Re: Gold Bond - First Day Usage

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Can you give us an update on any benefits you may be seeing from the

Gold Bond product?

> Dear All,

>

> I went and got the Gold Bond lotion in the green bottle today...

I've just

> washed my face with my usual Cetaphil Gentle Cleanser *liquid* and

have

> applied the Gold Bond *ouchie* ... keep in mind, I still have the

very mild

> stages of cea (enlarged pores on cheeks, surface vessels

around sides of

> nose, some pink color)... well, it burned so bad it brought tears

to my

> eyes, but I decided to stick it out. It only burned badly for

about 5

> minutes, and reduced itself to a cooling effect, much like

Noxema. It did

> not leave my face greasy feeling either. We'll see if this does

anything

> for my particular situation, which is just to reduce redness on

the sides of

> the nose mostly. I'd like to hear if anyone else decides to try

it and see

> how things go... for now, I'm going to do it twice a day, and I'm

stopping

> the MetroCream as I've been on it for two months and don't see

where it's

> done anything but moisturize my face.

>

> On another note, I got a catalog in the mail today called

Gifts. In

> it is a cream called Dermal-K which claims to erase spider veins

in a few

> weeks time. It says it is used by dermatologists and plastic

surgeons for

> post-op bruising and diminishing scars and bruises. It has 5% USP

grade

> Vitamin K cream in it... it's expensive tho... $29.98 for only 2

ounces...

> I'm not going to order it. I'm going to wait and see if Gold Bond

does

> anything... wait and see if stopping MetroCream does anything.

What I'm

> trying to avoid is having to spend money on lasers or any other

type of

> light treatment not covered by insurances although some of them

sound pretty

> good in that they get rid of wrinkles too...

>

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