r/asianskincare

I could really use some skincare advice because I’m feeling pretty lost.

I’m 37 years old and have pretty dry skin.

A while back I started using COSRX products consistently for several months, and my skin honestly looked the best it ever had. I gradually built up my routine:

• Advanced Snail 92 All in One Cream
• Low pH Good Morning Gel Cleanser
• AHA/BHA Clarifying Treatment Toner
• Advanced Snail 96 Mucin Power Essence
• Advanced Snail Peptide Eye Cream
• Occasional sheet masks

After a while, I developed a dry patch on my right cheek. Instead of getting better, it gradually became worse. It’s a little flaky, but it’s not really itchy. Then I also noticed it on my other cheek.

I started wondering if I’d suddenly developed a reaction to the snail mucin, so I stopped using the COSRX snail products and switched to:

• Beauty of Joseon Apricot Blossom Peeling Gel
• Hada Labo Mega Illuminating Moisturizer Cream

Unfortunately, I haven’t noticed any real improvement.

At this point I’m not sure what’s causing it or what to try next. Has anyone experienced something similar? Could this be a damaged skin barrier, an allergic reaction, or something else entirely? Have I somehow ruined my skin, or is this something that can recover with the right routine?

I’d really appreciate any advice. Thanks!

I love this CYoung Hana cream!

CYoung made it and I tried! Please try this one.

For me, it has just been a very easy, reliable moisturizer. 

I bought exactly one bottle of it back in 2022 or so AND IT WAS INCREDIBLE. It really made my skin look matte, and it was perfectly dry and soft for being a sunscreen. It was white and liquid-like, not a cream, which I feel helped with making it feel not oily. My routine was just this, lip tint, lip balm and mascara and I looked like a porcelain doll.

The problem? IT STOPPED BEING MADE!!! And now a single bottle went from $8 when I bought it, to $28!!!!!

So, does anyone know of a good mattefying milky face product? Doesn't have to be sunscreen, it can also be a face primer, moisturizer or toner. NO POWDERS though, the effect on my face just isn't the same with powders. I tried ELF's mattefying primer, and it left disgusting white flakes all over. I also tried Milan's mattefying primer, and it didn't do jackshit. The only product that I had tried before that had a very similar result to Perfect Milk was Beauty Control's milk toner, and BC went under in 2019 😭 It was an MLM anyways, but yeah...

Any help? 🥺

So I have a lot of pimple scars ( from picking my pimples when i was young) that arent visible unless you're really upclose. But my problem is i also have been developing a lot of stubborn black heads and white heads around the cheeks and nose area. I have oily - combination skin. Is there any product i can incorporate in my routine that can help with the black head white head situation?

My current routine is

Day:

Minimalist hyaluronic acid

Fixderma tranexamic, kojic & alpha arbutin

Tony moly ceramide mochi emulsion

Sunscoop suncreen

Night:

Minimalist hyaluronic acid

Ordinary retinol / cosrx aha bha toner (alternate days)

Illiyoon ceramide ato soothing gel ( started this only this week)

This is the first study to investigate the efficacy and safety of using laser-induced microjet injectors to administer PDLLA, tailored for the treatment of patients with rosacea.

Yes this study is not using microneedling, BUT... the paper emphasizes how Mirajet creates repeated micro-tearing, creates dermal mechanical stimulation, has rapid pressure, and no needle tracts. Those are essentially the same biological ideas with microneedling. PLUS Juvelook already has medical research with microneedling (and more in clinical trials currently.) Who knows how much of Mirage's effect is actually unique or if it deliver more uniformly. Maybe microneedling creates a different inflammatory pattern and maybe neither matters. That comparison in research paper doesn't exist here or yet, but something that should be investigated.

Also including this information as I've been doing a lot of research into rosacea because my friend has it. And I've found that tox helps.

>"In the quest for novel treatments for rosacea, botulinum toxin has emerged as a potential solution. It has demonstrated efficacy in addressing persistent erythema and flushing associated with rosacea by inhibiting mast cell degranulation and acetylcholine release, while also modulating substance P, calcitonin gene-related peptide, and vasoactive intestinal peptide. According to various studies, botulinum toxin can alleviate symptoms of
rosacea, such as flushing and erythema, for a duration of at least 8 weeks, with its effects typically lasting between 3 and 4 months. In the case report by Yu et al., botulinum toxin was
administered to a female patient with rosacea, resulting in temporary improvement. However, 1 month after the injection, the erythema returned, following a 1-month absence of symptoms.
Subsequently, the patient received poly-L-lactic acid (PLLA) via injection with a mesogun. Notably, 1 week after the injection, the patient experienced a recurrence of flushing and redness, which gradually subsided after 4 weeks without further treatment."

I also wanted to add when it comes to the safety profile of ingredients and molecules. It cites a study from 2022 where PLLA actually aggravated rosacea. So we have preliminary research on the difference between PDLLA and PLLA and rosacea now. The authors also use that study as an example on why PDLLA might behave differently. Their reasoning is essentially that PLLA is crystalline, has slower degradation, is irregular particles, and has longer inflammatory response. Versus PDLLA is amorphous, has faster degradation, is spherical porous particles, and potentially has a different tissue response. What I'd like to see in future research is comparative histology. Looking at macrophage recruitment, foreign body giant cells, IL-6, TNF-α, and mast-cell activation because how it affects wound healing and inflammation is relevant for rosacea.

Something also interesting I'd point out is that the authors propose that PDLLA induced collagen plus VEGF improves vascular stability, reinforcing the basement membrane and making superficial vessels less reactive. Most treatments for rosacea suppress inflammation, vasodilation, and neuromuscular signaling. They're suggesting that maybe chronic erythema is partly a structural dermal problem, not only an inflammatory one. That is very different at how experts look at it, now if that's true or not I dunno, but it's worth exploring.

And after seeing this, I actually am wondering if regenerative biostimulators be used not just to build collagen or stimulate regenerative aesthetics in the sense of anti-aging purposes, but to remodel inflammatory skin disease.

Seo SB, Wan J, Thulesen J, Jalali A, Vitale M, Kim SB, Yi KH. Poly-d,l-Lactic Acid Via Transdermal Microjet Drug Delivery for Treating Rosacea in Asian Patients. J Cosmet Dermatol. 2024 Dec;23(12):3993-3998. doi: 10.1111/jocd.16556. Epub 2024 Sep 9. PMID: 39248245; PMCID: PMC11626325. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jocd.16556

Anything you’d sub for any of these? In need of an eye serum

Hey chat I’m 22 F I never had a pimple but know I don’t now what is going on with skin … uneven skin tone, my skin tone is used to be 2 shades bright, pimples , dark circles and because of all this things I’m loosing my confidence …when I go out aunties of my society started pointing on theses things I mean what is wrong with them also all this started after I use face razor for the first time please help me with it