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Dry Skin, Itchy, Dilated Pores. Taken Salicylic Acid Peel Treatment, Applied Aloevera Cream. Should I Discontinue Applying Cream?
Hi, i had salicylic acid peel treatment on my pimples about a week and a half ago. It was just a spot treatment only and not applied on my entire face. I was told to use elovera cream at night to moisturize my dry skin brought about by the peel. I just noticed that after over a week of use, my skin is still dry, itchy and pores are dilated. Is this possibly due to elovera cream? Im also using tea tree soap but i started with it for over a month already. So my regimen is as follow:
Morning - wash face with tee tree soap
Evening - was face with tee tree soap and apply elovera cream after 40 mins
Should i discontinue using elovera cream?
Morning - wash face with tee tree soap
Evening - was face with tee tree soap and apply elovera cream after 40 mins
Should i discontinue using elovera cream?
Thu, 11 Jul 2013
Hi,
Thanks for writing to us.
Salicylic peels can cause dry irritated skin for few days after peels. Elovera cream is a very mild cream and as such does not lead to irritation of skin. Open pores are basically diated openings of oil glands. Peels or elovera cream cannot cause open pores. People with pimple prone skin usually have open pores due to excess sebum or oil production and continoues inflammation of the gland.
Though tea tree oil is good for acne prone skin but after peels it has the potential to irritate skin further that is why after peels we advise mild face cleansers and moisturisers.
Right now I would advise you to stop tea tree face wash as well as elovera cream for few days. USe a mild steroid cream like desonide cream(eumosone,atonide or desowen etc) twice in a day for few days. The irrtiation and dryness should settle in few days. Once it settles, you may reintroduce your face wash. As you have acne prone skin, do not use creams rather use lotions as it would be more suitable to your skin type.
Hope that helped.
Take care
Thanks for writing to us.
Salicylic peels can cause dry irritated skin for few days after peels. Elovera cream is a very mild cream and as such does not lead to irritation of skin. Open pores are basically diated openings of oil glands. Peels or elovera cream cannot cause open pores. People with pimple prone skin usually have open pores due to excess sebum or oil production and continoues inflammation of the gland.
Though tea tree oil is good for acne prone skin but after peels it has the potential to irritate skin further that is why after peels we advise mild face cleansers and moisturisers.
Right now I would advise you to stop tea tree face wash as well as elovera cream for few days. USe a mild steroid cream like desonide cream(eumosone,atonide or desowen etc) twice in a day for few days. The irrtiation and dryness should settle in few days. Once it settles, you may reintroduce your face wash. As you have acne prone skin, do not use creams rather use lotions as it would be more suitable to your skin type.
Hope that helped.
Take care
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