I'm on this frustrating road to fix the sun spots, age spots, whatever their called spots on my face. I wasn't a sun worshiper, I used sunscreen, I rarely burned and I've never been to a tanning salon. Since I've been married, 15 years, I think there was one vacation where I sat out and tanned. My husband loves to sit and bake in the sun, I prefer to find some shade and read a book without having the sun glaring in my eyes. So, that is why these spots on my face are ticking me off. I think that it's also genetic since my mom and aunt have uneven skin tone. I should have started using spot correctors earlier then I would have possibly been able to prevent the spots from appearing.
I used the castor oil and frankincense oil mixture for almost two weeks and then I switched over to just using the frankincense on my spots. Despite the awful smell of the stuff they did nothing for my spots or the pigment above my lip. I am quite sure that the darkness above my lip is due to the Nair I used in my early 20s. I seriously think that it destroyed some skin cells while it was burning the hair of my face! It's like burning the skin on a chicken, you can't just make it go back to golden brown once it's gone to black. It's skin damage and the only way to fix it permanently is to go to a dermatologist. My quick fix solution is to buy makeup to cover it up. So far none of the make up I have purchased at the drug stores have covered it up so I'm going to Belk to buy Estee Lauder Double Wear Maximum Cover Camouflage Makeup. (with a name that long it's got to be good!). It has excellent reviews by people who are over 40 which makes the reviews more relevant to me. I see these reviews of products that say a product work great, it made their skin look so wonderful..ya da ya da ya da. these reviewers are in their 20's! Tell me how good the product works when you get past 40 please. When you're in your 20's everything works.
So, I'll let you know how the Estee Lauder Camouflage makeup works and if it doesn't then my last resort is to go the dermatologist route.
I did purchase one more product in one last ditch effort to find something to fix the damage. Jennifer Aniston advertises this product, Aveeno positively radiant moisturizer. I don't have high hopes for it but I just can't seem to stop buying products. I also purchased some products from The Body Shop that I've been using for at least a week. These products had great reviews. People said they saw a difference in their skin almost immediately! The one product is Vitamin C Skin Boost. It is supposed to give you a silky smooth finish and it really does. If your goal is to have skin that feels silky then this is a product for you, however I don't stroke my face all day and no one else does either. Essentially this product is a primer with vitamin C in it. If you purchase a primer to put on under your makeup you'll get pretty much the same thing as this. The other product is a Vitamin C Facial Radiance Powder. It's a powder that you mix in with a serum and that mixture is what you put on your face. You use it for 10 days and within that time the results you should see are improved skin tone and texture. The reviews were so phenomenal that I bought a few of these. My results? No difference in skin! Zip, Zero, Nada!!! Perhaps it'll take longer to see a difference. I'll keep you posted.
Keep your chin up (but wear sunscreen).
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