Purging or a bad reaction?
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Apr 12, 2015
Rebecca J.
Personally, I find I can wake up with a few more pimples after a charcoal mask so I'd say it was purging. Especially if I've had a few marks where pimples could appear I find a mask "brings them out" if that makes sense.
However if it's a lot (I'm not sure what you define as "quite a bit") then it could be a reaction. Could you be a bit more descriptive on how much it varies from your usual skin condition?
Apr 12, 2015
Erica H.
It sounds to me like its purging. That mask brings up all the bad stuff , so it can cause breakouts before it gets better. I would continue to use it, but if you don't get better results or notice any type of irritation I would stop using the mask.
Apr 12, 2015
Alexis C.
Definitely sounds like purging. That mask pulls impurities out of the skin so the breakout could just be from the mask pulling everything up. The lady at the Origins counter that I used to go to said that mask can be used every three days (as long as it doesn't cause irritation or dries out the skin) so keep using it and see what happens! Also make sure you have it on for 10 minutes, no more and no less, to get the best results (:
Apr 12, 2015
Alexis C.
You're welcome! (:
Apr 12, 2015
Diana T.
I heard that purging is a myth - I watched a video done by the research group at paulas choice and they said purging is a myth because the skin is not a organ that goes through cleansing toxins with pimples... But they said if you see pimples surfacing from like a BHA exfoliant then that's normal and they usually go away within a week - but something that happens overnight like that is not 'purging' it's a bad skin reaction - and if it was really only pulling things up then you would have noticed that stuff before you started using the mask - they wouldn't just pop up overnight - it was an interesting video and on YouTube just look up paulas choice 10 bad skin care habits.
Apr 12, 2015
Shauna S.
From my personal experience with using that same mask, I never had any sort of reaction to it after using it and I have extremely sensitive skin.
Apr 14, 2015
Kitty K.
Traci has also mentioned purging only should occur when using a BHA due to the rapid cell turn over rate. I haven't seen the ingredients in that mask but I would also take into consideration that break outs begin way before you see them, or around that time of the month.
I would go simple on skin care for now and maybe mark down the days you break out for future reference.