Re: Re: self tanner..what a concept!!! - Dr. Sy please

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Rick,

I agree with Beth. Most self tanners do contain AHA's which if used

long-term, can irritate rosacea skin. The active ingredient in self tanners

is dihydroacetone which stains the skin. A safer way of acquiring a tan look

is to use a bronzer or makeup with a tan color.

Sy M.D.

Sy Skin Care

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self tanner..what a concept!!!

> >

> >

> > > I don't know why in the world I didn't think of this

> before....but

> I've

> > been

> > > so busy avoiding sun at all costs, as I'm a very fair skinned

> redhead,

> > I've

> > > been very pale for the last 5 years or so. The photoderm hasn't

> really

> > > proven to be terribly effective and many other expensive things

> have been

> > > tried to no avail. I'd sort of given up and decided I just need

> to learn

> > to

> > > live with it and cover it up with makeup to the best of my

> ability, when

> > > someone suggested I try a light application of self tanner. She

> told me

> > that

> > > she uses it every couple of days not so much to look " tan " but to

> have a

> > > healthy color that helps to hide all of those little

> imperfections

> that

> > I've

> > > become somewhat obsessive about.

> > > Well, I was skeptical, but it seemed like a cheap enough

> thing

> to

> > > try....so I did. Holy cow. I do not look tan, yet with the

> miniscule and

> > > very real bit of color the self tanner gives me, I can walk out

> of

> this

> > house

> > > without foundation. I have not set foot out of my house without

> > foundation

> > > in far longer than I can remember. I know this sounds like some

> kind of

> > > advertisement, but people truly commented on how well I looked.

> Did I

> > look

> > > awful before?? Not one person asked me if I'd been " tanning " as

> it's such

> > a

> > > slight hint of color that it really doesn't give that appearance.

> But

> > it's

> > > absolutely amazing what that hint of color will cover up. And of

> course,

> > > there's the beauty of not actually having to spend time in the

> sun

> and

> > risk

> > > irritating the existing rosacea.

> > > I feel like I've been freed of a very tedious morning

> schedule

> of

> > getting

> > > makeup in an exact manner that my rosacea won't show through, yet

> my skin

> > > won't look " made up " ...though there really wasn't any avoiding

> that. I

> > > realize that this little discovery of mine won't work for

> everyone, but it

> > > might work for someone, so I'll tell you what I use.

> > > Every two to three nights I use the Neutrogena self tanner

> for

> the

> > face.

> > > I mix it with just a little bit of regular face lotion, so that

> it

> blends

> > > into my skin more easily, and I won't get too dark. That's it.

> That

> > simple.

> > > In the morning, I use a tinted moisturizer with an spf 15 in it,

> which

> > kills

> > > two , actually three birds with one stone. I just can't believe

> how

> > simple

> > > this is. I'm also pretty sure many of you have figured this out

> long ago.

> > > Hey, I'm a little slow....what can I say. Take care everyone!

> > >

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