i need a dermatologist to help me! or just someone who knows about skin!!!?
ok so im 13 and my family cant afford to send me to a real dermatologist. and we cant really afford lots of expensive medications that might not even work. so here is a description of what my skin is like...
i have very oily skin. right after i wash my face its not too oily but about 5 minutes after its really oily again. i try not to touch my face a lot, and i try to buy oil free skin products. the acne on my forehead and chin is like so : some pimples and the rest (a lot) are small little skin colored bumps. and on my chin i have tons of little whiteheads. i also have whiteheads on my under eye area. i get those same little bumps (i guess their pimples) around the corners of my nose. i have blackheads on my nose and a couple acne scars from where i (foolishly) poped pimples. i have very large very dark purpley blue under eye circles and i also have eye bags. i have little red blotches on my cheeks. yes i do wear makeup. i wear oil free dermatologist tested liquid foundation that wont clog pores. i also wear a very thick layer of concealer (which doesnt even fully cover the circles). and i wear mascara and blush. but thats it. i have two small little red dots on the line of my bottom lip. they look like they could be really small red pimples. but theyve been there for a while and they havent changed.
this is my skin care routine...
i wash my face with clean&clear face wash. then i use witch hazel as an astrigent on my skin. then i use acne treatment moisturizer by clean&clear. my routine doesnt seem to be doing anything to my skin at all. i would really appreciate some tips. and maybe some home remedies. im kinda scared to try any home remedies right now because they might make my skin worse.
im making my skin sound really bad and ugly. it isnt too bad but i would never go out in public without my foundation and concealer. thanks for anything!
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what are your best homemade acne remedies?
for the most part, i have totally clear skin if i stick to my skin care routine, but every once in a while i get really deep, painful zits usually on my nose, but i can shake them in a day or so. i got one the other day on the side of my nose, and it is so big and ugly and painful and i cant stand another second with it. i've spent the past hour trying to make it at least hurt less, i've done 2 face washes, 5 scrubs, a mask, my wave, a spot treatment, an i even tried toothpaste, and it looks no different. i cant go to longs or anything anytime soon and i need it to be gone by tomorrow or i'll go nuts, so i need a really good, fast working homemade acne treatment, does anyone know one? also, i only need one or two, so dont send me to a site with over 100 or anything cuz then i'll just get confused. and dont make them too weird, make the ingredients stuff i would have
and changman, did you even read the question, what do you think i've been doing for the past hour
argh, what is with all these ppl saying wash your face, read the stinkin question!!!
Skincare routine for combination, moderate acne, and acne scars?
Hi!
Recently i've been having a pretty bad time with my skin. I've been swapping my skin care routine around because i just CANT find a good skin care rountine for my combination skin , and i have moderate acne on forehead, cheeks and chin area. I also have many dark acne scars on my cheeks and on the right of my eye area---they are so noticable and visible.
It is really annoying because ive been reading so many product reviews and wanting to buy all these cleansers, moisturizers, toners, spot-treatments, masques, sprays, creams...you know...everything!
I currently use:
Clearasil daily gel wash
Clean and Clear oil-free toner (which i will stop using cause it has alcohol!)
Clean and Clear oil-free moisturizer
Clearasil ultra 5% benzoyl peroxide cream (and on other nights i use Mario Badescy Drying Lotion, but that sometimes makes me break out even more!)
I really dont know what to do, right now i look like a horrible ugly monster with scars, combination skin and lots of pimples and so many blackheads on my T-Zone.
Please help me by suggesting some products i could use for
1. Cleanser, Moisturizer (and toner if you think thats neccesary)
2. Spot treatment, or acne cream/gel.
3. Acne scars
I live in australia so we dont have all the products that the US and other countries have :(
Thanks so much for reading all this!!
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how to get rid of acne in a week???? Please!!!!?
Okay so im all set for school but i have 1 problem-some pretty bad acne!!! i don't have a ton of those big zits but a lot of little to medium ones all over my chin, nose, and forehead. They are very noticeable!! This is my daily skin care routine
Morning:
1. Loreal 360 exfoliating scrub (the orange one, with the scrub-let)
2. Biore triple action astringent
3. Clean and Clear acne advantage spot treatment
Night:
1. Biore daily recharge foaming cleanser
2. Biore triple action astringent
3. Clean and clear acne advantage spot treatment
Weekly:
1. Biore Weekly pore strips (nose)
2. Some type of face mask.
So i can't buy proactive or any of that stuff or really any storebought products, so i need home remedys. DO NOT SAY TOOTHPASTE!!! I tried that and it burned my face!! so i need some help big time. This is really starting to bother me because i swear i can't name even 1 of my friends who has more that a little blackhead. I really really need some help!!! I use concealer but i always sweat it off. I just really want some clear skin.. PLEASE!!
ok i ment like 1 or 2 storebought products i just cant order the proactive, skin id, maxclarity ect ect. i cant do the asprin thing cause 1. we dont have asprin and 2. my mom thinks its rediculus...anyway what loreal 360 works the best???
okay for the asprin thing would motrin/iveprofen work as a substetute?
My acne! :( Please help?
A few years ago I was diagnosed with severe ulcerative colitis and was hospitalised. Before that I had been on many drugs, anti inflamatories, anti depressants all sorts.
After going through virtually ALL of the OTC supplements and facial regimes, I decided to take a deeper look at my acne. I figured, since I had been on so many drugs, I may have a fungal overgrowth in my body. I had a 'hair test' done and the main stressor in my body, was indeed fungal in nature. Possibly candida. I went on a three month candida diet, excluding almost all sugar, the only sugar I ate were natural occuring sugars in vegetables like spinach, drank a hell of a lot of alkaline filtered water and took garlic and pau d'arco supplements.
Result?
NOTHING
I think thought, I may naturally just have an excessively oily face. So I started taking vilantae B5 from evolution X. I must admit, this did clear my acne a small amount. At the same time I was using Acne Free skin care routine. This combination did not rid me of acne, but it cleared it up about 40%.
I then decided I couldn't afford this anymore. £30 per bottle of vilantae is far too expensive!
I thought, maybe due to my colon and digestive problems in the past, I may have a toxic colon, or my liver my be struggling to get rid of toxins, thus it is excreting them via my skin.
So I did a 5 day liver detox (very unpleasant) and then went on to do a three day apple cleanse, taking anti fungal enemas everyday (the same as acne free in 3 days routine). The result? I noticed ONE pimple dissapeared, the rest stayed and my face stayed the same.
I then decided to do a colon cleanse, and purchased (cautiously) the colon cleansing kit from blessed herbs. I did the whole cleanse, and although it did work, nothing has changed with my face! Infact, today my face has broken out even more sad.gif.
The colon cleanse involved a completely raw diet three days up to the cleanse, then five days of apple juice. I am now still eating a raw diet but my face looks terrible!
I have been on accutane and all the others...I dont want to go back on medication for it. The accutane messed my liver up.
I really don't know what to do anymore, I am at my wits end. Someone please help sad.gif. I am so frustrated and lost so much self esteem.
Help!?
Anyone know of any acne cleansers from Wal-Mart that actually work?
I have moderate acne. I used to use Dermalogica Skin clearing wash, rapid clear treatment pads and neutrogena anti-acne moisturizer to help clear my skin. It worked...For a couple months..... Then, it just didn't work anymore. So, I decided to switch up my skin care routine a little. I started washing twice a day instead of just once. That didn;t help...It just aggravated it. So I started using Neutrogena's Pink Grapefruit cleanser, followed by the rapid clear treatment pads and Velocity Moisturizer...Well, once again, it's not helping AT ALL! SO....DOES ANYONE KNOW OF AN ACNE CLEANSER/TREATMENT THAT YOU CAN BUY FROM WAL-MART THAT ACTUALLY WORKS AT CLEARING UP YOUR SKIN?! AND YES- I WANT to go to the dermatologist! But my mom won't let me (I'm 17). I feel hopeless, cuz while she's busy telling me that my acne will go away on it;s own, I'm getting more and more scars (I think.... Idk.). And it is hereditary to some extent. My mom had it (not sure if it was as bad as mine) when she was young, but her parents let go to the Dermatologist. Rather than see it as a skin problem that CAN be cleared if we find the right treatment, she blaims it on me drinking "too much Dr Pepper"! She claims a dermatologist would just put me on the pill or give me expensive, dangerous topical steroids.