Is Hylauronic Acid bad?

[Guest guest]

I got a new Aloe Vera Complexion Toner & Freshner for Dry and Normal

Skin by Earth Sciences. It has Aloe Vera, Chamomile, Calendula,

Licorice Root, Panthenol, Glycerine, Lactic Acid, Grapefruit Seed

Extract, Allantoin, Lavender Oil, Hyalornic Acid, Ascorbic Acid,

Retinyl Palmintate, Potassium Sorbate, tto Extrext & fragrence.

I started using it last Friday, almost a week ago, and by Tuesday, I

noticed more broken blood vessels. They are usually just around my

nose and chin, but these were on the outer edges of my skin.

Could this skin product have anything to do with that? I have been

having seasonal allergies and have been taking decongestants along

with my Claritin. I'm grasping at straws trying to figure out what

might have caused this.

When people talk about their skin clearing up, do they mean the broken

blood vessels go away also? Don't see how that can happen.

I guess anything acid is bad so this is probably a dumb question.

Susie

[Guest guest]

I also use sensitive-skin products that contain *sodium* hyaluronate

(moisturel cleanser, eucerin face spf25 lotion) which might be a

similar thing, or the same thing for all I know. But I see other

things here that could be a problem for someone: the retinyl palmitate,

e.g., is a Vit A product which could cause irritation, and the ascorbic

acid (Vit C) is also something that some people can't tolerate. But we

don't know if that's what is a problem for *you*.

It's not a 'stupid question' to ask if an acid is harmful. Remember

that for topical products, sometimes acids are added to the product in

order to adjust the Ph. So, while an acid might be harmful applied

directly to your skin, it might not have an acidic effect if it's added

to the product to counteract the alkalinity of the other ingredients.

It's true, as someone else pointed out, the Dr Nase recommends stopping

toners and other exfoliants while waiting for skin to 'calm down' as

part of a gentle regime to reverse the reactivity cycle. He also

points out that many people, esp. women, who are used to using those

kinds of products and are convinced that they are 'necessary', resist

giving them up. I, myself, posted recently asking whether anyone knew

of a way to exfoliate without chemical or mechanical irritation (I came

away from the discussion thinking that maybe, just maybe, a clay masque

of some kind might do what I was looking for, but haven't tried it

yet). Once I got used to not using those products--and going through

more moisturizer in a week than I used to in a month!--I realized that

you can get almost 'addicted' to certain skincare routines that you

really don't need.

What I really valued in Dr Nase's advice, and I think this is something

that has been helpful to a number of us, is this: concentrate on your

skincare regime being soothing and protective and wait awhile. It

could be that what causes your skin to freak out now, won't 6 months

down the road.

Regarding the telangiectasia, while it doesn't seem possible that

anything would just make them disappear overnight (except photoderm), I

do think it is possible that the vascular tissue could repair itself

over time. A couple of mine did resolve on their own. This is where

attention to nutrition (including drinking water) and good skincare

could pay off over a longer period of time. But nutritional research

is notoriously difficult to conduct (b/c you can't strictly limit what

real human beings take in, much less account for what is absorbed and

other environmental factors--scores of variables), and those kinds of

results are definitely not rapid, so I don't know if you're ever going

to see affirmation or negation of that in anything but the most vague

anecdotal accounts.

sken-@... (susie kennedy) wrote:

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>

> I got a new Aloe Vera Complexion Toner & Freshner for Dry and Normal

> Skin by Earth Sciences. It has Aloe Vera, Chamomile, Calendula,

> Licorice Root, Panthenol, Glycerine, Lactic Acid, Grapefruit Seed

> Extract, Allantoin, Lavender Oil, Hyalornic Acid, Ascorbic Acid,

> Retinyl Palmintate, Potassium Sorbate, tto Extrext & fragrence.

>

> I started using it last Friday, almost a week ago, and by Tuesday, I

> noticed more broken blood vessels. They are usually just around my

> nose and chin, but these were on the outer edges of my skin.

>

> Could this skin product have anything to do with that? I have been

> having seasonal allergies and have been taking decongestants along

> with my Claritin. I'm grasping at straws trying to figure out what

> might have caused this.

>

> When people talk about their skin clearing up, do they mean the broken

> blood vessels go away also? Don't see how that can happen.

>

> I guess anything acid is bad so this is probably a dumb question.

>

> Susie