Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Dermatologist Recommended Skin Care - Not Always The Right Choice

Dermatologist skin care products used to attract me. In the past I had little faith if any of the over the counter skin care products. If there was no dermatologist recommended skin care product I would just walk away. Since childhood I had used many dermatologist skin care products because I was not pleased with the cards mother nature had given me. No matter whatever product I tried I still saw room for improvement. My parents spent a lot of money in my teen years buying on a monthly basis boxes and boxes of skin care products. To fight acne I tried products that would dry my skin which gave me mass irritation. My skin finally began to develop rashes that spread all over my face and provided me with a new problem to fight against.

What I didn't understand was that my dermatologist skin care products were part of the problem. You see, dermatologist recommended skin care products very rarely use a light touch. The whole point of going to a skin care dermatologist is receiving something that will work, and work now. Dermatological skin creams many times have steroids, antibiotics, or other harsh ingredients. For severe problems, it can be just what the doctor ordered, but for milder issues, it can often make the problem much worse.

Unfortunately, I didn't understand this fact until much later. By the time I gave up my faith in dermatologist skin care , I was no longer coping with the problems of youth, but with those of age. I went to my dermatologist for anti aging creams, wrinkle removers, and similar kinds of other stuff like that. My skin looked mottled to me, and although my friends insisted that there was nothing wrong with it, I thought differently. Unfortunately, all that my dermatologist could do was to irritate my skin further.

Luckily, one of my friends took me to a cosmetics store and pointed out to me what was what. She had gone to the doctor to get dermatologist skin care products when she was younger too, so she knew all about it. In her case, however, some of the dermatologist recommended skin care products had caused a harsh reaction. She had not done well with the steroidal cream they had given her, and it made her very sick. She had learned the hard way what she was showing me the easy way: that sometimes over the counter skincare is the better way to go.

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