I use SkinCeuticals C&E one. I was using it specifically when I was having pulse light therapy for my rosacea. It didn’t start out that way, but after I used it for about a month, there was a metallic smell on my facial skin and my hands. Didn’t wash off, didn’t wear away through the day — I just smelled like dirty metal all the time. And as far as I could see it didn’t do anything for me. My thoughts were this was part of the healing process for my face turns out they were just giving me free skin care.
They switched me to a Kinerase product that I don’t remember the name of.
Since then I have started reading more about skin care. At that point I think I was not even 50 and now I’m 65 and there’s a lot to know. For me hyaluronic acid works really well at plumping. Peptides are kind of hot right now, but they don’t know if they really do anything. So I use the ordinary multi peptide and hyaluronic acid serum and I like what it does for my face. I also stick with CeraVe — because it’s got dimethicone which is a really nice occlusive to hold all the moisture in. And it’s light. My skin is dry, it needs a lot of help. Also being older, my nighttime routine is the same as my daytime routine with the addition of a retinal product. Not retinOL, retinAL. Retinol takes two steps to become retinoic acid in your skin. Retinol takes one step. Tretinoin is retinoic acid no steps required, but it’s also very hard on your face. If you go up from retinol to retinal, don’t apply every night, once a week at first, then twice — build up. Just like you did when you started retinol. And of course sunscreen.
