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[SeraphHymn]

Okay so I've been following Dan's three steps since the beginning of the week. Already I think it's working! But last night I had a horrid reaction to something. Basically, I wash my face with Cetaphil gentle cleanser, then use Oxy on the Spot 2.5% BP cream, which originally I had only been using on my forehead because that is the problem area (and I have been using it liberally there with no ill effects whatsoever and it is definitely helping already). Then I would use Bio Oil on my cheek area because I have some marks there I would like to fade, and I have been using that there since Saturday with no ill effects and already seem to be seeing good results (more even skin tone, less red etc). And I would use Cetaphil moisturizing lotion over the area I used BP (forehead).

Now, since yesterday I also bit a little bit of BP around my cheek area because it seemed a tad itchy (and has been before I started on bio oil) and were a couple of tiny pimples near my jaw (shaving area). So to head off any possible outbreaks I used a little BP on both cheeks. Then afterwards I still went ahead with the bio oil (and I've been quite liberal with it). And boy did my face get itchy, irritated and red! Fortunately it is cold so I could open the window and soothe my face with some cold air, and I ended up rinsing my cheeks with a bit of luke warm water and that helped soothe it a bit.

This morning my face had calmed down, so I still washed my face with cleanser, applied BP to forehead, tiny bit to cheek pimples, and then just used regular moisturizer. So my question is what might have caused this adverse reaction? Are my cheeks more sensitive to BP (my forehead just takes it and doesn't react at all!), and plus the bio oil it really reacted badly? Do some people find different areas of the face are more sensitive to it?

As I say, I really want to fade marks on my cheeks so that's why I've been using bio oil there - and somebody said in one of my threads that if you do, replace it as the third step (so don't moisturize and then add oil, that'd be overkill). But can this be a bit much for your skin with BP? Might I back off for a bit now, then try adding Bio Oil in small amounts to my cheeks after? Though, my cheeks are feeling a little irritated after this morning again, might I just back off them altogether?

I don't think my skin is overly sensitive to Bio oil, because I have been using it since the weekend and I didn't have any reaction. Or might it still be sensitive but take time to react?

I also have some AHA 10% lotion coming as well to try use for spot fade, how would I go about using that to avoid the same problem?

Thank you!!

Edited by SeraphHymn, 15 December 2011 - 05:29 PM.

[SeraphHymn]

Okay guys I realized it wasn't a reaction to bio oil - it is the BP which causes my cheeks to go a bit red/tingle (though when I first started adding BP to my cheeks, bio oil on top wasn't a great idea). This also happens when just using BP and moisturizing regularly there, but not as bad as the first time. I didn't expect BP to do this because my forehead doesn't react AT ALL, so obviously different parts of the face are more sensitive.

My question now is, is it okay for me to continue despite the itchy/burning sensation on my cheeks when I use BP there? I use Oxy on the Spot 2.5% cream, twice a day (and quite liberally - a lot on the forehead, though less of course on cheeks). I moisturize after. Might it take a while for my skin to get used to it?

If I do notice any excessive redness I will back off, but it hasn't been too bad, and it hasn't peeled or anything.

Thanks guys