It’s a chemical product - usually 100% citric acid or the like - designed to remove hard water scale from kettles or cooking appliances.
I suppose putting acid on your face is some kind of variant of "what the dormouse said: “Feed your head”. Nice that the O.P. is Alice 
(And no, all of these things sound scary to put on the face, to my cowardly mind. Of course, that might be why I have bad skin.)
I have the Neostrata Advanced Dermo System At Home Exfoliating Peel System. I also have the Microdermabasion System, but that’s less scary for some reason.
It doesnt’ sting when you put it on - at least not on my face - you’re supposed to test it on a small spot before you slap it all over your face to make sure you’re not going to burst into flames. I did that and it was ok so I put it on my whole face for 3 hours. My skin looks fantastic today and it’s super smooth, so I guess it’s doing something.
anu-la1979 - am loving the aspirin mask - thanks for mentioning it here!
Far out!
Huh?
Think of it as the Red Green approach to dermatology.
I’m really jealous Alice. I wonder if this stuff can be bought online?
Well, thanks for this thread, because I tried an aspirin honey mask last night and it was great!
Oh I noticed that in the store the other day. Finally you can get neo strata and vichy and la roche posay here. I’ll go take a look at it. Does it come with a sander type device or is that the microdermabrasion system?
I wonder if it’s the same strength as the one Alice uses?
Well if its 10 percent glycolic it should be. My local drug store has the same collection that shoppers carrys. It didnt before.
Don’t, for the love of Pete, get one with a sander. Fer crying out loud yer putting it on your FACE. Ahem. The microdermabrasion one has a disolving crystal that is more than enough to remove any amount of skin from your face that is appropriate. Did I mention do NOT get the sander? Good then.
Caridwen, if you want to make some arrangements I would be happy to buy you a kit here and send it to you. You could send me an e-mail to the address in my profile and we can figure it out. They’re $60 CDN and you get 10 treatments in the kit.
One thing to note on the aspirin mask is that you’re not supposed to use it TOO often or you’re going to ruin your face. The salycilic acid content in aspirin is apparently pretty high.
I’m 27.75 years old, only using it 1 a week when I’m keeping up with it. It’s not recommended over 3 times a week.
Also, I can’t say this loudly enough, though it’s on the thread I linked to…don’t use it if you’re allergic to aspirin!!!
Read through at least a couple of pages of that thread to see options and rates of usage. That’s what I love about Makeup Alley…you can always find at least 1 woman who has something approximating your skin type.
What are you talking about, man? Are we speaking the same language right now?
Not familiar with the RedGreen Show?
Basically this dude says he can fix anything with duct tape and each week he has another item that hes built or repaired. One week he made a grandfather clock out of duct tape. I’m sure you can imagine how it looked. His meme is “If they women don’t find you handsome, they better find you handly.”
So, I’m assuming it’s a joke.
<sigh>
Why angle grinders are so much fun. (Warning: PDF)
You put polishing compound on a buffing wheel to remove scratches and imperfections from metal. Polishing compounds come in different levels of aggressiveness (i.e., how much material they remove)–this is analogous to how coarse or fine the grit on different types of sandpaper is. These different types compounds are color-coded to make it easier to tell them apart. I picked “green” because I thought it was teh funny.
In addition to using duct tape for purposes God never intended, the characters on the Red Green show jerry-rig all sorts of other contraptions that seem like a good idea at the time but never quiiiiite function properly.
Hah! I can totally see Red Green doing something like that - probably to Harold. Maybe we would finally get to see his wife (except she would be like the neighbour in “Home Improvements” and we’d only see her with gunk all over her face).
Never quite function properly? He’s lucky when he doesn’t get hurt by his “repairs!”
Keep yer stick on the ice, Alice.
Forgive fetus. He’s in Cali and thus, has never seen the Red Green show.
Are any other Canadians having problems finding uncoated ASA? I found all coated, either enteric or with cellulose.
If you have found some - please tell me where…?
Otherwise I will have to wait until hubby gets back from Atlanta.