hihi, giesazies, i totally understand why you've given it up. when i first tried this method, i was 1000000% frustrated since the reaction was REALLY terrible which made me skip my work for 1 day (luckily that's Friday).
in my opinion, if you do want to try it (not now, maybe in the future), take a week of vacation (so plus Sat & Sun, probably you get 9 days) to try it. after 9 days, there should be an improvement. but remember, don't go drinking since it worses your redness problem.