Acne and Me: Overcoming the dreaded dots

I have the same problem. I’ll put on my makeup in the morning and be all “Oh, I’m nice and matte. My makeup looks awesome”. An hour later I’m a greasebag. I always bring touchup with me. If I don’t have anything, I will take a tissue and blot my face. I made a vow to myself to never touch my face because if I did, I may start popping pimples. Hahaha. I’ve heard a little milk of magnesia works well as a primer. But ti tell you the truth, its hard to get rid of oily skin!! I”m still dealing with it today.

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Hahahaha!! Thanks! I love hearing that. 

Definitely look for a good dermatologist. THey can help with smoothing out those scars. I’ve only done at home micro dermabrasion. I was told that laser was safe and helped a lot, but I’m too afraid! lol. Microdermabrasion helped to smoothen out my face overall, but for my boxcar scars, it didn’t do anything. I have one that is across my left cheek that I really want gone, but I can afford to do that now (maybe when I get rich one day. =D)

I get what you mean. For the longest time, I could never look someone in the eye because I don’t want to see them looking at my acne and judging me. I eventually got over it because I started working a lot more and because I have oily skin, my makeup would be virtually gone by the time I left. No one really treated me differently so I was like “eh, I guess they don’t really care”. Hahaha.

So to sum it up: 1. Dermatologist! and 2. You are your own worst critic.

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Look for a dermatologist.That is my first suggestion, because dermatologists specialize in skin. They spend at least another two years in school for it. Tell them your problem. Tell them what you gp gave you and work with him/her on a correct regimen for you.

Personally, I really like my neutrogena pink grapefruit cleanser. I’ve been using it for months and I love it! Look for toners that come with ingredients like aloe vera or green tea, because those ingredients are anti-inflammatory so they will help reduce redness. If you aren’t allergic to soy, I would try the Neutrogena visibly even moisturizer. It worked well for me and it has spf to protect your skin from the sun (SPF is a must if you use acne products bc salicylic acid and BP make your skin especially senstive to the sun’s UV rays, which is verrry badddd).

If I think of anything else, I’ll let you know! =D

A rash?? Is it painful or just like scarring? Well, first thing is to go back to the doctor and tell him that it’s not working. Think back to when it first started. Was it after you touched something and then touched your face? Were you using a new product on you face? Rashes can be the result of many things. I am really sorry, but to tell you the truth, I don’t know what to say. Just draw a map of when it first started and what you were doing when it came up. Sorrry!! =(

Yes, I have.  When I use it, I feel like my face ends up soo much cleaner after I shower. However, it is expensive. For me, this brush was an extra step when I had a lot of painful acne because I didn’t want to touch my face (I literally felt like crying when I touched my face when my acne was really bad). Now, I don’t really use it. I only use it every other week just to make sure my face it nice and clean.

I would recommend it if you had the money, but if you just want a brush for your face, look at drugstores. It;s so much cheaper.  

Hi! Sorry for the delay. Um, simple stuff…Basically, what I would do is take everything that you use that that doesn’t seem to work (you know your skin pretty well so if you used it for months and nothing happens, don’t use it). Try not to overwhelm your face with too many products. Cleanser, toner moisturizer and/or a spot treatment. Catalogue your face. Look for one acne spot. It could be one that just popped up. See how long it takes to disappear/fade. All your acne probably didn’t come all out at once right? So, don’t look at your entire face and say it’s not working until you try it out and make sure it’s not just because of the difference in time between each spot. LOL, am I making sense? Hahahahaha. I hope this helped 

Why can’t you use proactiv? Is it the benzoyl peroxide? You can substitute BP with tea tree oil, sulfur, salicylic acid, etc. I like the neutrogena grapefruit cleanser. It worked really well for me as well as the st ives apricot scrub fo acne. hmm…what else…

I use mostly either a flat top synthetic bristle brush (my go to is the studio flat top from ELF cosmetics that’s $3) or my Avon ergonomic reusable sponge. I used to use my fingers but i forget that here is still foundation residue on my fingers and i end up getting it on my shirt or pants.

For the brush I spray a little water on it so it doesn’t absorb the bb cream and everything mostly goes on my face. For the sponge I make it slightly damp for the same reasons.

Depending on how lazy I am, I will leave it as is, use my finger and spot treat with the bb cream, use a separate concealer or go over my entire face with mineral foundation of extra coverage.

The Missha PC is one of the fullest coverages I’ve ever seen for bb creams (about a high medium coverage to almost full depending on whether you use your fingers or a brush) but it doesn’t cover everything. Most of time I don’t mind leaving it as is, but when I need extra coverage I mostly use my min foundation over it. It helps to unshine my face a little as well. :)

I hope this helped!

Hey!! No I haven’t tried that! I will check it out. It looks pretty interesting. Thanks! =]