Will this skin care regimen get rid of my acne?
I'm 19, and I'm sick and tired of having acne. I've always had great hygiene and washed my face with salicylic acid cleansers, but I would always still get breakouts. For the past 2 weeks I've done the following:
-Neutrogena anti-acne salicylic acid cream cleanser twice daily
-Aveeno moisturizer after washing face
-in the evening, Neutrogena anti-acne face mask, combined with dissolved aspirin, left on face for 2 hrs daily
-then olive oil mask, left on for ~30 minutes
-shower
-Neutrogena Acne Stress Control spot treatment, left on overnight
It seems to be working. I haven't had any new breakouts, and the old ones are slowly healing. Now I just have lots of red scars and hyperpigmentation :(
My skin is not sensitive, nor is it dry.
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)
acne troubles ugh!!!!!!!!!!?
I use Neutrogena acne stress control in the morning and the grapefuit cleanser at night and my acne just stays! its mostly on my forehead and hairline but i also have blackheads on my chin! the blackhead formulas i've tried to use don't work! i went to the dermatologist like a year ago and she got my face clear and free of blackheads but it cost a lot of money. my dads a doctor so he says i shud just take this pill and it'll go away but i've been using it for a month and its not working. he's completely against the idea of going to the dermatologist and thinks the pill will "end up" working but its not! does anyone know a good cleanser that gets rid of acne or a way to get rid of blackheads other than an eraser? thanks!
chest and back acne problem?
i have acne stress control stuff that helps a lot on my face, but that stuff hardly helps anything on my back and chest... i really want to get rid of all of the stuff, but its not working... PLZ HELP
my face is never clear of acne?
i clean my face every morning every night, and use a 24 daily moisturizer
i use
Neutrogena Acne Stress Control Power-Clear Scrub
and
a neutrogena acne scrub.
I have tried so many products...my face will never stay clear. and i have horrible blackheads. what do i do?
Really bad acne all of a sudden….not sure what's causing it?
I have all of a sudden gotten really bad acne on my face, chest, and back even a few little pimples on my legs I have no idea where it is coming from. I've been working out more and I'm curious if maybe that has something to do with it?
My daily routine includes in the mornings
Wash my face with Clean & Clear Continuous control acne cleanser
Neutrogena Acne stress control Triple Action toner
Clean & Clear advantage Acne Control moisturizer
sometimes I will also use clean & clear acne spot treatment
For my body I use
Neutrogena body clear body wash.
I use make-up every single day
could it be the make-up causing me to break-out more?
I'm not sure any advice would do thanks!!
By the way I went through puberty a long time ago so it's not that
What to do about stubborn acne?
I have tried almost every product that is out there
(here's a general list of what i've tried:
Neutrogena Acne Stress Control Oil-Free Power-Clean Scrub
Neutrogena Blackhead Eliminating Daily Scrub
Neutrogena Oil-Free Acne Wash Pink Grapefruit Facial Cleanser
Neutrogena Clear Pore Cleanser/Mask
neutrogena pore refining cleanser
most clean&clear products including the advantage system, but it always dries out my face and gives me a rash
the body shop tea tree cleanser and toner
Clearasil Ultra Daily Face Wash
Clearasil Ultra Acne Treatment Cream Vanishing
Clearasil Pimple Blocker Pen
and this pore minimizer warming scrub from loreal or something at the department store)
and probably others i can't quite remember. things with 2% benzoyl peroxide, 10% benzoyl peroxide, 2% salicylic acid EVERYTHING
this is my one and only self esteem issue. i don't wear any coverup/foundation/powder or anything that covers my face, only make up i wear is mascara. my cheeks and chin are usually fine, every once in a blue moon they act up, but its nothing too bad. my nose has TONS of blackheads, large and noticeable. and my forehead is the big problem area. i wear my hair out of my face, i wash my face twice 3 times a day (when i wake up, after school, before bed). i drink 10 8floz of water a day, i don't touch my face you would think my face would be flawless but nope. i get break outs all the time. and now they've moved down to my cheeks which i was always confident with because they are clear. but my darn forehead. i break out with a zit at least once every 2-3 days and they last about 5-7 days so there is at least 4 on my face at all times. its a bummer and i see girls who exercise and don't wash their face right after and they touch their face and wear make up and have the prettiest clearest most flawless faces ever. i can't stand it.
what products should i take? what works the best for extremely stubborn acne?!
please help!
i also get a facial every couple months