Thread: Something I learned the hard way -

It is not a good idea to exfoliate you face vigorously the morning prior to your evening shave. Yep, not going to do that again if I can manage to remember.

I use Aveeno face scrub almost every night before shaving in the morning.

What happened?

My wife gave me this little scrubber and some face cleanser. I guess my skin is more sensitive than hers is or I got over zealous and scrubbed my face almost raw. Though i did not notice anything my wife did mention that the underside of my chin looked a bit irritated.

I know now to be gentler or to forgo the whole thing , at least with that pad anyway.

I don't usually use anything other than a washcloth to clean my face. I think I just took it a bit too far.

If you have easily irritated skin, as I do, try using "Cetaphil" cleanser. It is found at Wal-Mart, CVS etc. It is so mild that even if you don't rinse it all off, it will not dry your skin, and almost act as a lotion. As far as exfoliating, I do that just a couple of times a week, at night so my skin can "calm down" as I sleep.

I was very un/fortunate as a younger lad to have terrible acne for which I was prescribed Roaccutane (isotretinoin) which is a very, very, very high over dose of vitamin A. As such it cured my acne problems (with a whole host of other vicious side effects; some that still linger 13 years later) but I have not had skin problems since. The occasional pimple here and there and maybe the odd black head but honestly, I do not need to take care of my face like others would.

I feel for you though, there was a time in my life when washing my face with a rasp could not have fixed my skin.

Well, I found out what the culprit was just now. My son has a medicated shampoo (Nizoral) that he left in our bathroom (even though they aren't supposed to be in our room) when he had to use our shower because his sister was in the other. My wife didn't look at the label as it was the same colour as her facial cleanser and just handed it to me. I , without looking , used it on my face with the little scrubber pad.

Now I feel like quite the dolt.

So new lesson ...... Do not exfoliate your skin with dandruff shampoo.

Originally Posted by PHANTZM

*SNIP*

So new lesson ...... Do not exfoliate your skin with dandruff shampoo.

DOH!

I use an exfoliating face wash everyday, just before I shave. As long as my razor is sharp it is fine, off razors irritate my skin though.

I used to come back from a long run all sweaty and let my cat lick all the sweat off my body. Well, not ALL of it but what was on my exposed areas. It used to result in some irritation, but it was worth it to me at the time. I don't know if it did much for the cat.

i think that scraping a sharp piece of steel across my face is exfoliating enough.