Posted by Ilene on July 21, 2004, at 18:16:41
In reply to Know a good sunscreen that doesn' t plug pores?, posted by KaraS on July 19, 2004, at 23:34:24
I found a new sunscreen by Hawaiian Tropic called Faces. So far so good. It's supposed to be oil-free and not migrate--which is my big problem--by the end of the day my eyes are stinging.
Currently I look for sunscreens with a high SPF that have Parsol (avobenzone) and are fragrance-free.
My skin is extremely oily, so what I do is wait about 1/2 to one hour and then blot my skin with blotting or tissue paper. The key is to blot, not wipe, so you pick up the oil on the surface but don't wipe off the sunscreen. Sometimes I powder my face to deal with the excess oil.
Sunscreen with titanium oxide make me look like I'm wearing whiteface. I use it on my hands, though, because it seems fairly tenacious.
I'm seeing a new dermatologist, and the first thing she did was go at my face with liquid nitrogen to freeze off the pre-cancerous spots. This is in spite of wearing sunscreen every day. She didn't say anything about using anything in particular to wash off the sunscreen, but she sold me some glycolic acid face wash.
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