Thank you Lexi and Goatlady.
Lexi, I have read of your experience here and I hoped you would reply so I could ask you some questions. You too GL, since you have responded.
I've read that it's important to start with the low %, not the "Supercop". Lexi, did you do this, or did you start out with the more potent stuff? Also, to start out with, is it best apply them every other day or so until your skin becomes accliamated as is recommended with RA? Or does one start with daily application?
Is strict sun avoidance recommended when using CP's? Or rather judicious sun exposure, always wearing SS ofcourse?
What brand did you use Lexi?
Thanks for recommending the brand you use GL, where do you get it if I may ask? It reduces lines around your eyes? That's something I'm looking for. (As well as, forehead, 11's, upperlips, blah, blah, blah). Have you tried different product lines? The Pickart line was recommended to me on another form - googling CP products brought up quite a number of competitors - so I'm looking for comparisons based on personal experience.
Lexi, as I understand from posts of yours, at 37 you still have a pretty much unlined face. Wasn't the CP damage mostly to your arms and legs? What were you hoping to accomplish skin-wise with CP's? Please understand I am not discounting your experience, I've read of others who've had bad experience with CP's as well - I'm just wondering if you may have used it differently than I may. I'm looking for something to help reduce the lines on my face along with RA, I'm not bothered by my hyperpigmentation particularly. And I am not bothered at all by the way my skin looks on my arms and legs.
In any case, at this point I'm still just doing research - on CP's as well as other things.