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Heather's story is now featured in our beauty blog.

Here's the interview about her tummy tuck experience Thank you Heather!

For anyone interested in reading more about Cherita's tummy tuck experience, check out her interview posted on our blog: Sale-rack dress was the final straw to getting a tummy tuck

I just posted on our blog (Beauty Cred) about Arbonne ingredients: I'd love your comments on the post. Thanks!

Hi Lama, Let me know what type of information you're seeking about Arbonne and I'll try to help you out! What you're already seeing and learning though is that Arbonne has just as many fans as detractors and that there are some strong opinions about it--and that's part of what RealSelf.com aims to provide: an open forum for honest discussion about beauty and individual experiences.

I completely understand where you're coming from. I had a similar experience (it was years ago, but I can still relate) with Retin-A. Out of the blue when I was around your age I started breaking out. I was one of those teenagers that never really did, so this was a surprise. I went to the dermatologist and was prescribed Retin-A. I used it faithfully as prescribed--heeding the warnings about its potential to dry out my skin and to, as you note, only use a pea-size. I used it daily, but I did not have success with Retin A. And it seemed an eternity before I finally said, "this isn't working". For me, one thing that ultimately balanced my skin out a bit and cleared things up was daily use of a 10%-12% alpha-hydroxy face cream (mine was a glycolic acid formula). I'd continue with the regimen for the fully-prescribed amount of time because that is a commonly heard aspect of Retin-A, that it takes time, sometimes up to that milestone "6 weeks". But if you are not seeing results, please get back to your dermatologist to discuss alternatives.