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Niacinamide 10% + Zinc 1%

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leelee8 review for Niacinamide 10% + Zinc 1%

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Niacinamide 10% + Zinc 1%

product review positives
While it did take several months of use to notice it, this product did help lightly fade some of my post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation from old breakouts on my forehead, which is the main purpose I had in mind when I bought it. I took a break from using it for a couple months to try a vitamin C derivative (I was just being impatient and didn't want to wait to try it so I stopped using niacinamide to make room for it), but then swapped the niacinamide back in. Maybe a week or two after exclusively using the niacinamide as my serum, I noticed that my forehead and nose — which are both oilier and more prone to texture and enlarged pores — felt smoother. And my forehead felt a bit more firm than usual. I'm 22 so I don't currently have issues with firmness, but there just seemed to be a bit more bounce back than usual on my forehead which usually just seems to have less compared to the rest of my face. It spreads easily, doesn't feel sticky or tacky to me and layers just fine. Mind you, I do apply this product on a wet — as wet as I can get it — face and apply my moisturizer immediately afterwards, so that may affect how it applies for me. Oh! And I forgot to mention, the price of course is fantastic, especially for the 60 ml. It lasts me forever since I only use 6 drops between my face and neck (I kinda have a large face) once a day. I'm currently on my second bottle and plan to continue buying it indefinitely.
product review negatives
The only "bad" thing I have to say about this product, and the only reason I gave this 4 stars instead of 5 is that it does cause this combination of an itchy and tingly feeling upon application for several minutes afterwards. I also did have some slight breakouts of whiteheads a couple days after first using it. And I don't have sensitive skin, so that was surprising to me, but I've heard that can be due to the zinc PCA which can irritate some people's skin and is also antibacterial I believe so that may also explain the initial breakouts. The itchy/tingly feeling wasn't overbearing, but it was bothersome enough that I wanted to lightly scratch my face a bit. That may be alarming and an immediate put-off for some, but I decided to see if that would change over time and that feeling began to subside after about a week of daily application. So the only caveat for me is that initial itchy/tingly phase, which is just more annoying than anything for me. Otherwise, I have no complaints.
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