Any acne product you recommend (for dry/combo acne prone skin and acne scars)?
I recently started getting acne. (And by recently, I mean last year in 6th grade. The same year I just started getting my menstrual cycle. a.k.a period.)
Any-whoo. I'm in the 7th grade and I'm 12 years old. I have combo/dry skin, and I've tried almost every product in the world. Which isn't very wise considering the fact that the economy's bad. :P
HISTORY:
When I started getting my monthly, I also got a zit once a month. I used some products, but it didn't work. It started getting worse in the beginning on 2010. I started getting 2-3 zits a month, and then, right when I went to go to China, (around July) I had 6-7 zits all over my face. I just broke out. Blackheads, whiteheads, crystalline acne, anything and everything. You name it, I had it.
I couldn't stick to a daily regimen because when I was in China, I was in a village, and plus, you don't see many 12 year olds with travel size acne kits, now do you?
Anyway, when I came back to America, some of my acne had diminished. I was stuck with a lot of scars. But my skin was still pretty bad because my pimples just kept coming back. When one zit had disheveled, another comes. When that goes away, another comes. It was a never ending cycle. But then I started using Neutrogena Acne Stress Control Cleanser and it went back to 1-2 pimples a month. I'm still stuck with scars.
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Now that that's done, can anyone recommend me some products? I know that everyone's skin is different, but I'm still willing to try anything and everything to reduce my acne and my acne scars. I know I inherit my acne from my mom (she had had it when she was little and my brother has acne too...but much less milder than mine) and maybe because of my period? I don't know.
PRODUCTS I'VE USED:
[Dx]Neutrogena | Oil-Free Acne Wash
[Dx]Neutrogena | Alcohol-Free Toner
[Dx]Neutrogena |Oil-Free Moisture Combination Skin
[Dx]Neutrogena | Rapid Clear 2-in-1 Fight & Fade Gel
[Dx]Aveeno | Daily Moisturizer
[:)]Neutrogena | Acne Stress Control
[:)]Sana (Japan) | Namerakahonpo Haritsuya Cream
Please list some products! (It can be through YOUR personal experience)
Are there any ways to zap a zit fast?
I have really bad acne. I've tried just about EVERYTHING out there, and yes, each for al least 2-3 weeks. I've tried ProActiv, Neutrogena Wave, just about everything Clearasil has to offer, many Meutrogena clensers and astringents, abrasive soaps, "garunteed results" (not) acne products, EVERYTHING!!! I feel like I'm the reason Walgreens keeps building new stores :) lol jk but still you get my point.
I'm kinda looking for an easy, effective home treatment for COMBINATION skin.
Right now I'm using dermatologist perscribed Duac at night and Differin in the morning. My skin doc said I'd see 99% clearer skin within 6 months, and it's been well over a year and I still have acne. I've been on Retin A and at least 3 different antibiotics but nothing works. I'm 13 and I've had bad acne since I was about 10 or 11, and I know I still have a few more years of it since both my parents had bad acne (mom on her back and dad on his face. I got both. Ain't I lucky :-/ ) I know I could just tough it out the next few years but I'd really rather not since I've already had what I feel is more than my fair share of acne.
My topicals keep huge outbreaks from happening, but I'd really like to know an effective spot treatment for the sits that pop up unexpectedly.
Oh ya and I'm not terribly unhealthy. I eat ok (like most Americans I pig out on sweets a little more often than I ought to and I don't get an hour of excercise everyday) and I'm only 130 lbs, which is only 3 lbs outside my target weight range, and I'm by no means the heaviest one out of all my friends.
I heard you can use toothpaste to dry up zits, but I've never tried it and i'd like to know of anyone has and of it worked for you.
Thanks for reading this and not falling asleep, and thanks in advance for any answers or advice you have!!!
What routine should I use for my acne treatment?
Today I bought the Clean and Clear blackhead scrub. I use Clean and Clear Shine Control Cleanser in the morning and put a moisturizer after that and at night i use Clean and Clear Continuous Acne Cleanser. Now since I bought the Blackhead scrub thing I don't know when to use it... So should this be my routine or is it too much:
Cleanser and Moisturizer (Morning)
Blackhead Scrub (3 times a week in the morning)
Acne Cleanser (Night Everyday)
Exfoliate (Twice a week)
By the way I have combination skin.
Suggestions will be nice please. Thank you! =D
what acne product worked the best for you?
i have blackheads on my nose and little bumps on my forehead. its not severe but i want to gone. i also have combination skin. im outside/working out for 2-4 hours everyday. what worked best for you? and how long did it take to clear up completely? when did you start noticing a difference? what was your skin like before? ect.
thanks!
hey rebecca! yeah ive tried the biore nose strips and they worked then but they made my nose EXTREMELY oily. did it make yours
Cetaphil for acne? (only those who used or knows someone who uses)?
hey
im thinking of trying cetaphil gentle daily facial wash and the moisturizer that comes in a similar bottle
but at the moment i use aveeno foam clarifying cleanser, st ives blemish and black head scrub, and aveeno redness reducing lotion
which doesnt really do me any good cuz i always break out....
i have
-somewhat bad acne
-whiteheads
-blackheads
-large pores
-combination skin
-and very sensitive skin
would you reccomend this to work for me?
I'm obsessed with my facial blemishes?
In over 4 years I have acquried an obsession with my facial blemishes. I have a few nodules, I mainly get pustules (but I haven't in awhile), ocassionally papules & some whiteheads(closed comedones). I have a bunch of small acne scars on my forehead from picking but I've broken that habit.
I have combination skin meaning its oily on the forehead, nose & some of the skin under my eye right next to my nose. The parts that are oily are the areas that get acne & the dry areas are flawless. & I do use oil control film but it fails me.
I have tried everything from creams to foams to scrubs to facials to home remedies to on the spot acne treatments, benzoyl peroxide, salisylic acid, toners & so on.
I've used brands like Neutrogena, Cetaphil, Clean & Clear, Clearasil, St. Ives, Stridex, Sea Breeze, Eskinol, Olay, Erythromycin Topical Solution (prescribed by my dermatologist)
I have a device from Dermanew that uses microdermabrasion to refine & polish the skin & get deep down into the pores.
I mainly use honey if its for anything pimple related but I have used basil, oat meal, apple cider vinegar, sugar, green tea, etc.
I live cleanly & healthy. I was my hair everyday & make sure not to clean my hairline with conditioner. I pin my bangs up. My bed is clean. My house is clean. My town is not so clean. I eat healthy & drink tons of water, in fact its all I drink. I get enough hours of sleep. I am not stressed. My family hasn't suffered acne problems just the typical teen zits. I have finished my period a week ago too.
I have consulted my dermatologist about this & she gives me perscriptions that don't work or my mom won't buy it because its too expensive.
My acne isn't as severe as those people who desperately need it but on a scale from 1 - 10 of how pimply I am is about a 5.
So what can I do to rid myself of this acne or a way to cope with the ugliness.
Btw, all my treatments I have spaced out & I changed products like 4 or 5 months out of no results in usage.
I'm not stressed I'm just really bothered with all my acne.