My quest for the holy grail

So let me start by introducing myself, since I didn't open a thread in the "Introduce Yourself" forum (shame on me!). I am a 25 year old male student from the Netherlands, and am currently doing an internship. I have had acne since I was 13. My acne changes a lot but I think it is moderate at the moment. I have tried loads of products like almost everyone here. My recent epic failure was proactiv. All it really did was make my acne worse. I'm still glad I have tried it because I would have always wondered if it was any good for me otherwise. Then I found acne.org, which leads me to the start of my log:

After some research I ordered two big bottles of Dan's BP and a tube of AHA. Because of the high shipping & tax price ($100 ouch!) I had to pay, I am not going to order the cleanser and moisturizer yet. A friend of mine is going to the US next month and I will force him to take an extra suitcase for my acne.org needs! (muhaha) Until that time I am using:

Clinique Liquid Face Wash as a cleanser.

Biotherm Homme T-Pur Intense SOS Corrective Moisturizing Concentrate (who comes up with these names?) as a moisturizer.

After getting some weird looks in a bunch of drugstores I actually found a store that sells organic Jojoba oil. While I was shopping I went and got the cheapest pillow covers I could find (well that's a lie, but pink just isn't my color), since I have a cat that thinks it's ok to sit and clean it's grubby little paws all over my bed! (I'd do the same in his basket if he would actually use the flippin thing... money well spent there..)

So anyway I started on Friday evening to make sure I didn't have to go out looking like a microwaved tomato if anything went wrong. I think I used a bit too much BP, but it was really hard to get my entire face covered with a small amount. All went well but I did (and still am) experiencing the red- and dryness that others mention to. After forgetting to brush my teeth before washing my face a few times, I finally got it right two days ago (brushing your teeth without the foam coming from your mouth is quite an accomplishment!). I just hope I can remember to keep doing things in the right order when I have just woken up. Printing out Dan's checklist might be a good idea.

I am now on day 5 and the redness is still very visible, and because I try to avoid my eyes with the BP it looks like I've been wearing snowgoggles. I haven't gotten any comments about it yet, but that's probably because I have a 24 inch monitor to hide behind at work! Shaving irritates my skin sometimes, so I tried adding some jojoba oil to my moisturizer, which really worked well. It did however make my skin very shiny, so I will only be adding it in the evening. After bleaching another towel that was given to me as a present (oops) I decided to buy some cheap (non-pink) ones.

I will try and update this thread when I have something interesting to write, in the mean time feel free to ask me questions, make witty comments, say hi, ridicule my spelling/grammar, or realize that you have just wasted precious minutes of your life reading about mine and find a better thread!

What ever you chose to do: thanks for reading

Shipping to a hotel

Hi,

I have recently asked the question to Dan's customer service, but just realized it might be better to ask here. I live in the Netherlands, and shipping costs are pretty high imo (I also got charged almost 40% extra in taxes). I'd rather be spending more money on the products instead of the shipping. Anyway, a friend of mine is going on holiday to America next month and will be staying in a hotel. Now my question is, has anyone ever shipped Dan's products to a hotel in America, or knows more about doing something like this?

Current product is making my acne worse, what to do?

Hi,

As most people here I have been trying a lot of different products over the past 10 years. I have been using proactiv for almost a month now to try and get rid of my moderate acne. Since I started using it my skin has been getting worse. Zits are popping up faster than usual, I am not sure why this is. Now I don't know if I should keep trying proactiv in case it is working but needs more time, but I really feel like I should have noticed it getting better by now.

I have already ordered Dan's products to try the regimen, but it's going to be a while before they arrive from the U.S.

Should I continue using proactiv until I get the products for the regimen, or should I stop?


Thanks for reading,
Enry