Waxing while using Retinol

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sc4rd

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Nov 10, 2006
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Ah! I've been using Retinol for a couple months now and I had no idea that you were not suppose to wax while using it...until last night. I used a store bought face wax and waxed my upper lip and my skin got pulled off. Its all red now. What should I do?
 
#2
i work at a salon and if you are taking Retinol you cannot get waxing done it is actually a sign posted at my salon advising our clients to talk to your doctor before getting a waxing done!
 
#3
sc4rd said:
Ah! I've been using Retinol for a couple months now and I had no idea that you were not suppose to wax while using it...until last night. I used a store bought face wax and waxed my upper lip and my skin got pulled off. Its all red now. What should I do?
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I don't know why, but waxing makes your skin super sensitive when using Retinol or Retin-A (as I used to do). I used to have my eyebrows waxed and the skin would burn, then scab. I don't use it anymore, but my skin never reverted back to its "unsensitive" self. Now I tweeze only. Perhaps a salon can offer you a suggestion on lip hair removal that is more gentle. Sorry, I don't know how to help you with that particular area.
 
#5
I'd also put on neosporin. I can't wax at all when I use prescription retinoids, especially tazorac, but once I switched and my skin was used to retinol (I use green cream which is a high potency retinol), I can wax with no problem. It really depends on your skin though.
 
#6
yeah def not suppose to wax while on Retinol. It makes the skin super sensitive you can't even tan. Go to a dermatologist to make sure everything is ok even though I'm sure it is. Retinol also makes the skin heal slower. While on Retinol you should try threading thats what I did.
 
#7
Ohh - I am so sorry that happened to you. That happened to me when I was on Differen a few years back and my dermatologist told me to put Neosporin on it - still took awhile to heal.
 
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