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[Need Solutions]

Does anyone else believe using harsh cleansers (unknowingly at the time) and thick moisturizers caused alot more problems than it has solved.

I washed for 4/5 years with clean and clear deep cleansing exfoliation scrub. and then caked on a thick load of clean and clear dual action moisturizer. I was only 15/16 when I started doing this and didnt know any better.

After I started getting a few more spots than usual at the age of 21 I started looking for other methods and realized I had probably been stripping my skin with harsh chemicals for years. After stopping using these products my skin has got progressively worse and has no ability to moisturize or repair itself at all. Its extremely dry and dehydrated and full of clogged pores/whiteheads/blackheads etc..

I firmly believe if I would have just been gentle for all these years when I didnt know any better I wouldnt be dealing with these problems now.

I dont know if the damage is done or if its repairable to make your skin be able to look after itself with the minimum of products.

Mabye these companies do this knowing that once you use these products over time your skin will rely on them and will totally destroy its ability to look after itself.

Mabye the products that are suppose to help are doing the exact opposite and making things worse. I dont know.

Surely they know which ingredients are considered to be harsh or comedogenic but I dont believe they care as long as people are buying them.

And all the products with the best reviews that actually work seem to be discontinued.

Im not trying to come across as a crazy conspiracy theorist but I do believe along with alot of other people that they truly have no interest in what damage their product may or may not be doing as long as people continue to buy them without doing the proper research.

Before I started looking into this more I would never even considered to read the ingredients list (along with 95% of the population) and some of the ingredients used in nearly all these products seem truly horrifying.

Fuck all the big companies that will use cheaper alternatives at the expense of peoples skin and health just to save on costs. I believe they are playing with peoples lives and actively fooling people into buying things they dont need and they know is likely to do more harm than good.

[allrighty]

U know i ocd-ed on washes and scrubs and my skin is so so sensitive now, and very dry...Id stop using all kinds of washes and scrubs, or limit ur use to once or twice a weel.

[Green Gables]

Does anyone else believe using harsh cleansers (unknowingly at the time) and thick moisturizers caused alot more problems than it has solved.

I washed for 4/5 years with clean and clear deep cleansing exfoliation scrub. and then caked on a thick load of clean and clear dual action moisturizer. I was only 15/16 when I started doing this and didnt know any better.

After I started getting a few more spots than usual at the age of 21 I started looking for other methods and realized I had probably been stripping my skin with harsh chemicals for years. After stopping using these products my skin has got progressively worse and has no ability to moisturize or repair itself at all. Its extremely dry and dehydrated and full of clogged pores/whiteheads/blackheads etc..

I firmly believe if I would have just been gentle for all these years when I didnt know any better I wouldnt be dealing with these problems now.

I dont know if the damage is done or if its repairable to make your skin be able to look after itself with the minimum of products.

Mabye these companies do this knowing that once you use these products over time your skin will rely on them and will totally destroy its ability to look after itself.

Mabye the products that are suppose to help are doing the exact opposite and making things worse. I dont know.

Surely they know which ingredients are considered to be harsh or comedogenic but I dont believe they care as long as people are buying them.

And all the products with the best reviews that actually work seem to be discontinued.

Im not trying to come across as a crazy conspiracy theorist but I do believe along with alot of other people that they truly have no interest in what damage their product may or may not be doing as long as people continue to buy them without doing the proper research.

Before I started looking into this more I would never even considered to read the ingredients list (along with 95% of the population) and some of the ingredients used in nearly all these products seem truly horrifying.

Fuck all the big companies that will use cheaper alternatives at the expense of peoples skin and health just to save on costs. I believe they are playing with peoples lives and actively fooling people into buying things they dont need and they know is likely to do more harm than good.

Our society has only recently started cleansing obsessively. My grandparents generation, people only bathed every few days, and women only washed their hair once a week! Cleansers were much simpler. Now we have people who try to wash their face 2-3 times a day, shower every day, etc. Cleansing is good but there is no scientific proof that cleansing obsessively is better for you. You strip your skin of natural oils and disrupt the acid mantle which your skin needs to protect itself.

I bathe or shower every other day unless I've just been sweating all day. I wash my face once a day with a very simple cleanser.

Edited by Green Gables, 30 August 2012 - 03:19 PM.

[Need Solutions]

Does anyone else believe using harsh cleansers (unknowingly at the time) and thick moisturizers caused alot more problems than it has solved.

I washed for 4/5 years with clean and clear deep cleansing exfoliation scrub. and then caked on a thick load of clean and clear dual action moisturizer. I was only 15/16 when I started doing this and didnt know any better.

After I started getting a few more spots than usual at the age of 21 I started looking for other methods and realized I had probably been stripping my skin with harsh chemicals for years. After stopping using these products my skin has got progressively worse and has no ability to moisturize or repair itself at all. Its extremely dry and dehydrated and full of clogged pores/whiteheads/blackheads etc..

I firmly believe if I would have just been gentle for all these years when I didnt know any better I wouldnt be dealing with these problems now.

I dont know if the damage is done or if its repairable to make your skin be able to look after itself with the minimum of products.

Mabye these companies do this knowing that once you use these products over time your skin will rely on them and will totally destroy its ability to look after itself.

Mabye the products that are suppose to help are doing the exact opposite and making things worse. I dont know.

Surely they know which ingredients are considered to be harsh or comedogenic but I dont believe they care as long as people are buying them.

And all the products with the best reviews that actually work seem to be discontinued.

Im not trying to come across as a crazy conspiracy theorist but I do believe along with alot of other people that they truly have no interest in what damage their product may or may not be doing as long as people continue to buy them without doing the proper research.

Before I started looking into this more I would never even considered to read the ingredients list (along with 95% of the population) and some of the ingredients used in nearly all these products seem truly horrifying.

Fuck all the big companies that will use cheaper alternatives at the expense of peoples skin and health just to save on costs. I believe they are playing with peoples lives and actively fooling people into buying things they dont need and they know is likely to do more harm than good.

Our society has only recently started cleansing obsessively. My grandparents generation, people only bathed every few days, and women only washed their hair once a week! Cleansers were much simpler. Now we have people who try to wash their face 2-3 times a day, shower every day, etc. Cleansing is good but there is no scientific proof that cleansing obsessively is better for you. You strip your skin of natural oils and disrupt the acid mantle which your skin needs to protect itself.

I bathe or shower every other day unless I've just been sweating all day. I wash my face once a day with a very simple cleanser.

I believe what your saying is correct.

Mabye if id never unknowingly started using harsh face washes when I was younger my skin would be fine.

But who would think so many bad things would be in products made for washing the face without researching into it.

Terrible really.