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One of my classmates from yoga teacher training posted this article on our private blog; apparently it was in our Kripalu newsletter! I thought it was too good not to share, especially since the topics of weight and appearance surface quite a bit. Hopefully it will have a gem or two for you.
Cherish The Crooked Stitches: Learning to Love Your ( Read more... ) -
15% TCA peel update - #4
Days 14-16: Great molting, impressive even. It was a lot of fun to see my face molt like snake skin. But will this peel do anything for my acne? Because that is why I did the peel, right? It was not just for the fun of peeling skin off of my face?
The acne spots that showed up during purging are small and probably not very noticeable now. I ( Read more... ) -
15% TCA peel update - #3
Day 12: Discolored leathery brown patches appeared on my left cheek, under my left eye (at the very top of the cheek bone) and a few on my neck. Sometimes people will experience patches that are brown and leathery when they do chemical peels. When they slough off, the skin underneath will be a normal color. Purging subsided. I quit applying ( Read more... ) -
Second 15% TCA peel update? Or is this the third? I don't know.
The peeling process is going well. As you might have guessed I have decided not to follow instructions (typical) and have been busying myself with using my face as a science experiment.
Day 4: my skin was showing signs of flaking but I could tell that there would not be any amazing results. My forehead was tight and moderately wrinkly, but not in ( Read more... ) -
15% TCA peel update
Day 2: a few slight flakes appeared around my nostrils and several of my pimples crusted over. Slight dryness and tightness ( Read more... ) -
First TCA Peel 15%
The application of my first TCA peel was a little anticlimactic. The instructions were very specific and said to only apply one layer for the first peel. I was also supposed to do a little patch test 24 hours beforehand but I did not bother with it; I already have experience with peels and use 15% glycolic acid and 5-8% salicylic acid on a ( Read more... ) -
Peel Updates
Toward the end of March I applied another Jessner's Peel. Unfortunately I did not achieve any super awesome results. In fact, I have been breaking out moderately ever since which was about a month ago. The breakouts are not as bad as they could be, but they have been obnoxious to say the least. I am particularly annoyed with the zits that keep ( Read more... ) -
Chemical Peel and ShiKai product reviews (face, eye and body products)
I've been meaning to post about this for a while but I keep forgetting.
I had a retinoic acid peel and Jessner's peel on Dec. 8th. The peels were applied sequentially. They have a watery characteristic, not gelatinous in nature, and are about the consistency of a regular toner. When I thought of chemical peels I always imagined some sort of gel ( Read more... ) -
Skin check update 2
Thom went to the dermatologist today for *his* first full skin check. What brought him in turned out to be of no concern but he has one spot that must be biopsied in 2 weeks and another on the bottom of his foot, like me. I was surprised because he is not as fair as I am and tans instead of burns. Since we have been together he has gotten better ( Read more... )
