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Daily Discussion Thread: 🐨Thur 11 Jan 2024 (aussie.zone)

submitted 10 months ago by Seagoon_@aussie.zone to c/melbourne@aussie.zone

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[–] melbaboutown@aussie.zone 2 points 10 months ago (3 children)

How is the vitamin E cream for sensitive skin that easily stings and reddens? Looking for an alternative to Cerave as it’s not the cheapest and I’m almost out.

(Even unscented Sorbolene will irritate my face because apparently there’s a tiny bit of detergent/surfactant in it. Perfume is another big irritant.)

[–] Catfish@aussie.zone 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Maybe try the Goat Milk stuff? It’s supermarket cheap and doesn’t smell of either perfume or goat. There’s also an emu oil version usually right next to it on the shelf.

[–] melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Maybe! The Moo Goo stuff also resulted in welts of doom but the Aldi goats milk soap is tolerated

[–] Catfish@aussie.zone 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Both work for me when I turn into a crocodile over Winter. Sounds like you’re super sensitive, Luck!

[–] melbaboutown@aussie.zone 2 points 10 months ago

I joke that I’m allergic to Earth

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Hmm, have you tried Simple? I have a lot of sensitivities too, that's my go-to.

[–] melbaboutown@aussie.zone 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I might try if it’s cheap. I just stopped buying that brand years ago when I had an allergic reaction to the cleansing oil and found the soap drying.

(It was either the emulsifier or the grapeseed oil in the cleanser. Red welts all over my face. A shame because it worked really nicely other than that)

[–] Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I like it for ordinary use. For really sensitive skin I might go to the chemist for pure sorbolene - this is what they gave me at Peter Mac for use on radiation therapy sensitised skin and it was just marvellous. Unscented.

[–] melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 points 10 months ago

Yeah that might be a good idea