How to Quit Proactiv
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Things You'll Need
- Niacinamide Capsules 500mg (a common dietary supplement sold at vitamin stores)
- Sterile Contact Solution or saline solution
- Optional: PanOxyl Benzoyl Peroxide Bar Soap 5% ~ 10% by Steifel
- Pharmaceuticals
- Optional: Baking Soda or fine sugar for exfoliating
- Optional: pure cosmetic grade niacinamide powder
Instructions
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4 Easy Steps to Freedom from ProActiv
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Cleanse. Clean thoroughly with a gentle cleanser such as Cetaphil, or if you still want to include benzyl peroxide in your acne care regimen, use Stiefel's PanOxyl bar soap. If you use a lot of makeup and sunscreen, please remove completely whenever you don't absolutely need to have them on your skin.
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Exfoliate. ProActiv has a great cleanser that has exfoliating grains in it. Mimic this mechanical exfoliating action by incorporating baking soda as a skin-scrubber.
You can use as much or little as you like, just add a little moisture (no oily lotions!), rub between your fingers to test for roughness and consistency, and start applying it on your face.
Baking soda is quite potent and quite rough so massage GENTLY in circular motion, be careful not to damage skin or active acne postules. You can use it with the PanOxyl bar soap if you like. Both are alkaline and may be synergistic in chemical action.
Rinse thoroughly.
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Apply Instant Niacinamide Mask. Crack open a 500mg niacinamide capsule and release the powder into a small dish or the palm of your hand. Squeeze a little contact solution, saline solution, or any neutral, sterile, oil-free liquid agent to disperse the niacinamide evenly on your face. Leave on until dry and repeat as often as you like or as circumstances permit.
Rinse off with water.
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Add up to a pea sized amount of niacinamide powder to any oil-free serums, toners, or any facial spritzes that you prefer to boost your acne-treatment efforts without depending on ProActiv!
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Tips & Warnings
Pure cosmetic grade niacinamide is much easier to work with, doens't leave a white gunky residue like the dietary supplement capsules, but is harder to find. SkinActives.com is one of the few places that sells these. Before you "graduate" to pure niacinamide, start using the dietary capsules first because it's more convenient and economic for practicing and testing to see if your skin likes the effects of niacinamide.
This article is not intended as medical advice.
