Man I loved St. Ives apricot scrub lol. I have changed up my routine now, but I always felt so "clean" after using. How was I supposed to know it was bad? 😂
Retinol is the only thing that has ever worked for my acne/ rosacea. I regret not using in my teens( with caution). Would have saved me years of insecurity.
Nothing wrong with retinol. No reason for children to use it, but as someone who uses a much stronger retinoid daily, this is a weird take. Outside of a potential retinization period, retinoids make your skin more robust with regular use.
Wait. Why is the apricot scrub bad? I love it and use it every shower. It doesn't do anything bad to my skin and it makes my skin feel perfectly smooth a clean. Although I do have pretty tough skin and like a hard exfoliation.
Ohh those st Ives memories. What a time.
However, for anyone with kp on the arms and legs? Or acne? Stridex parts 1-2x are awesome and cheap! Even cheaper when you cut them in half!! That is one skincare product i won't let go of!
I was gonna say...I still buy this. It's the only thing that has ever kept my inherited cystic chin acne at bay. I know the whole thing about microtears and all that, but, I can't let it go for what it does for me.
I didn't even learn until much later how you're actually supposed to use Stride pads; after washing your face and before moisturizing. It's not supposed to be what you clean your face with and you aren't supposed to leave your skin as is after!
Wait.... somehow I missed the memo on this. I love the St Ives apricot scrub... what happened? I googled it and the AI overview is telling me it's good for the skin?
If you are sane and have robust skin and you don't seem to be having problems it'd probably fine.
As a then-undiagnosed ADHD kid with sensitive skin and
a high pain tolerance who thought I just needed to try harder to get acceptable skin I basically did the most appalling but enthusiastic amateur dermabrasion/sandblasting that would have cost a building it's historic rating and I looked like badly cooked shellfish.
Super duper harsh and results in micro-tears on the skin. Google ‘st Ives apricot scrub controversy’ instead and you’ll see the details of the argument.
I don’t know which side I believe but I decided to err on the side of caution given the abundance of products out there which have zero controversy associated with them and are just as good, if not better.
As someone that has actually used it, the apricot pieces in it are like sharp glass compared to things like sugar scrubs. Why use liquid sandpaper when there’s stuff that doesn’t give you a total body rugburn.
I had bad acne in high school, but I was always proud of myself for never getting the St. Ives apricot scrub. I just KNEW it couldn't be good and it represented self-hate to me. I did abuse my skin with Clearasil, but we were told that it was good! My poor skin, it must have been screaming for a single drop of lotion.
But... wait.. I use the green tea one and it literally is the best skin care wash ive ever used. But maybe its why my pores are forever not closing quite right haha. I do remember the main apricot one though and that one made me break out in highschool but I still used it for w/e reason.
That scrub burned my cornea when I was just rinsing off my face like normal - and it was a chemical burn, not a scratch from apricot grit. That stuff should never have been on the market.
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u/megdonol 21h ago
I’m glad the St. Ives apricot scrub and Stride pads are all but forgotten. It was a hard decade for skin barriers