Sep 21 2008
Facial creams and other beauty products
Facial creams just don’t work for me particularly commercial ones. I’m better off not washing my face even with just plain water. My face started to get sensitive after I went swimming for 6 hours when I was 15 years old. From 9 am to 3 pm I stayed in the salty water leaving for only half an hour to fill my hungry stomach and back again. It was a typical sunny day in Palawan and I just loved to be submerged in the cool water. It was such a nice treat after months of confining ourselves in the classroom. It was a school outing.
Anyway, when we got back to the school campus that afternoon I was burnt. My face especially my nose was bright red all over. The next couple days my arms developed tiny blisters but they didn’t hurt. I even laughed them away. But when I went home on that weeked, my mother was so shocked at my appearance and got so upset. She said that I wasn’t careful of myself and that I got prohibited to go near the sea again.
A couple of weeks later my face started to peel off and I got impatient. I put stingy facial lotion that made things worse rather than help it.
For the next 10 years I got plagued by skin irritation like rashes, pimples, allergies and other skin problems all on my face. Talcum powder became irritant and so are facial soaps even the mildest ones. I was getting deppressed. When I finished college my mother sent me to a dermatologist who administered oral, topical, and internal medicines all to cure my skin problem. It cost us a fortune but they didn’t help.
Finally I heard of E.Excel products whose target was the immune system rather than the outward result. For a while my skin condition got better. But I got so much scar on my face that a friend insisted I used her soap which didn’t contain chemicals. But it made my face worse. It burned my skin again and I have to go to another dermatologist.
Finally, when I got to Thailand, my facial condition didn’t escape the scrutiny of my colleauge, Jarunee. She recommended a set of products that I would use for the night, for the day, and for washing. I was hesitant and apprehensive at first but decided to give it a try. Fortunately, my face got better and I after the first set I got a second one.
My face has never looked so good but the trace of the pimples are still there. I tried to use Vitamin C products but they proved useless. Finally, I decided to just stick to water to clean my face.
