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Ozu
Oily/Sensitive
The concentration of the AHA/BHA toner is quite low and most probably won’t show immediate purging. The possible cause maybe that your skin barrier is already weak to begin with such that AHA/BHA can quickly causes an irritation on your skin. Before the toner, have you ever introduce other exfoliating acids* or retinoid* or benzoyl peroxide* in your routine?
Since your skin is currently irritated, I would highly recommend to stop using it! You may patch test it on skin region behind your ear to test it out again after a few days. If irritation still occurs, you may want to slowly introduce it in your routine. Rules of thumb, avoid using exfoliating acids daily. As your skin barrier seemed to be weak, you should try using it 2-3times per week, mon wed fri or so. Avoid using it with the three ingredients stated above with a ‘*’. Always use a sunscreen the next day after using it, and that use the toner at your PM routine.
The mentioned weak skin barrier can be remedied with moisturizer that consists of ceramides😉
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Ozu
Oily/Sensitive
No problem! I learned that strengthening skin barrier is crucial when using products that might weaken it. Purging usually happened because the skin barrier has either disrupted or compromised. The Touch in Sol toner seemed to have higher concentrations of AHAs as compared to the Cosrx! If you really wish to try exfoliating acids, I would recommend either diluting the current ones or look into milder acids such as PHA only or mandelic acid of 8%. They are of bigger molecule size, which would be less irritating. You may also looked into comedogenic ingredients to figure out which particular ingredient is causing a reaction on your skin. Anyhow, hope my suggestions help you😉
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ReviewBoogaloo
Oily/Resilient
I would wait a few days before trying again, and then only on one patch of skin. It may have been a reaction to other skincare. Sorry to hear that happened to you!
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Biffy1993
Oily/Resilient
It's the only thing I've changed, aside from just not using some of the serums I usually use. I probably should've mentioned that in the og post, just in case. When I bought this, I decided I was going to hold off on everything else to try and clear my face up and shrink pores, and then once it's clear I was planning to start doing other things again by adding one thing at a time over a period of days/weeks. Mainly because I'm not extremely well versed in skincare, but I at least know stuff with AHAs/BHAs can be harmful if mixed with the wrong things. So for right now, it's just my usual cleansers and then this toner.
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asserisco
Oily/Sensitive
Strenghtening the skin barrier will be crucial, I really think that’s the issues. That’s not purging, it’is a damaged barrier 😢
