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I'm new to this website and actually just made an account to ask this question, which has been bugging me for a few days, so please try to bear with me if I don't know how this works quite yet. /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />
I am sixteen years old, and I have a few terribly annoying fine lines under my eyes when I smile. Not many people notice them, but it was something that bothered me, so I decided to try a Retinol cream from the drugstore. I didn't want something ridiculously expensive, since I'm only sixteen, so I opted for the RoC Multi-Correxion Eye Cream. I didn't buy the sensitive one, because I have never been a person with sensitive skin. I used a small amount of the product that night, and then an extremely small amount in the morning. I continued doing this for a couple of days. I noticed no itching, burning, or irritation when the cream dissolved into my skin. I tested the product on my wrist twice with no reaction. All I noticed was a small red spot on the top of my cheek. However, on the third day (I didn't apply any cream that morning), the area under my eyes began itching. I attempted to itch very lightly to relieve the burning, but I just ended up with a red, splotchy rash. I left it alone until that night, when the skin began burning again. I put some ice under my eyes, and one of them puffed up! I waited a couple days, tested it out again, and the next morning (today) I have non-itchy, somewhat mild, hive looking rashes around my eyes. The strange thing is, the rashes aren't precisely on the spot where I applied the product, just around my eyes and on the tops of my cheeks. Now, let me just note that I do not usually experience strange reactions to any type of product, drugstore or high-end. I buy very cheap, inexpensive moisturizers and cleansers because that's all I can afford and all I need at the moment. However, I'm completely baffled by this reaction. I know Retinol has a strange way of improving the skin (it can cause dry, red, itchy, irritated rashes, from what I've heard), and your skin must acclimate itself to the product slowly over time before it really begins to work with the Retinol. I wanted to ask, has anyone had this type of experience with Retinol, or the RoC products? I haven't had any serious symptoms (trouble breathing, full-body hives, bleeding, extreme dryness, etc.), simply these strange, itchy, red, hive-looking rashes around my eyes, and they seem to become less severe. Is this normal? Does it sound like an allergy? Should I continue using the product, or should I stop?
I'm really sorry about the length of this post! Any help would really be greatly appreciated, I am stumped and don't want to continue doing anything to my skin that would harm it! Thank you.
I'm new to this website and actually just made an account to ask this question, which has been bugging me for a few days, so please try to bear with me if I don't know how this works quite yet. /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />
I am sixteen years old, and I have a few terribly annoying fine lines under my eyes when I smile. Not many people notice them, but it was something that bothered me, so I decided to try a Retinol cream from the drugstore. I didn't want something ridiculously expensive, since I'm only sixteen, so I opted for the RoC Multi-Correxion Eye Cream. I didn't buy the sensitive one, because I have never been a person with sensitive skin. I used a small amount of the product that night, and then an extremely small amount in the morning. I continued doing this for a couple of days. I noticed no itching, burning, or irritation when the cream dissolved into my skin. I tested the product on my wrist twice with no reaction. All I noticed was a small red spot on the top of my cheek. However, on the third day (I didn't apply any cream that morning), the area under my eyes began itching. I attempted to itch very lightly to relieve the burning, but I just ended up with a red, splotchy rash. I left it alone until that night, when the skin began burning again. I put some ice under my eyes, and one of them puffed up! I waited a couple days, tested it out again, and the next morning (today) I have non-itchy, somewhat mild, hive looking rashes around my eyes. The strange thing is, the rashes aren't precisely on the spot where I applied the product, just around my eyes and on the tops of my cheeks. Now, let me just note that I do not usually experience strange reactions to any type of product, drugstore or high-end. I buy very cheap, inexpensive moisturizers and cleansers because that's all I can afford and all I need at the moment. However, I'm completely baffled by this reaction. I know Retinol has a strange way of improving the skin (it can cause dry, red, itchy, irritated rashes, from what I've heard), and your skin must acclimate itself to the product slowly over time before it really begins to work with the Retinol. I wanted to ask, has anyone had this type of experience with Retinol, or the RoC products? I haven't had any serious symptoms (trouble breathing, full-body hives, bleeding, extreme dryness, etc.), simply these strange, itchy, red, hive-looking rashes around my eyes, and they seem to become less severe. Is this normal? Does it sound like an allergy? Should I continue using the product, or should I stop?
I'm really sorry about the length of this post! Any help would really be greatly appreciated, I am stumped and don't want to continue doing anything to my skin that would harm it! Thank you.