How can you possibly decide wether to try these products or not based on reviews? They are love or hate with nothing in the middle! Since people are more likely to get online to complain, I bought the Dr Denese set from PBS for $150.
My skin is a wreck and has been this way since I was born. No joke. My mother used to Lin me down and coat me with Vaseline after every bath. My entire body is a dried up husk. Pumice stones sand paper, and worse I have used. Deematologists tell me to use Eucerine all over! It leaves a grease coating over the top of thw vusibke dead skin. Exfoliate and it's replaced with new dead peeling skin, all year long. You can imagine my face, the worse of all. Add to that acne and huge cysts under the skin. It has reached the point that every time I leave the house I take a light pumice stone to my face, then use packing tape to remove the dead peels, tweezers for the missed, and if all that fails, I get in the shower and peel off the wet dead skin with my fingers. You might say that this routine causes more dead skin. It does not. I'm disabled and leave my house a few times a week. Before that, the rest of my life has. Even like this since I was old enough to get teased as a kid. I've tried every prescription and OTC face cream. They all burn my skin, or do nothing at all. Alba burns like acid. Sometimes water burns my skin!! My face peels like sunburned skin every day, yet the skin under the peels is not dry, thus the acne thrives too. I get rashes and blisters from priducts and am allergic to vit E. So when I find any product that doesn't cause burning and irritation, I pay attention!
With that said... It's only been a week, but none of Dr. Deneses products have caused any skin irritation or pain. I got a ton of whiteheads for 2 days, then they left. The cysts and pimples remain, but blackheads and pores look better. Even the exfoliation pads don't burn, just tingle like a diluted noxema. No other exfoliating product has been tolerable. I do not wash my face though, never have. I only use a bit of witch hazel and wash with my bare hands. All the dirt sticks to the dead skin, which comes off with tape or my fingers in the shower. I should mention I wear no make up, only Bare Minerals for cover up and mineral veil. Liquid make up makes the edges of my peeling skin stick up as if highlighted. Gross.
Here's a break down of the products **these are HUGE containers that will last me over a year!
Serum. Haven't a clue what it is for, but it feels like a makeup primer. I scrub away then put this on before the water has evaporated from my skin. This serum feels silky and absorbs quickly. I don't know what it does, but it feels nice.
Under eye. Feels like the serum. It will last years. Wrinkled look the same
Over eye. Like a thin lotion. Will last forever. No difference in a week
Day cream. This is thick and silky, and tinted. It doesn't seem to soak in much and takes a while. I don't like it because it looks like foundation which highlights all my flaking skin. I need my lotion all over.. It highlights the hair on my face and eyebrows. If not for the tint, I'd like it. Love the sunscreen in one!
Night cream. With my skin, this can be used in the day. It's not greasy or heavy and absorbs quickly. It doesn't burn like most night creams either. I'm still flaky in the morning, but the skin below is OK. For most people, this would be enough at night.
Exfoliation pads. These amazingly enough don't burn my sensitive skin, even open sores. It tingles like a toner and if you missed dirt picks it up. One pad is enough to do my face and neck plus a test patch on my scaly leg. There's a bit improvement in my flaky skin in a week, but I can see a difference on my leg, but no other exfoliation properties. I'd consider these more cleansing and my pores look better. I use them in them on days I don't exfoliate in the shower, every other day.
I'll give it 5 more weeks and write back if there is a change. Hopes this helps someone!
