help with rosacea care products

[Guest guest]

Question, in what order would you use the cea Care products? I

went to their website but am unclear as how to proceed. The cleanser

first then what? The moisturizer , the serum and or the calming

lotion. OR again is that too much product for one face. Always so

confusing. Thanks for anyone's help! Cindy

[Guest guest]

> Question, in what order would you use the cea Care products? I

> went to their website but am unclear as how to proceed. The

> cleanser first then what? The moisturizer , the serum and or the

> calming lotion. OR again is that too much product for one face.

Cindy, I'm sure cea Care would be thrilled if you'd use all of

their products every day, but I'd be surprised if it wasn't too much

product for most faces. Their cute (costly) little sample kit

contains a number of products to play with and decide which ones, if

any, work best on your skin. For example, cea Care's most

expensive kit contains, I believe, three different moisturizers: the

Strontium stuff, the gel stuff, and the stuff labelled moisturizer. I

wouldn't think you'll end up wanting to use all three, or even two of

them at the same time.

In general, the two basic steps all chronically irritated faces need

is to be cleaned, and then to be moisturized. Around those basic

steps fit in the rest of skin care, if needed.

For example, after cleansing and before moisturizing, you can add

medications and other anti-inflammatories: the topical antibiotics,

the serums, etc. (You'll hear some people recommend the topical

antibiotics and serums be used after mositurizing, and their

reasoning makes sense, so you may want to experiment.)

Everyone agrees that makeup/sunblock is added after moisturizer, as

the last step.

Less Is More: I would strongly recommend resisting the temptation,

and just test only one of their products at a time, for 1-2 weeks

(assuming no immediate reaction and that you like the product enough

to continue testing it). Also, I recommend using as little of a

product as possible, in particular with cea Care products as I

find their products concentrated/rich.

I like cea Care. I use their serum or moisturizer several times a

week if my face needs the extra attention. These days I'm using

ce Care to help me figure out the cause of a mysterious itch. I

posted about it yesterday, that I strongly suspect it's a subtle

reaction to one of my routine products, which surprises me. So last

night I stopped using everything -- everything -- and just cleansed

my face with cea Care cleanser. I really hate the cheap flowery

smell, but it's the only product I've found that both cleans the way

I like, and doesn't irritate. (The skeptic in me wonders if their

anti-inflammatory ingredients are masking an irritation, but at the

moment I don't have another option).

Anyway, I applied nothing on my face this morning, and right now my

skin is fabulous: no itching, rapid healing of breakouts and

irritations, no new breakouts. My skin feels soft and healthy even

without moisturizer, although obviously my fine lines are somewhat

more pronounced. No sunblock either, and my skin did fine outside. So

it looks like the itching was a product reaction. I'll stick with the

cea Care cleanser for over the weekend and if all goes well, I'll

try adding something back on Monday and see what happens.

Hope that helps. Good luck!

Marjorie

Marjorie Lazoff, MD

[Guest guest]

> Question, in what order would you use the cea Care products? I

> went to their website but am unclear as how to proceed. The

> cleanser first then what? The moisturizer , the serum and or the

> calming lotion. OR again is that too much product for one face.

Cindy, I'm sure cea Care would be thrilled if you'd use all of

their products every day, but I'd be surprised if it wasn't too much

product for most faces. Their cute (costly) little sample kit

contains a number of products to play with and decide which ones, if

any, work best on your skin. For example, cea Care's most

expensive kit contains, I believe, three different moisturizers: the

Strontium stuff, the gel stuff, and the stuff labelled moisturizer. I

wouldn't think you'll end up wanting to use all three, or even two of

them at the same time.

In general, the two basic steps all chronically irritated faces need

is to be cleaned, and then to be moisturized. Around those basic

steps fit in the rest of skin care, if needed.

For example, after cleansing and before moisturizing, you can add

medications and other anti-inflammatories: the topical antibiotics,

the serums, etc. (You'll hear some people recommend the topical

antibiotics and serums be used after mositurizing, and their

reasoning makes sense, so you may want to experiment.)

Everyone agrees that makeup/sunblock is added after moisturizer, as

the last step.

Less Is More: I would strongly recommend resisting the temptation,

and just test only one of their products at a time, for 1-2 weeks

(assuming no immediate reaction and that you like the product enough

to continue testing it). Also, I recommend using as little of a

product as possible, in particular with cea Care products as I

find their products concentrated/rich.

I like cea Care. I use their serum or moisturizer several times a

week if my face needs the extra attention. These days I'm using

ce Care to help me figure out the cause of a mysterious itch. I

posted about it yesterday, that I strongly suspect it's a subtle

reaction to one of my routine products, which surprises me. So last

night I stopped using everything -- everything -- and just cleansed

my face with cea Care cleanser. I really hate the cheap flowery

smell, but it's the only product I've found that both cleans the way

I like, and doesn't irritate. (The skeptic in me wonders if their

anti-inflammatory ingredients are masking an irritation, but at the

moment I don't have another option).

Anyway, I applied nothing on my face this morning, and right now my

skin is fabulous: no itching, rapid healing of breakouts and

irritations, no new breakouts. My skin feels soft and healthy even

without moisturizer, although obviously my fine lines are somewhat

more pronounced. No sunblock either, and my skin did fine outside. So

it looks like the itching was a product reaction. I'll stick with the

cea Care cleanser for over the weekend and if all goes well, I'll

try adding something back on Monday and see what happens.

Hope that helps. Good luck!

Marjorie

Marjorie Lazoff, MD

[Guest guest]

> Question, in what order would you use the cea Care products? I

> went to their website but am unclear as how to proceed. The

> cleanser first then what? The moisturizer , the serum and or the

> calming lotion. OR again is that too much product for one face.

Cindy, I'm sure cea Care would be thrilled if you'd use all of

their products every day, but I'd be surprised if it wasn't too much

product for most faces. Their cute (costly) little sample kit

contains a number of products to play with and decide which ones, if

any, work best on your skin. For example, cea Care's most

expensive kit contains, I believe, three different moisturizers: the

Strontium stuff, the gel stuff, and the stuff labelled moisturizer. I

wouldn't think you'll end up wanting to use all three, or even two of

them at the same time.

In general, the two basic steps all chronically irritated faces need

is to be cleaned, and then to be moisturized. Around those basic

steps fit in the rest of skin care, if needed.

For example, after cleansing and before moisturizing, you can add

medications and other anti-inflammatories: the topical antibiotics,

the serums, etc. (You'll hear some people recommend the topical

antibiotics and serums be used after mositurizing, and their

reasoning makes sense, so you may want to experiment.)

Everyone agrees that makeup/sunblock is added after moisturizer, as

the last step.

Less Is More: I would strongly recommend resisting the temptation,

and just test only one of their products at a time, for 1-2 weeks

(assuming no immediate reaction and that you like the product enough

to continue testing it). Also, I recommend using as little of a

product as possible, in particular with cea Care products as I

find their products concentrated/rich.

I like cea Care. I use their serum or moisturizer several times a

week if my face needs the extra attention. These days I'm using

ce Care to help me figure out the cause of a mysterious itch. I

posted about it yesterday, that I strongly suspect it's a subtle

reaction to one of my routine products, which surprises me. So last

night I stopped using everything -- everything -- and just cleansed

my face with cea Care cleanser. I really hate the cheap flowery

smell, but it's the only product I've found that both cleans the way

I like, and doesn't irritate. (The skeptic in me wonders if their

anti-inflammatory ingredients are masking an irritation, but at the

moment I don't have another option).

Anyway, I applied nothing on my face this morning, and right now my

skin is fabulous: no itching, rapid healing of breakouts and

irritations, no new breakouts. My skin feels soft and healthy even

without moisturizer, although obviously my fine lines are somewhat

more pronounced. No sunblock either, and my skin did fine outside. So

it looks like the itching was a product reaction. I'll stick with the

cea Care cleanser for over the weekend and if all goes well, I'll

try adding something back on Monday and see what happens.

Hope that helps. Good luck!

Marjorie

Marjorie Lazoff, MD