I just read all your recent posts (after only two electrolysis treatments), and it looks like you are trying to be “proactive.” But seriously …
Except for the post-treatment aloe, that feels good and is “soothing” you don’t need, and should not use, any of the products you are talking about. All these products are not needed, some irritate the skin and, unless there is a specific reason for using them, you are “adding insult to injury.” Retin-A? WHY? If you don’t have “bumps” why use “Bumpstopper?”
Would you take an anti-biotic medication to be “pro-active” to prevent an infection … or would taking such a medication increase your risk of getting “a really bad one?” Would you know exactly which medication to use, or would you just “take them all?” I think you know the answer?
Furthermore, there is no need for “exfoliation” either. There is a VERY specific reason your skin gets “flakey” after electrolysis injury, and GENTLE “washing-off is fine.” Heavy moisturizing works against what the skin is trying to accomplish by “gluing” dead, potentially bacteria/laden epidermis, to the skin’s surface. That’s why the epidermis gets “flaky!” The body is trying to keep the area clean.
People that use heavy moisturizing after treatment often get pimples. Huh, imagine that? And, it’s predictable too … (And also why “oily skin” tends to get pimples: same reason.)
You say you have “sensitive skin.” It could be your own assault that’s causing said sensitivity?
I also know, from decades of experience, that a “self-medicator” is not going to discontinue the practice. But do “think about it” before adding real/serious MEDICATION to a problem that does not (yet) exist.
I know it’s hard to believe, but your skin is smarter than you are. Basically leave it alone and let mama nature do her thing.
