Skincare help

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  • iLoveMyPitbull1225
    iLoveMyPitbull1225 Posts: 1,690 Member
    I did decide to go off the exfoliating wash and returned it to the store in exchange for some cetaphil...The dermatologist I used to see always reccomended it as well as a few other suggestions i have heard. Gonna get benzol peroxide too....Hoping it helps. And yay I have a visit from aunt flow scheduled for this week too so my skin is def gonna FREAK out.
  • Jennloella
    Jennloella Posts: 2,286 Member
    My mom bought a clarisonic brush, I used it a few times and its cool but idk about spending that much money on it.

    The acnefree system sounds really good I have seen it in stores before.

    cleansing brushes you see in the stores "spin" not only is this pretty ineffective, but get too close to your hairline and your hair gets all tangled in the brush! The clarisonic "vibrates" hence the name, made by the same company that makes the sonicare tooth brush, it cleanses and sweeps out sebum/dirt/oil better than anything. Not too expensive for what it does you can get a basic one for 119. Plus you will go through your cleanser and other skincare slower because you will use less. I'm just a believer!! After tossing dollars and dollars out on crap creams and lotions, this is what gave me clear, even, soft skin! I'm a makeup artist, and I can always tell when a customer uses a clarisonic.....
  • iLoveMyPitbull1225
    iLoveMyPitbull1225 Posts: 1,690 Member
    Update for anyone who gives a flying f***,

    my skin is WAY WORSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!




    I use cetaphil as directed. Oil free moisturizer 2 times a day. acnefree terminator ( benzol peroxide 5%) Once a day. My skin is worse. the skin around my eyelids ( i dont even put it there?) and the perimiter of my nose are extremely itchy and flaky. :(




    So depressed I'm gonna have to go see a dermatologist. In a month.
  • nothing1994
    nothing1994 Posts: 1,936 Member
    Its the benzol peroxide


    Like i said before: u need to cool down on the chemicals
  • Huggybearz75
    Huggybearz75 Posts: 28 Member
    eat less (ie no) dairy. sounds weird but it is huge.

    clairsonic really helps if you can afford it.

    google the "aspirin mask" an exfoliant that works and is cheap.

    google the "oil cleansing method" sounds crazy, yes, but I am old and I had terrible skin for years. and it is the best thing I ever did.

    I agree with most posters who say you are doing too much. your skin is out off balance, and all the products just irritate it more. You dry it out, and it produces more oil to try to get in balance again. then you irritate it more. then it gets red/inflamed. then you use more products to counteract the redness. This is what I did forever.

    ease up on the moisturizer. just put it around your eyes and let your pores breathe.

    even if you don't do the oil cleansing method, read it and give yourself a steam facial a couple nights a week. then put nothing on your skin, let it breathe at night.

    It may get worse for a couple weeks ( your body cleansing itself) but it will get better!

    hope some of this helps :)

    Agree wholeheartedly with the above post! Dairy, especially cow milk, can cause breakouts for a lot of people, including me. After I stopped drinking milk, my acne got tons better. Also, I agree with "less is more". Using too many products can make your acne worse.

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