hemorrhoid medicine? on my face? - Beauty & Cosmetics Message Board

deidlers · 01-02-2001, 01:15 PM

i am beginning to have crows feet around my eyes and smile lines around my face.
i live in the old south, and many elderly black women, (age 80, skin looks 40) say that their secret is preparation H, as a nightly skin cream. and it makes sense: it's supposed to shrink tissues, so it would shrink wrinkles.
well i tried it, and yes, very quickly i noticed that my lines and wrinkles were diminishing.
but that stuff stinks to high heaven! all chemically and fishy smelling.
does anyone have any suggestions for good defense against aging creams they could recommend?

T-Nice · 01-03-2001, 02:31 PM

Girl, if that preparation H works, who cares if it stinks. You are only wearing it at night right??? Just think of all the work it is doing overnight to those crows feet and when you wake up you can wash your face and get rid of the smell.

deidlers · 01-03-2001, 08:44 PM

yes, you have a good point. who cares! except that i'm newly married, and i fear it's too early yet to start stinkin' in bed. LOL.

JJWray · 01-10-2001, 04:03 PM

Mary Kay has some wonderful anti-aging products. you can go to the [url="http://www.marykay.com"]www.marykay.com[/url] website and do a search on independent beauty consultants in the area that you live in.

MissKitty · 01-21-2001, 03:41 PM

Hello

Preperation H is not removing the wrinkles, it is only tightening the skin temporarily. That would be ok, if it was just used once in a while because of a special occasion or something, but what your doing to your skin is making it work harder by tightening it up and then loosening it back. What I mean is, your skin loses elasticity as you age and what moisturizers do, and most over the counter products do, is temporarily puff out the skin making it appear less lined. I suggest you go to dermatologist and ask about renova. This will actually help them go away, rather than puff them out! I hear it is also gentle to your skin.

[This message has been edited by MissKitty (edited 01-21-2001).]