What Happened To My Skin After I Used This Cleanser

This cleanser, in the beginning, was excellent because I did not feel like it was drying my skin out after using it. With continuous use, nothing about this face wash stood out negatively during the first couple of weeks. It just felt like any other ordinary facial cleanser.

When things took a turn

A few weeks later, my skin began to feel irritated. After washing my face, I would feel a tingling sensation. 

I was not sure at first if this tingling sensation was normal until the feeling became more unbearable. Eventually, that feeling carried throughout the rest of my skincare routine and became slightly more painful as I applied other products.

It felt like my skin was burning when I put my moisturizer on, and that was when I knew there was an issue. At this point, I was not confident that this cleanser was causing this uncomfortable feeling, so I had to gradually test out each product to find the culprit. 

As I slowly began re-introducing the products into my skincare routine, I found out that this face wash was causing the irritation issue. I used my oil cleanser as my only cleanser to come to this conclusion.

What my skin looked and felt like

To give more detail, I didn’t feel that burning sensation all over my face. I only got that feeling in the areas I was dealing with dehydrated skin. 

Although I bought this product because many of the ingredients are considered calming and would bring hydration to the skin, unfortunately, my skin was left looking pale and dry even when I tried to apply more moisturizer to those parts.