tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3587555282776358698.post3544780103440658261..comments2023-10-17T09:38:30.639-05:00Comments on My Lips are Red: Dealing with adult acneAmanda Nelliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05691700450226607478noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3587555282776358698.post-88292499571685295022012-01-23T14:32:10.897-06:002012-01-23T14:32:10.897-06:00A couple people have told me their skin cleared up...A couple people have told me their skin cleared up when they started a gluten-free diet.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12894546999426419012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3587555282776358698.post-5735098575822092362011-12-29T16:55:09.320-06:002011-12-29T16:55:09.320-06:00I have problems with moderate to severe cystic acn...I have problems with moderate to severe cystic acne. The kind that form deep in the skin, form a big hard red lump and take weeks to go away. Sometimes squeezing them is the only way to relieve some of the painful pressure. I have scarring--bad scarring. I rarely leave my house without wearing foundation. I have tried just about everything, even several rounds of prescription antibiotic treatments, over the years with only minimal effect. The only option left for me to try is Accutane. I've heard of some the awful side effects, but I have to try it. I will start next year when my better insurance plan kicks in. If the effects are bad I'll just have to stop, but I have to have tried before I give up and accept that I just have to live with it.<br />I recommend everyone see a dermatologist, even if you don't have acne problems. They will scan your skin for potential cancerous growths. If you do have acne, I guarantee that (assuming you have decent insurance) it is a much more cost effective way to get treatment than trial and error with many different products.<br /><br />Of all the research I've done on skin care, if you do nothing else for your skin (not even cleanser is absolutely necessary if not removing makeup) USE SUNSCREEN on your face.Moon Mommahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16026496726156328334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3587555282776358698.post-57112013480369258522011-12-29T12:54:39.770-06:002011-12-29T12:54:39.770-06:00Oh, breakouts. I too am an expert on my own my own...Oh, breakouts. I too am an expert on my own my own face. I'll give you my hard won routinue ( after years of fucking it up)<br /><br />I use a fairly expensive cleanser (GM Collin organic) but at 30 bucks a bottle, 2 squeezes per washing lasts me months. <br /><br />I throw some baking soda in that mix a couple times a week to use as an exfolliant. I have a more expensive exfolliant ( Collin again) but I really prefer the Baking soda. I exfolliate a lot...but my skin seems to need it.<br /><br />THEN moisturise. Faithfully. With Collin again ( 60 bucks, but has lasted almost a year cause you need so little) in which I throw two drops of tea tree oil. <br /><br />At night, I wash with Just the Collin, then Toner ( Burts Bees Rosewater and Gylcerin, but you can make the same stuff from the walmart first aid aisle)...followed with a wipe down of Tea Tree Oil. <br /><br />TTO does a couple of things for me - fades the splotches where I may have picked at a pimple, and evens the colour of my skin. It also kills any new ones in their tracks. You rub a little TTO in the pimple as soon as you feel it (2 X per day). First day, nothing. Second Day it feels Hard underneath..and by the third day it is dissolving under your skin. No Blotch from where it comes to a head and no hard nodule underneath.<br /><br />If I Do pick? TTO and Triple Antibiotic Cream. Cuts the scarring and healing time by 2/3rds.<br /><br />I used to use ProActiv - which worked for awhile but is Super drying - so I was getting splotchy red from that.<br /><br />Sigh. But Yeah. It sucks to be in your 40's and still thinking about your damn skin.Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12920042208198309201noreply@blogger.com