Dried my face out!!

Buddingblonde

I used a new facial product (as my face has been really really spotty since Ill health and a hospitalisation in December) and it has dried my face out - it is now red, sore and peeling, flaky.
I can live with this (just!) but I am meant to be going out this weekend for a meal and I wanted my skin to clear up by then.
I have never had a reaction to facial stuff before (have spent thousands over the years on scrubs, washes, lotions and never once flared up)

I dont want to put anything too thick on my skin to moisturise as it will only aggrevate the spots but I need something that is going to work.

HELP!

McKneff

Try good old vaseline, overnight, brilliant stuff for healing.
put lots on just before you go to bed.

jenniewb

I would go see a dermatologist if you've had a reaction and have the secondary problem of already having a skin issue from hospital medication (presuming it is from stress/medications) the main thing is to stop your skin reacting, calm it down I think, I wouldn't want to go putting any more products on it, just letting it rest and get itself back to normal, stop the reactions and then treat it.

I would say for me, aloe vera, cucumber or (if your not allergic) natural yogurt mixed with oats as a masque if you really feel the need to do anything to it. Not sure if the same advice works for everyone though, for example if I were to apply vaseline (as suggested above) I'd instantly get it clogged, get spots but every ones skin is different, maybe you could do a patch test?

I'd expect a dermatologist to try calming my skin with something mild, maybe even a skin massage or instructing how to give one and then advising on what to look for, on what to do if things didn't calm down or got worse and a time frame for improvements.

Hope you get things sorted.

Buddingblonde

Thanks for that - it isnt a reaction to medication I am on and the spots are like teenage acne or hormonal spots (which I had as a teenager and seem to side affect of being well again - I have been unwell for a long time before I was treated and I now have a full bill of health).
I will think about vaseline - my concern is that it will clog my skin and make the spots worse (as jennie says) - yoghurt works well for sunburn so I might try that.
I have had topical steriods for my skin before (as a teen) but really dont want to have to both the gp with something so trivial as bad skin (trying to see the bright side!)
thanks

VfM4meplse

Buddingblonde wrote: »

I will think about vaseline - my concern is that it will clog my skin and make the spots worse (as jennie says)

I agree - brilliantly occlusive, but unfortunately WSP is also comedogenic. Try a light layer of Bio-Oil instead: pricey, but a little goes a long way and you'll find other uses for it too.

I would also suggest taking a once-daily antihistamine.

*Kat*

Just use a good moisturiser, one of the better ones I've heard of recently is Oilatum face repair - you can find it in Boots for ~£5 x

pegginout

Try olive oil or vitamin e oil from a capsule.

Or I have very sensitive skin and I use a product called Cetaphil, I buy it online but noticed Asda have started stocking it

http://www.cetaphil.com/Default.aspx

also try acne.org forums.....http://www.acne.org/messageboard/forums.html

hope this helps

Buddingblonde

Thanks everyone xx