Thanks this was very helpful! I know it can be very irritating at times, and burns so much. Although I have seen some improvements in my skin, but then my face gets so red like burned as if I gotten to the beach or something. I don't know what to use to stop the redness. Moisturizer won't even help :/
Hey and welcome to the acne.org community! To answer your question, you are definitely putting BP too close to your eyes... Be extremely cautious when applying BP and moisturizer in this area... It is a common mistake for new and older regimen users. My suggestion is to apply BP and moisturizer in small amounts around your face and when you get to the eye area, use a pattern similar to aviator sunglasses or raccoon eyes... You may want to carefully review Dan's instructional videos to see how to properly apply the regimen. http://www.acne.org/regimen
Good luck and keep us up to date on your progress!
Whenever I apply BP near my eyes I take my index finger and my middle finger on my right hand (because I'm right handed), and place my index finger below my eye in the crease and sort of circle around my eye so I dont get any BP there, while my middle finger i lathering the BP perfectly around the area where your not supposed to put it. Kind of confusing, I know. Also, be gentle when you put on BP. I found out over one month of being on the Regimen, that you MUST be gentle while applying it. My skin was not getting any better (dryness & redness wise). The second I started being extra gentle with BP, is was magic, everything started fading away quickly.
Use a lot of moisturizer too (2 pumps), it helps irritation.