Dryness will not stop

Hey guys, first thing is Ive noticed with all my posts all I talk about is being dry and I'm sorry about that lol. Now I've tried so many different things while being on the regimen to help with the dryness and the flakes. I've tried putting jojoba on before the bp, doing 5-6 drops of it in my moisturizer and I cant seem to find a moisturizer that absorbs. I've tried jojoba oil masks or exfoliating...and yet still it just doesnt help. I have noticed so much improvement with my face, but the dry skin is hard to deal with. I honestly still think its not just dry skin though, I think its something flaking off like my moisturizer. I've tried oil of olay, dans moisturizer which helped for a bit then stopped, cetaphil, and neutrogena.


I just really really wanna figure out what I can use that will help. I think jojoba oil does help some but not fully. Whenever I smile...like really smile my chin and around my mouth really flakes bad and turns red...so I just wish I could smile and not have to worry about that or how tight my face feels. Ive been on the regimen for 5 weeks and one day, And I'm using about 1 pump of bp 2 times a day. I actually ordered the AHA tonight and I'm going to try that do you think thats a good idea?

Thanks in advance and sorry If I'm annoying about this I'd just like to figure out what I'm doing wrong, thats all.

Trying this again

Hey guys, well I'm trying Dan's Regimen again....I quit last time because it dried out my skin really really bad and nothing was helping but I made the mistake of going to fast with it, so it was my fault. Then all I was doing was washing my face 2 times a day and thats it. then my face got more oily and was breaking out even more then before I was on it so I was just stuck!


Dans Regimen did help the first time, my acne was clearing up but I just wanted to give my skin a break after it being so dry for so long. So here I am again a few months later and I'm about 3 weeks into it, I use half a pump 2 times a day for now, and my acne is slowly clearing...But the dry skin is coming back. But really I don't think its just dry skin, it feels like its my moisturizer flaking off! Because when I smile and such it will flake really bad around my mouth and I can like put some water on that spot and rub it in? So then I thought well maybe I'm using too much, But all I was doing was putting it on 2 times a day and thats it.



The Jojoba Oil has helped with the dry skin but not the moisturizer flaking. I use Olay Complete for sensitive skin...I have used the cetaphil one but I felt like it was too thick for my face.


So what do you guys think I should do? Because if I dont use the moisturizer my face gets tight and dry and I'm afraid to use too much jojoba oil in case it makes my face even more oily or clogging my pores even though its not supposed to I'm still paranoid about it haha.


Thanks in advance

I dont know what to do...

Hey everyone!

How are you? I hope everyone is doing good. Well like my title says I don't really know what to do anymore about my acne. First off I'm going to explain EVERYTHING hopefully as short as possible. Okay well I believe my acne started 3 years ago so I was 13, it started out as blackheads and that was it, my mom told me to try this one acne medication and that's what started it all, not the acne I mean just worrying about my face and such. But to be honest I never stuck to it and I still wonder if I would've I would be clear by now. Well about a year ago I finally got myself to stick to something which was ProActive, it worked for 6 months then just stopped working. It dried out my face majorly in the process though.


So next I tried, clearasil, clean and clear, st ives products, clear advantage etc. None of them truly worked, they mostly dried out my skin a little so I went to a different one, And I do know that I messed up my skin doing this because I went to different products every month and ruined my skin. So about 6 months ago I found this site! (which is amazing) And I started Dan's Regimen. Now I believe it worked, It cleared up alot of the acne on my chin and such but It dried out my skin very very bad! Whatever moisturizer I used never worked, it would still flake and feel dry. Then my face started getting red and it just hurt bad! So I think I'm actually allergic to bp, and Salycic Acid dries out my skin too, not as bad but still.


So about 3 months ago I tried using natural stuff, like just using water, because I have oily skin now too and I didn't used to. The aspirin mask which I still use but once a week because it is like salycic acid right?? Ive also tried jojoba oil to moisturize and it didn't work either. So now I'm taking vilantae which is a B5 supplement, I will not take accutane I'm too scared to! It has helped with my oily skin, but I still break out more then before I was on it and Ive been on it for a month but I'm still going to take it.

Now I really want to change my diet! I have tried in the past to follow a good diet with no sugar, no wheat stuff like that, but I feel so uneducated about it. And then I give up. So I was wondering if maybe you guys could help like on what I should do to begin this? I do know when I eat sugar or dairy I break out more, I don't know about wheat...Ive tried to find stuff that was whole grain but I cant find any. I also try to be a vegetarian but then I heard soy is bad for you? Its live I cant ever win with this! And I noticed all my vegetarian food I get has wheat, and milk in it, So I shouldn't eat that anymore huh? So please if you can help me because I just have come to the point where I don't go out anymore, I hide my face as much as possible, Oh and yes my problem areas are on my chin, and forehead kinda...and I have blackheads on my nose. I know some people will think that's not bad but it is to me.



I know everyone is different but is there something that I can just do to start off with that's healthy? Sorry this is kinda long, and It's kinda unorganized but thanks in advance everyone! Have a good night.


Cody

I have a Problem

Hey guys well.....I was on the regimen for I think a month but that was about 3 months ago I believe and I had to stop because it dried out my face SO bad I couldnt even smile or move my mout really without it like flaking or getting really dry....I tried jojoba oil didnt really work I tried so many different moisturizers and they just flaked off........What did I do wrong but the one good thing is it was working...I mean my face was pretty clear and now i have all these clogged pores and my face is so oily...I want to try the regimen again but Im afraid too if that makes sense....What should I do differently this time? Maybe I went to fast like with how much bp to use and stuff?? Im using the ponds dry skin cream is this okay to use? with the regimen? if I do it...Please help! thanks

Is it bad

To take a one day break or something with this? Im just so miserable with my dry skin and the tenderness....I have been using the ful amount of BP since friday so i knew it would get worse but I dont know what else to do for the dryness....Am I not using the jojobal oil right? Like i put it on as a mask for 10min then wash it off then put on some cetaphil moistureizer and like 10min after that all the flakes come back and i have to re start over and over.... So I dont know anymore I just hate going out in public because I dont want people to see my dry skin! please just help thanks.