Skin help…acne AND a rash =(?
Sooo...I have had acne for 3-4 years now.
I don't know if you'd call it "severe" or everything, sometimes my face looks really bad, like 10 pimples...other times like 2.
I've tried everything to get rid of it.... I spend SO much time washing my face; you'd think I'd have perfect skin. But the thing is, no matter how much I clean my face, it's NEVER completely clear.
So…let’s see….
I've tried Clean & Clear Advance acne kit, Proactive, Acne Free kit, Clean & Clear spot treatment, I've tried Neutrogena, I've tried ALL the generic stuff...I've tried literally all the combinations I could make from the stuff in the kits. I've tried literally every face wash they carry at Wal-Mart and CVS.
I wash my face everyday (at least 3 times). I shower everyday (and at night too--even thought it'd be easier for me to in the morning, I've figured it's better to shower after the day is over and sleep clean, then it would if I lied in bed all night dirty--yes I put *that* much thought and effort into this).
I've tried toothpaste. I've tried crushed up aspirin, I've tried lemons. I've tried apple cider vinegar. I've tried cucumber face masks.
…I use to sleep on my side/stomach...I now sleep uncomfortably on my back ( I have to sleep in like the crack of my bed so I don't roll over >.>) so that my face doesn't touch the pillow.
I force myself to drink bottles of water all day long. I haven't had a sip of soda in 2 years. I've been avoiding eating anything man made, I pretty much live off of salad, I don't even use dressing, Y_Y. I don’t even where any kind of skin make-up or blush.
Point is, I’ve tried EVERYTHING.
And like, this week, my face basically exploded. My face is always red, and my pimples leave bad marks. Not only that, but I have pimples on my face that won’t go away…they're not red/ a scar...the skin just grows on top of the pimple, so it's liek a bump on my skin, (DISGUSTING I know T_T).
So nowwww, on Monday, I woke up with a horribleee rash on my face. Like, blots of my face are all red and puffy and like oily. It hurts too. Other parts of my skin aren’t red, but it’s realllly bumpy and dry.
So, I haven’t put anything on my face for three days. I’m really at my wits end. I really don’t feel comfortable in my skin at all. Last night, I basically bawled for an hour because my face looks so bad.
Like, I've been dressing in gray lately and I've been avoiding talking to people face-to-face, because my face looks so bad.
I really don’t know what to do =(
I have no idea where the rash came from.
I have NO ideas left on how to get rid of my acne.
I don't know what I'm doing wonggg. Urgh.
So, please, PLEASE, ANY help would be GREATLY appreciated.
Thank you.
August 8th, 2010 - 07:59
The rash sounds like you had an allergic Reaction to something, so you might want to go to the doctor for it. And the large pimples you have are actually cysts under your skin, and they are really hard to get rid of. Pretty much you just have to wait for them to go away on their own or you’ll scar your face from picking.
I understand what you mean about having trouble getting rid of the acne. my acne is pretty severe, and i wash my face every morning, and every night, and i even wear clear complexion makeup to help prevent breakouts.
But i do actually know a solution that works, and is supposed to keep the acne away for the rest of your life. The first thing you need to do is go to a dermatologist and ask them about accutane Its a pill that you take for a few months that I went on this when i was about 12 years old, (im now 20) and it cleared up my very severe acne 100% and my face didn’t break out for about 4 more years. and the only reason my face even broke out again was because i ddidn’t take good care of it after it cleared up.
Accutane was a miracle for me when i was younger. And i’m actually going to go back on it in another month! So i really think this might help you. good luck!