peeling fair-skinned

tried maxi peel exfoliant cream nos. 1 & 2 (since my face isn't that bad)

i used it for 3 months, religiously applying twice everyday, after bath and before sleep. it worked pretty well on me.

during the first few weeks, my face was stinging and i has a lot of blackheads and pimples. it resided after two more weeks of constant usage. no. 2 works faster than no. 1 (well, duh). peeling is observed in the first month. DO NOT EVER TAKE THE PEEL OFF. i suggest let it peel on its own so no discoloration would happen.

here's the catch, when you use this product, make sure not to stay under the sun long enough for you to burn. i would always use an umbrella when i go out. i make it a point to avoid staying outdoors.  maxi-peel is made up of hydroquinon, a factor that inhibits melanin production in the skin. melanin causes skin browning. it is a natural mechanism of the skin to prevent skin cancer from heat and radiation. it hurts to face the sun, i feel like my face is burning twice the heat before i applied the product.

using this product makes you more susceptible to the dangers of the heat of the sun.

but i gambled it all to have fairer skin, which i eventually had. i had to stop though for fear that too long use of the product might lead to skin complications.

a week after i stopped, the coming back of my past color was evident that i decided to use another product, garnier light day and night cream (see next post for the review of this product).

NEVER TRY THIS AT HOME

tried garnier light facial wash and after 3 days, my face changed.

i started getting blackheads. then they eventually became pimples. ugh. if it weren't for the money i spent to buy that, i would have stopped. i thought my face was gonna improve -- clear skin, no more pimples after a month -- but it stayed the same. to think i used it for 5 months (or was it more?)!

the day and night cream were effective, especially if you would use them constantly for a long period of time. this facial wash is an exception to garnier's promise of beautiful skin.

btw, my skin doesn't break out as easily as it did when i used the above product. so when i got pimples, i thought they were normal, part of the cleansing (like maxi-peel cream). i expected them to tame after a few weeks. apparently they didn't.

bottomline:

USE AT YOUR OWN FACE'S RISK.