RE: Salicylic acid, willow bark,BHAs, etc

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Dr Sy was on the right track with her cleanser, i hope she gets the right

formula.

I,m using a well made cleanser with a small amount of glycolic acid in it for

my oily flaky skin and its working pretty good at keeping everything

under control.

Hi Marjorie,

Salicylic acid does irritate my skin. I guess I'm an unusual

rosacean. I've used it in a few other products and had irritation the

second day after using them. As well, Dr. Sy used a .25%

concentration of salicylic acid in one of her test cleanser formulas

for seb derm. The previous formula worked great for my skin. Then,

she added the small amount of sal. acid to the formula with no other

changes and within two days my skin looked pink and felt burned. I

would guess that it was the salicylic acid that caused the

irritation. I know she abandoned using sal. acid in future test

formulations. I don't know how many other testers had this reaction

or if I was the only one.

Take care,

Matija