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[mikeisapro]

Lately Ive been trying to find out exactly why my face is so red, whether its the BP itself, the sun (damaging skin easier due to BP) or moisturizer. I notice that, even if I wait a long time before applying moisturizer (sometimes like 30-45 min) It still makes my skin feel....kinda hot/tingly, it feels like this is causing the redness. Im going to try to get some emu oil, but should I stop using dans moisturizer and stick to the cleanser and the bp? Does anyone else have experience with this?

[Runeblade]

at least use some kind of moisturizer. My face gets a little red. The only reason its noticeable is because the contrast to the color under my eyes since I dont put anything there (dan advises not to).
Otherwise, it would just look like I had dark skin. Its a noticeable color change but not really red for me.

[Rakon]

How long have you been on the Regimen? If this redness has persisted for over a month, then ditch Dan's moisturizer, as it's almost definitely the cause. I would recommend replacing it with Cetaphil Moisturizing Lotion.

[mikeisapro]

hmmm well I havent been on the regimen very long....maybe 2 weeks? I guess I will stick to the regimen exactly. Also, does chlorine affect acne? I am going to someones pool tomorrow......and I want to know waht it will do. I know I need sunscreen and I have some (neutrogena ultra sheer spf 30) but idk about the chlorine.

[stillwaiting]

Well, Mike, I have the exact same complaint. I feel like the moisturizer makes my face feel hot and tingly also. I've been on the Regimen for about 2 weeks, so maybe I'm still just getting used to the the whole thing, but today I had a derm appointment (I actually made the derm appointment at the same time that I found this website and started using the Regimen). Well, the dermatologist takes one look at my face and says "you have rosacea". I was like "what? No way."

Anyway, I hope that he's misdiagnosed me. I mean, yes, my face is red now, but I really think/hope that it's just me getting used to the Regimen.

The question I have is, does everyone have this red/hot/tingly thing going on with the moisturizer in the beginning? Or am I super sensitive to the moisturizer? I really hate to trigger something like rosacea, but my skin is clearer now than it has been in 25 years, and I don't want to deviate from the regimen if I will eventually get used to it.

Any advice?

[daniel9876]

Well, Mike, I have the exact same complaint. I feel like the moisturizer makes my face feel hot and tingly also. I've been on the Regimen for about 2 weeks, so maybe I'm still just getting used to the the whole thing, but today I had a derm appointment (I actually made the derm appointment at the same time that I found this website and started using the Regimen). Well, the dermatologist takes one look at my face and says "you have rosacea". I was like "what? No way."

Anyway, I hope that he's misdiagnosed me. I mean, yes, my face is red now, but I really think/hope that it's just me getting used to the Regimen.

The question I have is, does everyone have this red/hot/tingly thing going on with the moisturizer in the beginning? Or am I super sensitive to the moisturizer? I really hate to trigger something like rosacea, but my skin is clearer now than it has been in 25 years, and I don't want to deviate from the regimen if I will eventually get used to it.

Any advice?

not everyone experinces the redness and so on caused by dans moisteriser, when i used it i found that it did make my face go red, i was only using it for a week or so, but agaisnt alot of advice i read from other posts like whats above (stick with it for a month) i changed my moisteriser, to one made by johnsons (we had it in the house at the time) this one did not cause my face to go red like dans.

however i no longer use a moisteriser as bp does not cause my skin to become dry or anything

to the orginal poster, emu is great for redress i used it a fair few months back now it massivly improved my skin tone (by about 50%, my skin was so red that it hid the red marks caused after acne), however after a few months of using emu oil it started to make me break out real bad, but with the big improvments it was worth it for me at least.

[AniMuS]

In my case the moisturizer seemed to make pimples appear. I didn't have pimples on the forehead for a very long time, so i put a little moisturizer there just to hidratate, and very small pimples started appearing. I don't know if it was coincidence, so i stoped putting it... and the pimples dried out. Today i put it again, and i'll put it for some time to see what happens.

[wetwet]

It just gets me more oily that's why I don't use it. I never had redness with it though.