Comments on: 3 Little Known Anti-Acne Ingredients For Clearer, Healthier Skin

By: Gio

Gio — Fri, 08 Nov 2019 11:49:18 +0000

In reply to Being_iyanab. Iyanab, it can help if your skin can't tolerate salicylic acid. But it won't do much in a cleanser. Acids need to stay on the skin to work.

By: Being_iyanab

Being_iyanab — Thu, 10 Oct 2019 23:44:23 +0000

What about Mandelic Acid? I am currently trying Neostrata Clarifying Cleanser…

By: Gio

Gio — Tue, 04 Jun 2019 19:50:26 +0000

In reply to Andrzej S.. Andrzey, it's thought to have the same properties as Azelaic Acid. I've seen studies it has skin-lightening and moisturizing properties, but nothing specifically on exfoliation.

By: Andrzej S.

Andrzej S. — Mon, 27 May 2019 16:00:43 +0000

And what about the derivative of Azelaic Acid – Potassium Azeloyl Diglycinate? Does it have an exfoliating property like AzA?

By: Gio

Gio — Thu, 04 Apr 2019 10:24:46 +0000

In reply to Violet. Violet, thank you for leaving a comment and warning others. I'm so sorry this happened to you, it's awful. There is some evidence that rosehip oil helps with acne but, as everything else in skincare, everyone can react to the same ingredient differently. For some it can be a miracle cure and for others a nightmare. You're absolutely right we should exercise caution when using oils for acne.

By: Violet

Violet — Sun, 31 Mar 2019 19:42:20 +0000

Thank you for this helpful blog. I do need to say, I think it’s important to emphasize that extreme caution should be used by those with acne prone skin when adding rosehip seed oil to a regimen. Rosehip seed oil is at the middle of the comedogenic scale and it turns out that’s still kind of an important consideration that I neglected because I was so gung ho to put the linoleic acid to work for me.

With daily application of 4 drops, I created a mess of pores on my chin that are so clogged, I really can’t even explain how much worse I made the acne I was already desperate to clear. The clogs are so thick and so deep that for a couple of weeks, my chin swelled up like a balloon and the skin was stretched so tightly over the swelling that it had a hard surface texture and was completely numb to the touch.

After more than a month of taking Tylenol daily to get rid of the acute, constant throbbing, aching and itching that only comes from deep pore clogs, the results of using the oil are still with me. I’m going to have to double down on an AHA routine to fix this. And it’s my fault. I went to the web and not a doctor. But please help make sure this doesn’t happen to others.