BrownDeceit
Jan 12, 2010, 09:13 AM
So. If any of you know me, I'm always the first one to advise everyone NOT to use any type of chemical peels ESPECIALLY home chemical peels. Well lately there's been a bit of a vitamin c craze going on around the board, so I decided to use a vitamin c serum I found in my mother's cabinet. I thought it was just a regular vitamin c serum (I know I should have read everything more carefully... But I didn't), I noticed my skin started peeling. I thought maybe it was because of the new exfoliating scrub I had started using, so I stopped with the scrub and continued with the serum. Finally I realized it was the serum making my skin peel and not the scrub. So I googled "Skin peeling vitamin c serum" and this site came up: Obagi Medical Products : Pro-C Serum (http://www.obagi.com/article/forphysicians/ourproducts/obagiprofessional-crnserum/pro-cserum.html)
I went back upstairs to check the bottle and realized I was using the 10% concentration of the blue peel serum. A lot of you know that I went to Africa for the holiday vacation, and thought I avoided the sun as much as possible, I did end up getting about 2 shades darker. So I decided, hmmmmm. Why don't I use this to get rid of my tan. I used a LOT of it. Way more than I was supposed to, even though it was the 10% version for sensitive skin, my skin was peeling like crazy and revealing newer lighter skin. I was so happy. This was like over a process of two days. I'd apply at night with lotion, wake up and scrub up dead skin cells. Then that same day I scrubbed off the skin cells, I should have stopped. BUT I got carried away. I applied MORE of the serum to my recently peeled skin. And it BURNED. I washed it off. And my face was really light and patchy in some areas. I was SO SCARED. I put on a lot of palmers cocoa butter to soothe the pain and walked around the house in sheer terror for about and hour, praying to God I hadn't ruined my face. After about an hour, I rubbed the cocoa butter off, and my skin had settled back down thank God. I didn't have any new skin peel off. I think because it had already peeled? I don't know. I still think it should have peeled off another layer, but it didn't. But what do I know? I'm just thankful I didn't ruin my face! I have a tiny chemical burn like right by my ear, but it's not noticeable, and I have a feeling it will fade in about 2 weeks because I had a similar small chemical burn underneath my chin with this AHA lotion I used a while back.
So all in all. I'd say this is a good product to use. Although it's NOT supposed to be used the way I used it. You're supposed to only use 5-7 drops twice a day (or was it once a day?), and I used literally a fourth of the bottle. Not smart. Lol. But like I said. I got carried away. I did lighten about a shade and a half. The first time I peeled I went up about a shade. The second time I didn't peel but I went up like half a shade. Be CAREFFFFFFULLLL. I'm just glad my mother didn't have the 20% concentration. Imagine me pouring 1/4 of that bottle on my face!! I'd be singing a different tune! HaHaHaHa. But yeah I like my results. I have these two little dots (acne scars) on my left cheek, and they are definitely less noticeable now, and I think my pores got smaller. And my skin looks a lot more vibrant. Woo hoo!
I went back upstairs to check the bottle and realized I was using the 10% concentration of the blue peel serum. A lot of you know that I went to Africa for the holiday vacation, and thought I avoided the sun as much as possible, I did end up getting about 2 shades darker. So I decided, hmmmmm. Why don't I use this to get rid of my tan. I used a LOT of it. Way more than I was supposed to, even though it was the 10% version for sensitive skin, my skin was peeling like crazy and revealing newer lighter skin. I was so happy. This was like over a process of two days. I'd apply at night with lotion, wake up and scrub up dead skin cells. Then that same day I scrubbed off the skin cells, I should have stopped. BUT I got carried away. I applied MORE of the serum to my recently peeled skin. And it BURNED. I washed it off. And my face was really light and patchy in some areas. I was SO SCARED. I put on a lot of palmers cocoa butter to soothe the pain and walked around the house in sheer terror for about and hour, praying to God I hadn't ruined my face. After about an hour, I rubbed the cocoa butter off, and my skin had settled back down thank God. I didn't have any new skin peel off. I think because it had already peeled? I don't know. I still think it should have peeled off another layer, but it didn't. But what do I know? I'm just thankful I didn't ruin my face! I have a tiny chemical burn like right by my ear, but it's not noticeable, and I have a feeling it will fade in about 2 weeks because I had a similar small chemical burn underneath my chin with this AHA lotion I used a while back.
So all in all. I'd say this is a good product to use. Although it's NOT supposed to be used the way I used it. You're supposed to only use 5-7 drops twice a day (or was it once a day?), and I used literally a fourth of the bottle. Not smart. Lol. But like I said. I got carried away. I did lighten about a shade and a half. The first time I peeled I went up about a shade. The second time I didn't peel but I went up like half a shade. Be CAREFFFFFFULLLL. I'm just glad my mother didn't have the 20% concentration. Imagine me pouring 1/4 of that bottle on my face!! I'd be singing a different tune! HaHaHaHa. But yeah I like my results. I have these two little dots (acne scars) on my left cheek, and they are definitely less noticeable now, and I think my pores got smaller. And my skin looks a lot more vibrant. Woo hoo!