is another underlying issue going on. When you said you used “Cane and austin,” pads, what esle was in it besides glycolic? Maybe another ingredient aggrivated your skin. Again, 10% glycolic is not a lot and should not have done that to your skin. Very odd.

Hope your skin gets better and your able to see a doctor. Keep us updated.

My experience:
I’m 40, with no big-time wrinkles, but I started to feel like my skin was looking a little dreary, so I decided to try the Cane + Austin Retexturizing Pads, which is 10% Glycolic Acid. My skin can be sensitive occasionally, but nothing extraordinary, and I had used the Philosophy Microdelivery Peel, so I figured I could handle it.

You’re supposed to use 1 pad in the morning and 1 at night, but I decided to start slow by using 1 pad per day. But by the 2nd day, my face went berzerk! My cheeks were red and flakey, and my chin was red and broken out! And my skin was HOT to the touch! What a disaster!

I stopped using them immediately, of course, assuming my face would calm down in a few days. Well, it’s been 6 weeks and while it’s not as bad as before, my face still looks awful. It appears that I now have Rosacea. Or, I guess it’s more accurate to say that I must have always had it, and this experience triggered it.

I hope this helps anyone thinking about using this type of product. But like I say, you can’t really know until you use it I guess!

aloe vera is pretty easy to grow. It likes a lot of sunshine and a sandy/gravely soil, but doesn’t need a lot of water or care. If you’re not familiar with it, do a little research first or buy some at a reputable nursery. You wouldn’t want to get a close cousin of aloe vera and find that you have poisoned yourself.

I cut off several broad spears at a time and fillet them. See Youtube if you don’t know how. Then, I rub some of the goo on my face, neck and ears. It’s feels a bit sticky at first but dries well. Then, you can apply your regular moisturizer on top of it.

I also eat a small bowl of the slimy stuff. I add a bit of cloves powder and a few drops of honey to mask the bitterness.

As for the salad, I eat the same salad almost every day, which may seem boring, but I really enjoy it. My salad ingredients include fresh spinach, mustard greens, red cabbage, tomato, bell pepper, cucumber, broccoli, yellow onion, mung bean sprouts (home-grown), corn, fresh basil and cilantro, and whatever else that looks good at the market.

I live in Taiwan, where the organic movement is in its infancy, so my wife usually buys my ingredients at the morning market. She goes to a local park every morning at 4:30 to meditate, so she doesn’t mind hitting the market on the way home.

If you don’t buy organic, or even if you do, you have to wash the vegetables thoroughly. I wash the leafy vegetables in a huge pot. I do a rinse, a brief soak in baking soda water, then a ten minute soak in vinegar water. I use a sponge and a half a drop of salad soap to clean the smooth skinned vegetables.

My dressing includes first cold pressed olive oil, miso, tomato paste, turmeric powder, cumin powder, chili powder, black pepper powder, lots of fresh garlic, yellow mustard, fresh wasabi paste, a few tablespoons of water, and a teaspoon of honey.

I top it all off with some lightly toasted sunflower and pumpkin seeds and walnuts.

A few notes: Some sources say that you shouldn’t eat raw spinach and mustard greens due to the high oxalic acid content. However, I’ve been eating these vegetables for a long time with no adverse effects. It could be an individual thing or it could be because I often go jogging, which helps the oxalic acid to metabolize.

Secondly, chili pepper used to make me flush, and it made my gut feel uncomfortable. However, that’s when I ate it with Mexican or Thai food. I think that the rice and tortillas gummed up my system and kept the chili inside of me too long. I have no problems with skin flare ups when I eat chili pepper on my salads. Strange but true.

Lastly, making salad is a time consuming burden. I hate it. However, if I mix up a big batch of salad, it lasts for three days in air tight containers in the ‘frige. I think that the gasses from the raw onions and broccoli retard decomposition. I also lightly coat everything with a little olive oil, which may help too.

There are some herbs that I want to try that I can’t buy here like fresh oregano, sage, parsley, dandelion, etc.. Therefore, I’m going to start a roof top container garden this spring to grow some of my own stuff. It should be fun.

That’s about all.

Good luck!