Guest guest Posted March 19, 2008 Report Share Posted March 19, 2008 Hi all, Ugh.....I never was much good at science! My 16 YO son got the whole Proactiv set from an elderly lady friend of ours....Mom wouldn't buy it for him As much as I hate to admit it.....I found the refining mask to get rid of my huge underskin zits in no time at all! Shhhh, the boy doesn't know I am using *his* stuff! LOLOL I checked on the ingredients and looks like sulfur is the *active* ingredient....at 6%. The stuff stinks, that much is for sure! But, I found some sulfur " flowers " that say that there is no smell. Anyone know a way to explain this to a non scientific person?? I guess I am confused about what kind of sulfur I am supposed to be looking for! Any help would be greatly appreciated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 Hi Chris, Sulfur is an old remedy for skin aggravations, including acne. Biggest downside is it stinks - even in Proactive apparently*lol* I know nothing about a scent free sulfur. Sulfur ointment is what my hubby and baby used after they got scabies on a airplane ride several years back .. I remember from that time it being available at my local grocers ethnic section and Wally World in little jars called Pomada de Azufre, for only a few dollars. Many folks use it at night, so it can have time to work overnight and you can clean it off in the morning. *Smile* Chris (list mom) Last Chance - Leaping Leprechauns Sale Page On Sale Now - Until I Get To Change the Web Page http://www.alittleolfactory.com , Chris Kelly <Purrrdy wrote: > > Hi all, > Ugh.....I never was much good at science! My 16 YO son got the whole > Proactiv set from an elderly lady friend of ours....Mom wouldn't buy > it for him As much as I hate to admit it.....I found the refining > mask to get rid of my huge underskin zits in no time at all! Shhhh, > the boy doesn't know I am using *his* stuff! LOLOL I checked on the > ingredients and looks like sulfur is the *active* ingredient....at > 6%. The stuff stinks, that much is for sure! But, I found some sulfur > " flowers " that say that there is no smell. Anyone know a way to > explain this to a non scientific person?? I guess I am confused about > what kind of sulfur I am supposed to be looking for! Any help would > be greatly appreciated > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 That's interesting. I didn't know Proactive has sulphur in it, but it makes sense. The summer I graduated from high school (1967) I worked at a girl's summer camp in the Texas Hill Country as an English Horseback rider. In order to avoid getting bit by ticks, chiggers and mosquitoes, I learned to use sulphur soap. It was 50 cents a bar back then. You just shower as usual, turn off the water, lather up with sulphur soap and then step out of the shower without rinsing off the sulphur soap lather and pat your self dry with the towel. At first you think you're going to stink. But as it dries, it leaves a nice, clean smell. And it did clear up my face. I always have sulphur soap around my house now -- last time I bought a bar it was almost $6!! It can be hard to find, usually have to go to a real pharmacy, not one of the chains. Sulpha drugs are based on sulphur, and some people are allergice to sulpha drugs. So there's always that chance that some people would react to the sulphur soap. One more story: when I was little we moved to the country and started drinking well water as opposed to city water. My brother and I got boils, icky! Dad mixed up some molasses and sulpher. We at a tablespoon of it every morning. Cleared things up!!! Dede , Chris Kelly <Purrrdy wrote: > > Hi all, > Ugh.....I never was much good at science! My 16 YO son got the whole > Proactiv set from an elderly lady friend of ours....Mom wouldn't buy > it for him As much as I hate to admit it.....I found the refining > mask to get rid of my huge underskin zits in no time at all! Shhhh, > the boy doesn't know I am using *his* stuff! LOLOL I checked on the > ingredients and looks like sulfur is the *active* ingredient....at > 6%. The stuff stinks, that much is for sure! But, I found some sulfur > " flowers " that say that there is no smell. Anyone know a way to > explain this to a non scientific person?? I guess I am confused about > what kind of sulfur I am supposed to be looking for! Any help would > be greatly appreciated > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 Dede wrote: Dad mixed up some molasses and sulpher. We at a tablespoon of it every morning. Cleared things up!!! Dede I can see a new book in the works, to rival the famous Dr. Jarvis' " Vermont Folk medicine " . The one where he cures just about all ills of mankind with Apple Cider Vinegar and raw honey products. " Texas Folk Medicine " . Bring out the sulphur! Ien in the Kootenays http://freegreenliving.com (blog) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 Hey, Ien! How's it going up north? Another one of the old folk remedies I heard about (didn't actually see it done) was when Dad was a kid and he cut himself on the thigh, pretty deep. They had little money, and back then folks just didn't run to the doctor or the emergency room (heck, Dad was born in 1911, probably didn't have emergency rooms back then). What did his Mom do? She scooped up a bunch of spider/cob webs and stuck it into the gaping wound to staunch the bleeding .... it apparently worked. Years later my brother got cut on the same thigh in about the same location when this wretched pony I had tried to rub him off on a barbed wire fence. Dad didn't use the old cob web trick (he was deathly afraid of spiders, but he could pick up a rattlesnake and kill it with his bare hands), but he fashioned butterfly-type bandaids and kept the wound clean and it healed fine. Dede , " Ieneke van Houten " <ienvan wrote: > > Dede wrote: > > Dad mixed up some molasses and sulpher. We at a > tablespoon of it every morning. Cleared things up!!! > > Dede > > I can see a new book in the works, to rival > the famous Dr. Jarvis' " Vermont Folk medicine " . > The one where he cures just about all ills of > mankind with Apple Cider Vinegar and raw > honey products. > > " Texas Folk Medicine " . Bring out the sulphur! > > Ien in the Kootenays > http://freegreenliving.com (blog) > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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