When I turned twenty-one, I determined that since I was old enough to drink alcohol, it meant I was also old enough to need a face regimen. So over two hundred dollars later, I purchased a full facial line from Clarins. Clarins claims their products are 99.9 percent allergy proof. I was in the .1 percentile. After only three days of using my new products, my face looked like I had the measles, mumps and a severe case of elephantitis. I had a face that even a mother couldn’t love. Mine shuddered at the sight of me and drove me to a doctor, which really made me worry since this is a woman who treats driving into Manhattan from Brooklyn as though she were driving to Beirut by way of Baghdad.
The dermatologist offered to put me on steroids. I couldn’t help wondering if she was going to fix my face, or make the rest of my body swell up to match the size of it and hope I didn’t realize. I declined the steroids and asked for another option. She said, “The swelling will go down in time, but stop using the Clarins products.” No shit. I didn’t need to schlep to the Upper East Side for that advice. Then she prescribed Cetaphil Gentle Skin Cleanser and told me I could pick it up off the shelf at a regular drugstore for approximately ten bucks.
Now I was in really bad shape, so I was willing to try anything. I couldn’t believe that a product sold over the counter at a drugstore was going to be the answer to my woes. Boy was I wrong. Cetaphil is liquid gold. This product is not only a gentle cleanser, it doubles as makeup remover. That’s right, I put this solution on a cotton square, rub it directly on my eyes and it doesn’t burn. Then I wash my face. Cetaphil Gentle Skin Cleanser comes in a 20 oz. pump container and also can be found in travel size bottles. This product is perfect for those who have sensitive skin and those who are blessed with resilient skin. It’s approximately $10.99 a bottle and sometimes goes on sale. I swear you won’t break out in hives from it. Trust me, I would know.
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February 23, 2007
Liquid Gold
When I turned twenty-one, I determined that since I was old enough to drink alcohol, it meant I was also old enough to need a face regimen. So over two hundred dollars later, I purchased a full facial line from Clarins. Clarins claims their products are 99.9 percent allergy proof. I was in the .1 percentile. After only three days of using my new products, my face looked like I had the measles, mumps and a severe case of elephantitis. I had a face that even a mother couldn’t love. Mine shuddered at the sight of me and drove me to a doctor, which really made me worry since this is a woman who treats driving into Manhattan from Brooklyn as though she were driving to Beirut by way of Baghdad.
The dermatologist offered to put me on steroids. I couldn’t help wondering if she was going to fix my face, or make the rest of my body swell up to match the size of it and hope I didn’t realize. I declined the steroids and asked for another option. She said, “The swelling will go down in time, but stop using the Clarins products.” No shit. I didn’t need to schlep to the Upper East Side for that advice. Then she prescribed Cetaphil Gentle Skin Cleanser and told me I could pick it up off the shelf at a regular drugstore for approximately ten bucks.
Now I was in really bad shape, so I was willing to try anything. I couldn’t believe that a product sold over the counter at a drugstore was going to be the answer to my woes. Boy was I wrong. Cetaphil is liquid gold. This product is not only a gentle cleanser, it doubles as makeup remover. That’s right, I put this solution on a cotton square, rub it directly on my eyes and it doesn’t burn. Then I wash my face. Cetaphil Gentle Skin Cleanser comes in a 20 oz. pump container and also can be found in travel size bottles. This product is perfect for those who have sensitive skin and those who are blessed with resilient skin. It’s approximately $10.99 a bottle and sometimes goes on sale. I swear you won’t break out in hives from it. Trust me, I would know.
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So, the MD+ stuff started turning my face all red. The first bottle seemed to help, and then the 2nd bottle, my skin just reacted! I read a recommendation for Cetaphil a couple of weeks ago in the NYT - an article about simplifying beauty regimens. I'm going to try it. In the meantime, I ran out of the MD stuff and was stuck in a supermarket in Pomona and picked up a Clearasil cleanser for under $5 that seems to work as well as the $27/bottle stuff.
Posted by: Beth | February 26, 2007 at 11:04 AM
I like cetaphyl i was using this, its really gentle to the skin.
I will recommended this to my friends and until now it is used by them.
-charrie-
Posted by: dermatologist pomona | February 05, 2009 at 11:29 PM