Girls...Is this bad for your skin?

I use clean and clear deep cleaning astringent and have been for about 2 years or 1 and a half years. I like it because you look at you cotton pad and can see how great it takes away dirt and makeup. It works good and keeps away pimples. I sometimes feel it burning my face a little afterwards. It DOES have alcohol in it..its an alcohol cleaner I believe. So my question is, is alcohol based face cleansers bad for your skin? I want to have nice skin when i'm older so will this do anything to it? It is a harsh cleanser. I am 17 also.

Girls...Is this bad for your skin?
yes alcohol toners can age the skin... if you don't get bad acne, just a pimple here or there i suggest you switch toners...if i were you i would use witchhazel mixed with alittle water, you can get it at the grocery store and it's cheap in a big bottle...this will fight pimples and bacteria but it's not as harsh as alcohol toners...if you want you can then use a lotion with salicylic acid in it, thats what is actually fighting breakouts in your clean and clear not the alcohol...so something without alcohol with the breakout fighting power(try neutrogena multi-vitamin acne treatment-it's a lotion and you can use it all over your face)...most importantly to keep your skin young as long as possible...wear sunscreen!!!!!!
Reply:If its working for you and its not irritating your skin, then you might as well keep losing it. There's just a general worry that alcohol, overtime, may affect the skin and sebaceous glands under it, negatively. I don't know what percent or how much alcohol it uses, but you could check with your dermatologist or your doctor and ask what he/she thinks. Or you could reserach the product yourself and find out the amount of alcohol that is used in the product and whether anything else is used to perhaps neutralize it to a degree..





Hope this helps, good luck!
Reply:Its ok for your skin. The weird tingly feeling after you put it on means that its doing its job and making your skin better. I would keep using it to get pimples away.





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Reply:hopefully you are not alergic to it, if this keeps up or gets worse you should see someone about it. in fact just to be extra safe you should go see a dermatologist and he/she will answer all your questions. Good Luck!!!
Reply:All alcohol based cleaners are harsh so you need to make sure you keep your face moisturized with a moisturizer and not a plain lotion, otherwise you could develop dry skin and it can cause eczema in the long run.
Reply:alcohol dries out your skin so you could put a moisturiser on after
Reply:you should moisturize your skin every night to keep your skin look always fresh and young.