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[Ilovemesomevanity]

have you used AHA while on the regimen and how?? has it really helped with the flakiness?

my skins super flaky and its really annoying... im considering getting AHA, so how did it work for you?
or did your skin get non-flaky without it? maybe i should just wait (its been 5 weeks)?

[mrajdadas]

do you use jojoba oil?

[Ilovemesomevanity]

do you use jojoba oil?

Yeah but its still not getting rid of all the flakes...

[mrajdadas]

Maybe just use moisturizer and jojoba oil?

[Cocobo]

Moisturizer and jojoba oil was an ok quick fix for me when I was up to 3 weeks in to the Regimen and combatting horrible flaking, but it never quite fixed it for me.

However, I could sing praises of AHA+ all day long. It combats acne, helps heal red marks, and exfoliates and moisturizes! Go for it, seriously - you may have an initial purge (I did) but after that it was super fantastic.

Some tips:
1. Do the "test" Dan suggests before you start applying it everywhere - put some under your jawline for a day or two and see how your skin reacts (mine did nothing).
2. If results are good, start spot treating here and there - target areas that flake a ton (mine is around my mouth and between my eyebrows) and pimples, but be extra gentle. You do this in between BP and moisturizer.
3. If results are good (no irritation) after 3 or 4 days, use it once a week to replace your night-time application of moisturizer.
4. If results are good after 2 weeks, escalate to 2-3 times a week as moisturizer at night.
5. If results are good after 2 weeks, you may escalate to every night if the flakes still aren't completely gone (or you just love how it makes your skin look - it gives me a healthy glow that makes me look great).

Also, AHA+ burns when applied but not unbearably so, unless you apply a ton of it. That's just the nature of the chemical exfoliant. Don't panic and when applying to whole face, use a pointer finger length as a reference - a little more or less is fine but not a lot more or a lot less.

Hope that helps!

[Ilovemesomevanity]

Moisturizer and jojoba oil was an ok quick fix for me when I was up to 3 weeks in to the Regimen and combatting horrible flaking, but it never quite fixed it for me.

However, I could sing praises of AHA+ all day long. It combats acne, helps heal red marks, and exfoliates and moisturizes! Go for it, seriously - you may have an initial purge (I did) but after that it was super fantastic.

Some tips:
1. Do the "test" Dan suggests before you start applying it everywhere - put some under your jawline for a day or two and see how your skin reacts (mine did nothing).
2. If results are good, start spot treating here and there - target areas that flake a ton (mine is around my mouth and between my eyebrows) and pimples, but be extra gentle. You do this in between BP and moisturizer.
3. If results are good (no irritation) after 3 or 4 days, use it once a week to replace your night-time application of moisturizer.
4. If results are good after 2 weeks, escalate to 2-3 times a week as moisturizer at night.
5. If results are good after 2 weeks, you may escalate to every night if the flakes still aren't completely gone (or you just love how it makes your skin look - it gives me a healthy glow that makes me look great).

Also, AHA+ burns when applied but not unbearably so, unless you apply a ton of it. That's just the nature of the chemical exfoliant. Don't panic and when applying to whole face, use a pointer finger length as a reference - a little more or less is fine but not a lot more or a lot less.

Hope that helps!

thanks! im gonna follow your tips for using it
just got it in the mail a couple days ago, its working fine (well, i only used it once, but it helped a lot!)
haha i didnt know it was supposed to burn so i started freaking out when i did put it on lol

[SoloWing Pixy]

@Cocobo

How long were you on the regimen before you started using AHA+? I wanna try it reeeeeally bad but I've only been on the Regimen for a month and am currently only using half the recomended dosage of BP(I'm slowly moving up to full dosage) I have so side effects with BP other than Dryness/Tightness. I'm afraid of what might happen if i add in AHA too soon.. can anyone let me know if i should try AHA based on my current situation?

[Diamonds456]

I started using AHA after 5 weeks on the regimin!

It will burn so be prepared.

I am not sure yet if I can tell if It works or not, but I am not going to give up.I am 7 weeks into regimin and its still been a roller coaster for me!!

I think you can begin using the AHA if its been 5 weeks...

I would love to hear more feed back on AHA and how people have seen results?!

[SoloWing Pixy]

I started using AHA after 5 weeks on the regimin!

It will burn so be prepared.

I am not sure yet if I can tell if It works or not, but I am not going to give up.I am 7 weeks into regimin and its still been a roller coaster for me!!

I think you can begin using the AHA if its been 5 weeks...

I would love to hear more feed back on AHA and how people have seen results?!

thanks for the heads up i ordered some AHA last night so pretty soon ill let people know about it, i have a question. how much BP were you using when you started AHA?

[Cocobo]

I was using the full amount when I started using AHA+, I started at 1 day shy of 5 weeks. I wanted to start at 3 weeks but was waiting to order another batch of Regimen supplies which I did at the 1 month mark.

[AyeAye]

I'm up to the start of week 4 and started using AHA about 5 days ago. I'm using the full amount of BP now too, with no side effects.

[shuneko]

Do you use AHA at the same time you're using BP and Moister too? I mean you let BP dry then apply moister, then AHA?
I'm sort of confused.

[Ilovemesomevanity]

im doing BP, AHA+, then moisturizer. Dan recommends to replace the moisturizer with AHA (only at night) but i feel like my skin is still a little dry after the AHA
so like BP, wait to dry, AHA, wait, moisturizer

how do you "fit" the full amount of BP and moisturizer? i cant even get that much stuff on my face, let alone get it to absorb. ive been using 1 pump this whole time and i see really slow improvement, but my friend whos been using the regimen for a year now uses about 2-2.5 pumps and her skin is so perfect

[AyeAye]

Like ilovemesomevanity I do BP (let dry), then AHA+, and then about half an hour later I do 1 pump of Dan's moisturiser and about 6 drops of Jojoba. Then just before bed, I put another pump of moisturiser and a few more drops of Jojoba. If I dont do that I wake up with very dry skin. I have naturally dry skin anyway, so you may not need to do what I do. My skin has really come along since using the AHA+, in particular all my pigmentation has faded considerably along with improvements on the texture of my skin.

Oh, but just a note with the moisturiser, I only rub into my skin (after AHA) until its 'almost' all absorbed and let the last part sink in by itself. I find if I rub the moisturiser in fully after the AHA, it just ends up making the AHA ball up and I feel like I'm rubbing it all back off my skin again.

[ladymermaid]

I just get the AHA in the mail today! Should it be used with the moisturizer, or in place of the moisturizer?

[Ilovemesomevanity]

i use it in place of moisturizer.
i used to do AHA then moisturizer, but i stopped doing that a couple weeks ago. i realized it was when i sleep that my skin gets dry cuz the pillowcase takes the moisture out of my skin sort of, so im trying not to sleep with my face on the pillow and its a lot better

[peruanofutbol14]

i just got AHA+ saturday its only been 3 days and my face looks smoother and my acne marks got lighter and my bumps went down alot ! i only dap a little on and i do it three times a day cause it really doesnt burn my skin, i love this stuff!!

[Ilovemesomevanity]

peruanofutbol14, on 31 October 2011 - 10:42 AM, said:

i just got AHA+ saturday its only been 3 days and my face looks smoother and my acne marks got lighter and my bumps went down alot ! i only dap a little on and i do it three times a day cause it really doesnt burn my skin, i love this stuff!!

woah thats so fast! glad its working for ya, omg youre going to have like perfect skin really soon at that rate haha

[peruanofutbol14]

Ilovemesomevanity, on 31 October 2011 - 05:28 PM, said:

peruanofutbol14, on 31 October 2011 - 10:42 AM, said:

i just got AHA+ saturday its only been 3 days and my face looks smoother and my acne marks got lighter and my bumps went down alot ! i only dap a little on and i do it three times a day cause it really doesnt burn my skin, i love this stuff!!

woah thats so fast! glad its working for ya, omg youre going to have like perfect skin really soon at that rate haha

yeah ! fingers crossed