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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 333867" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Loth, try to get a list of ingredients from the container before you send it back, so you can work out over time what possibly caused the reaction.</p><p></p><p>For example, you know the day cream doesn't aggravate your skin (well, it used not to - wait a week before trying it again, carefully - you could have sensitised your skin to a new allergen) so examine the ingredients list for both and mentally subtract anything that is in both. You're looking to create a small list of what is in the night cream but not in the day cream.</p><p></p><p>After tat - any cream tat you use with no problems, look to see if it has anything in your short-list in it. As you go, cross stuff off your short list that you discover you don't have a problem with.</p><p></p><p>In the long-term, this will help you keep your skin as healthy as possible.</p><p></p><p>What you describe sounds like a full-on allergic reaction. Not good.</p><p></p><p>I really worry about skin creams that are claiming to be good for your skin, but which encourage cell renewal. ANYTHING that "encourages cell renewal" is a greater risk for skin cancer, form what we understand skin cancers to be. A doctor I was talking to about this (we were both whinging about Australian Cancer Council's overkill in its advertising) said that cancer happens spontaneously when cells divide. The more cells divide, especially older cells, the greater the cancer risk. The reason sunburn is a risk is because sun-damaged skin has to renew itself, and as a result cells have to divide. So it stands to reason we need to be careful to avoid damaging our skin in the sun and making to have to divide unnecessarily.</p><p></p><p>And they sell creams which deliberately make your skin cells replicate? Are they mad?</p><p></p><p>Sure, slough off dead cells. But avoid sloughing them off when they're not dead, or damaging them so they slough off prematurely.</p><p></p><p>Dermabrasion? Forget it!</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 333867, member: 1991"] Loth, try to get a list of ingredients from the container before you send it back, so you can work out over time what possibly caused the reaction. For example, you know the day cream doesn't aggravate your skin (well, it used not to - wait a week before trying it again, carefully - you could have sensitised your skin to a new allergen) so examine the ingredients list for both and mentally subtract anything that is in both. You're looking to create a small list of what is in the night cream but not in the day cream. After tat - any cream tat you use with no problems, look to see if it has anything in your short-list in it. As you go, cross stuff off your short list that you discover you don't have a problem with. In the long-term, this will help you keep your skin as healthy as possible. What you describe sounds like a full-on allergic reaction. Not good. I really worry about skin creams that are claiming to be good for your skin, but which encourage cell renewal. ANYTHING that "encourages cell renewal" is a greater risk for skin cancer, form what we understand skin cancers to be. A doctor I was talking to about this (we were both whinging about Australian Cancer Council's overkill in its advertising) said that cancer happens spontaneously when cells divide. The more cells divide, especially older cells, the greater the cancer risk. The reason sunburn is a risk is because sun-damaged skin has to renew itself, and as a result cells have to divide. So it stands to reason we need to be careful to avoid damaging our skin in the sun and making to have to divide unnecessarily. And they sell creams which deliberately make your skin cells replicate? Are they mad? Sure, slough off dead cells. But avoid sloughing them off when they're not dead, or damaging them so they slough off prematurely. Dermabrasion? Forget it! Marg [/QUOTE]
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