Skin Thread

>dehydrated skin
What do?
My thoughts is to: slow down on BHA/AHA.
I also want to look for a new cleanser. Currently, I use the Cerave's Hydrating Cleanser (for normal and dry skin) but it seems to dry my skin just like their other cleanser for normal and oily skin... Hydrating Cleanser is still better though. It doesn't dry it as much as the second one.

moisturizer, hydrating essence, hydrating toner, occlusive and oil of choice

also no exfoliation until your skin is hydrated and no cleanser in the morning just rinse with warm water! And if you take really hot showers stop boiling yourself like a lobster

Alright, thank you for the answer. I already take lukewarm/cold showers and cleanse once a day in the evening. I also use a good moisturizer which seems to work really well with my skin.

I have no idea about where to start with the hydrating essence, hydrating toners and occlusive though.

I use Kikumasamune High Moist Lotion and corsx Advanced Snail 96 Mucin Power Essence. Some say the kiku clogs them, but it doesn't do that to me. The asianbeauty subreddit would be a good place for recommendations on essences and hydrating toners. Also an occlusive just locks in the moisture so you could use something like Vaseline

How do I remove tan?

i swear to god nothing works for my skin, besides dermatologist prescribed regimens

i eat healthy, drink nothing but water and lots of it, change my pillowcase frequently, wash with just water because products irritate my skin more. My skin felt extra oily so i washed with cold water and rubbed ice all over it, it smoothed it out and made it feel better, but now I have a bad breakout of painful red bumps. What the fuck is the purpose of acne jfc just fuck off

Started using a tea tree and watch Hazel toner and it is pretty good.
Im 25, still getting pussy yellow spots, took roaccurane for a while (and it did decrease the severeness of acne but was a bitch in other areas too) and I do exfoliate, est healthy, hydrate, etc. Could do with more fitness activities but I'll work on that.

But the toner was something I started using and i maybe get one spot a day at most now. Make sure Mr skin is cleaned in the morning and evening then apply the toner, then get some lotion on.
I mostly use it in the morning but occasionally in the evening too if I'm being extra healthy.

Worth a try if you're looking for something and haven't tried toners yet. Obviously it may be different for you though.

>tfw finally getting prescribed accutane after who knows how many years fucking around and a few with doxycycline
>tfw chose probably the worst time to do so since I have no insurance at the moment
>just really want it gone after having to deal with it for all of my teenage and adult life
>$360 dollars a month down the drain for this shit
I'm hanging in there. First week it cleared up like magic. Next two weeks and this one it has gotten worse but still better than before. Telling myself it'll be worth the financial strain.

use a clay mask on your oily spots. i have an oily t zone so whenever it feels oily i apply a clay mask to soak up the oils, then after washing the clay mask off with water i tone and moisturize. if you have oily skin, you'll want a light moisturizer that is not cream based but jelly

So I figured out a combo of some acids and chemicals together to completely remove the top layer of my skin.

That was neat, however you basically get pockets of sweat that get super itchy and if you don't wait for it to fully separate from your new skin and you decide to peels you'll get some superficial scarring scattered about.

Anyways my skin is smoother, softer and better able to absorb my other skin products.

theres a reason there are professionals in microderms and peels

stop wasting your time ruining yourself and use your money on a licensed professional

>completely remove the top layer of my skin

You are a moron.

> my skin is smoother, softer

You're exposing an unfinished layer of skin to the surface before it's meant to. Basic peeling cream will just get rid of what's ready to fall off. If you take a fucking acid peel to your face consistently you're damaging yourself and only encouraging what amounts to callous formation on your face.

Look forward to blotchy thickened skin, more wrinkles and other assorted fuckups.

> better able to absorb my other skin products

Not even this is true, your top layers are as permeable as the next. If you wanted to make it "more permeable" you're literally talking about acid scarring yourself down beneath the epidermis layer completely.

The reason you may feel like your moisturizer is absorbing more than usual is that you just exposed your entire face to new skin that desperately needs it because it doesn't work properly yet.

My skin is fine, I've worked with lactic, kojic, glycolic, citric and other acids on my skin for quite some time.

I am more so just trying to warn people not to do this the wrong way. I just didn't have benedryl and steroidal creams on me but over all between the month long prepping and three day process to allow the peel to take place along with the week long healing process beneath the peel before peeling itself occurred in sheets I'm pretty fine.

This is not my first rodeo. This is nothing that is subdermal, I've worked with skin and skin treatments for 5 years and was under the teaching of an skin specialist.

I will also say that my population heals faster from surface skin damage faster than other populations, which is why my recovery time is what it is.

My skin is oily, I want to fix it but my attempts so far haven't been very helpful.

>if your skin is dehydrated, it might overproduce oil to compensate
>in this situation, using drying or "oil-control" products won't help
How can I tell if this is the case? And what do I use if this is the case?

In the morning, if my face is a little puffy, I'll put on an ice pack while doing my stomach crunches. I can do a thousand now. After I remove the ice pack, I use a deep pore cleanser lotion. In the shower, I use a water activated gel cleanser. Then a honey almond body scrub. And on the face, an exfoliating gel scrub. Then apply an herb mint facial mask, which I leave on for 10 minutes while I prepare the rest of my routine. I always use an aftershave lotion with little or no alcohol, because alcohol dries your face out and makes you look older. Then moisturizer, then an anti-aging eye balm followed by a final moisturizing protective lotion.

I dont know where to post this. I always wanted to wear skirts but I don't to show my old mosquito bites. How do I heal this.
Pic is me.

Jeez, i hope you find a way to remove them totally or at least make them less noticeable. How long have you had them?

Did you scratch the bites?

carry blotting papers

exfoliate

looks pretty fa desu

wear them with pride

try The Ordinary niacinamide serum. It has zinc, should stop shining. Use a moisturiser morning and evening, but nothing too heavy/oily

Thoughts on Muji skin care products?

More than ten years

I have bad eczema at the back of the knee.

Lucky bastard, I was basically born with them

lol in the us every drug gets a shekel extra goy upmark.

nice. want zo look like a muslim acid victim?

rip.
cant do shit about such scars i guess. maybe sun would help. maybe ask a dermotologist. it looks like you bloodflow is fucked up in general

Are Avene products as good as they're being marketed? In my country they're the most expensive skincare line by far I've encountered during my couple of years of acne and oily skin battle. But never tried it. Now I'm interested. Anyone had some good experience with Avene?

Please help me guys!

I have had a scar on my nose for 2 years now. Got it after being hit and my nose being split open.

It is really red and is like a 4 cm long line. I have tried literally every fucking product there is and it does not go away. The skin around it has even been damaged because of all the products I have used, so I am not using anything right now.

Is it possible to remove scars on my face with a laser or whatever? It literally fucking kills me every time I see myself with a really red scar on my nose

I'm retarded, does this moisturizer have UVA/UVB blocker?

When using vitamin C serum, what happens to the old skin? I don't want to get a thicker dermis, just to get rid of a few discolored spots.

I'm using Cleanance, it's quite great, I don't have a lot of experience with cleanser but I'll stick with it. My derm also told me to get Avène products back in my acne days, they're very popular in France.

Not really, it has zinc oxide which is a good sunscreen but not much protection against UVB, use a sunscreen for better protection, I wouldn't count on the moisturizer alone.

Thanks for the reply, I'll start with Cleanance gel as well.

anyone have advice for a face with inconsistent complexion from my years of not using sun protection? Am I damned to have red spots across my face forever?

also i no longer have acne after going through accutane in my teens but i do have crevices in my face from acne scaring. started exfoliating hoping i can eventually even my skin out but i hope it's not for nothing

My skin is softer and lighter.

wash your pillows/pillowcases they're dirty as fuk

I mostly sleep on my back, does it still matter?

Guys, when I moisturise after I wash my face it doesn't seem to absorb and just spreads around the surface of my skin, I've tried various moisturisers and the same even happens with sunscreen.

Am I missing something?

I have witch hazel toner and was wondering what step in the routine it would fall under? Before red stridex pad and moisturizer?

Thanks lads

yes

Toner goes before moisturizing.

so it would go for me:

Cerave cleansing wash > BP Wash > Toner > Red stridex > cerave moisturizer

Sounds right.

My whole nose is infested with blackheads and so are the sides of my face and I really don't know what to do. Proactive didn't do shit if anything it made it worse and I've been just using a Neutrogena daily scrub with 2% salicylic acid and my skin is still glistening.

pls help

The weather is making my lips very dry and this chap stick is barely letting me hang in there. What lip balm do yall recommend?

Do the BP wash first

100% pure anhydrous lanolin
no, you're imagining it
sounds like you need a prescription strength retinoid
right but for the wrong reasons. Zinc oxide blocks all wavelengths of uvb, uva1 and uva2, but no, this lotion doesn't have any of that in there.
scar tissue massage, vitamin C, silicone sheeting, google it
>maybe sun would help
wrong wrong wrong
looks interesting. Hope it doesn't have fatty alcohols
see a derm
stop using so many chemicals. Moisturize, TO zinc + niacinamide
you shouldn't need any recovery time. Your skin looks like that because you're a moron and you are overexfoliating. There's nothing wrong with an acid peel every week or so, but you are overdoing it.
these
yes
moisturize
probably

lucas papaw ointment

I shave regularly and it aggravates my mild acne. Any tips and tricks to reduce this? I read the grooming section and it recommended using a pre-shave balm so I might get one, just not sure where to get it.

Does using a lot of moisturizer bad? Sometimes my skin is very dry and adding it burns my skin.

Also whats the difference with 30 spf and 50? Finally got a moisturizer with sunscreen but I'll gave to carry another one with me with 50 spf

Do sunscreens affect acne ?

Can anything be done to acne scares? Middle School me didn't know the effects they would have

don't scrub anything. blackheads are normal and come out on their own, whereas scrubbing always at least slightly damages the skin.

look after your face, continuing to very gently wash it. moisturise with sebamed (which will not block pores and is non-greasy)

you have to be patient with acne so that when it's gone your skin is as healthy as possible. you can use Paula's choice salicylic acid product, like a 4% solution

I'll be going to a tanning bed 2 days a week till I get some color. I'm very pale. Don't want to get cancer or fuck up my skin. Please advice.

>stop using so many chemicals. Moisturize, TO zinc + niacinamide
That's exactly and all I'm putting on my face apart from my cleanser. Niacinamide+zinc serum doesn't seem to have any effects whatsoever.

...could my cleanser be a problem? I'm using Cerave Hydrating Cleanser, should I try dropping it and seeing what happens?

Your skin is healthy pale
Tanned skin is not. You will fuck up your skin if you tan. also you probably wont brown
you'll just end up red

I want to get a tan. Haven't done it in like 5 years. I know I can. I've done it before. I just need to know the healthiest way to do it.

There is no healthy way to tan.

Professional laser treatment

How effective is this?

tfw I can't go outside without my skin turning from pale white to orange
the sun is a curse

is there a good brand that sells a pack that contains each of the things in the wiki or is it better to buy seperately? I have no idea which brands are good or not

BP before cleanse?

This is the BP lotion i've been using, but my skin is still visibly slick with oil

amazon.com/PanOxyl-Acne-Foaming-Wash-5-5-Ounce/dp/B002NKMGA2

Hi, any suggestions for products that are actually good in removing acne scars?

laser resurfacing, dermaroller, retin a, chemicle peels

Dairy products have inflammatory properties that really only affect people with sensitive skin.

I would definitely seek a dermatologist for the yellow patches since they could be any number of things.

The next step up - assuming you're using a salicylic acid face wash and benzoyl peroxide spot treatment - would be:
A facial cleanser containing sulfur and sulfacetamide
A clindamycin and benzoyl peroxide gel such as Onexton
A topical retinoid such as adapalene

Sulfur topical is keratolytic (basically thins the outer layer of your skin by causing it to loosen and shed) and sodium sulfacetamide is a sulfonamide (drug class that prevents the growth of some bacteria).
Clindamycin is an antibiotic and benzoyl peroxide is comedolytic and bactericidal (it both helps unclog pores and kills P. acnes). Products with a combination of these have appeared to be more effective than if you use BPO alone.
Adapalene, a form of retinoid, inhibits keratinocyte differentiation (making it comedolytic) and also has exfoliating and anti-inflammatory effects.

If that stack, which a dermatologist might substitute any one of those for another in the same class of drugs, fails, the next step is adding a tetracycline class antibiotic to the mix. If THAT fails, then you're fucked and your only hope is isotretinoin (aka Accutane, but Accutane was a name-brand drug that is now discontinued so stop calling it that - the new name-brand is Absorica).

Don't use 10% BPO. The only difference between 2% and 10% is more dryness and redness. Clinical studies have yet to find the effectiveness of any concentration higher than 2% to be significant.

Overpriced not worth it
Tons are better elsewhere

Not saying there isn't better elsewhere, but Body Shop is really cheap.

Lush is the expensive one.

>le underrated skincir
Too harsh on skin dont fall for it

No, but as you can see here their AM facial moisturizer does.

Professional laser treatment paired with professional chemical peels is effective at fading scars, given time. Of course, scars will never 100% go away. You can only make them lighter.

lol stupid niggers

Do you use toner or anything before putting moisturizer? Toners can prep your skin to balance its pH levels if you clean your face with a cleanser before moisturizer.

30spf cover 97% UVB while 50spf cover 98%. If you don't mind whitecast on your face go for 50.

wear a shit ton of sunscreen and try niacinamide, itll start to fade within 3+ months

how can i get rid of a tan?
i used to run all the time with no sunscreen and got really tan

my legs and arms are dark but face and torso are light
how to undo

alright, do you have a 2% shower lotion/cream that you'd rec that could replace that?

I really wish we have cerave and cosrx cleansers here

Cosrx is easily available on ebay with free worldwide shipping

Normally I use a facial cleanser and then use a moisturizer. So if I get a toner I use the cleanser and then the toner and then the cleanser?

How do I make my skin fairer/whiter? My body is super fair and my face is kinda dark compared to it. I was paper white as a kid.

cerave is shit. the foaming cleanser is the absolute worst, and their hydrating cleanser is not far behind.

try cetaphil.

what's the difference between cerave and cetaphil gentle skin cleanser? I've only heard people complain about cetaphil's consistency

Tried it, Cetaphil did nothing for me, wasn't any more or less effective than either of Cerave's facial cleansers as far as I could tell.
Maybe it's time to upgrade to a higher quality product? LRP's Effaclar line has a foaming gel and also a "deep cleansing cream" both of which are VERY popular on Amazon. Anyone have experience with either of those?

Depressed fatty going for a makeover here, I have a bit of a stupid question

I'm 23 years old and my acne never went away so I'm finally taking meds for it, tetralysal every morning and benzoyl peroxide at night (I wanted Accutane but my doctor said my case isn't that bad anymore, just persistent). My skin is feeling a lot dryer and better, just had one pimple appearing in nearly there weeks, that sort of frequency never happened to me

That being said, I also use a daily moisturizer with collagen, vitamin E and elastin after showering after working out to help firm my skin. I'm not in the territory of weird loose skin but better safe than sorry.

Should I use that on my face or is it better to leave it alone and let the acne stuff work?

>hands and face increasingly getting lines and wrinkles

fuck I'm finally getting old. what should I do now?