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[dejaclairevoyant]

Im sorry I really dont get what your complaints with your skin are..or why you even need any sort of regimen. Call me crazy but uhh..your skin is PERFECT!

[Melfice2k]

I think for her left to fix her skin pores size and look like as Majjhima Nikaya ...

Mainly for minimize pores need minimum 1 year skin being without acne and less oily.. So it would be easy to work on face

[User15978]

hey I had a quick look at your log.... keep it up, and gud luk

tash ox

[answerme]

DejaClaireVoyant, the tane has made me 97% zit-free but also left more scars (hyperpigmented, raised and indented). they're somwhat scattered and not noticiable if you look at me about more or less eight feet away and those pics were taken under a good lighting with all the cosmetics i listed. i also still have ENLARGED pores on forehead, cheeks and nose. im still looking for other ways to fix the textural imperfections. anyway, thanks for the taking time to read my log.

hey Melfice2k, you may be right about controlling the oiliness first before my pores would be easily closed w/ the topicals. just a correction, it isnt majjhima nikaya whose skin i really like. it's han go eun.

tash, thanks for taking a quick look. hope your regimen works as well for you. i'll take a look at yours later.

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HOT WATER METHOD

moojamba's A Simple fast FREE regime!!, -soak your acne away

so i just did my first soak early this morning. i filled the tub with water and dipped in the electric heater for around 3 hours and added a little more cold water. it was hot enough i guess coz when i soaked my arm/feet and moved it around, it was burning hot! i also added about 3 pinches of sea salt (haha! i know should have added more for a tub of water!)

- before i did the soak, i exfoliated my face with Nu Skin exfoliator (with microbeads) and then followed it up cetaphil cleanser just to help clean the cosmetics off (i wore minimiser, tinted moisturizer and pressed powder yesterday).

- then i soaked my face in the tub for more than a 100 seconds (110 maybe), taking breaths every 10 seconds. after that i soaked my entire body for 100 seconds straight. then i got up to take a cold shower.

- i didnt use any soap or cleanser on my face but i did wash my hair chest and back with head & shoulders, and conditioned my hair with cream silk conditioner.

that felt great and i was able to stand the cold shower in the morning. i didnt put anything on my face after patting it dry with an unscented facial tissue and my face still looked glowing, not dry (only one small area on my left was looking a little flaky), and more even-toned. i did notice some blackheads ready for easy extraction on my nose and cheeks. i extracted them out using the tiny metallic comedone extractor. so my pores looked clean but open as well. i left it like that anyways. im definitely gonna keep doing this.

UPDATE:
i did another soak tonight before taking a cold shower. almost the same procedure without using soap or anything else on my face before and after the soak. also, the water i used was a bit cooler this time since i didnt have much time to heat the water longer. after the soak, my face look hydrated naturally but i also felt a dry/flaky small area on each cheek.


WORLD ANIMAL DAY



i wanted to bring my dog, Dixie, to Makati City for the 4 free vaccinations the city hall is gonna give today. too bad we cant bring the car over there due to color coding. so i just jogged around the village with her for 10 minutes from 8am.

then i washed my face with tap water (not too cold nor warm). my skin doesnt look greasy even after an hour.



WHAT I ATE TODAY

breakfast:
- 1/2 green lemon juice diluted in a cup of water
- open-faced sandwich (1 slice of white bread (no wheat bread available), 3 slices of tomato, 1 garlic clove minced, 1 tsp extra virgin olive oil, 1 poached regular egg, dash of pepper and less than 1/16 tsp sea salt)
- 1 banana cavendish
- 400 IU vitamin E (d-alpha tocopherol)
- 100 mcg yeast-free selenium
- 1 capsule optima omega (marine lipid concentrate 1100 mg, omega 3 EPA 150 mg, DHA 100 mg, other omega 3 fatty acids 50 mg, and deodorized garlic oil)
- 1000 mg bee pollen
- 1 glass of water

- 2 glasses of water
- 1 coconut water (had 14 g sugar content)
- 1 chico fruit

lunch:
- 1/2 cup brown rice
- 1 korean burger patty
- 1/4 cup steamed cauliflower (w/ pepper, sea salt, lite dairy creme butter, extra virgin olive oil, green lemon)
- 2 chicos
- 10 mg isotretinoin
- 50 mg zinc (from zinc oxide chelate)
- 400 IU vitamin D3 (choecalciferol) + morning sunshine
- 200 mg betaine HCI
- 2000 mg calcium
- 50 mg magnesium (from magnesium oxide chelate)
- 1 glass water

- 1/2 cup moon cake w/ salted egg yolk

dinner:
- 3/4 cup brown rice
- 4-5 large shrimps
- 1/2 - 3/4 cup lato/seaweed
- 1/2 cup steamed & seasoned cauliflower
- 1 korean burger patty
- condiments (white vinegar with garlic and salt, soy sauce with chili sauce)
- 1 chico
- 1/4 cup guyabano
- about 2 tbs soy lecithin granules w/ glass of water
- 400 IU vitamin E (d-alpha tocopherol)
- 100 mcg yeast-free selenium
- 1 capsule optima omega (marine lipid concentrate 1100 mg, omega 3 EPA 150 mg, DHA 100 mg, other omega 3 fatty acids 50 mg, and deodorized garlic oil)
- 1 glass of water

- lotte double in lemon & kiwi sandwich
- unhealthy multi-grain crackers
- a little boy bawang cheese & garlic
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HOT WATER METHOD

moojamba's A Simple fast FREE regime!!, -soak your acne away

2ND DAY:
-i did it only once, face and body, no sea salt, water less hotter. had cold shower after. used H&S on chest and back. then i used vmv hypoallergenics moisturizer for oily skin on my face coz i didnt want my derm to find me so dry the next day.

3RD DAY:
-i did it twice for my face and once for my body (cool water on my body in the morning). i used cetaphil in the cold shower for my face to remove cosmetics i applied after my visit to my derm. used H&S on chest and back.

4TH DAY:
-did the soak twice for my face. used cetaphil after my second soap. used H&S on chest and back in the cold shower in the morning.

ive noticed that my face can now stay less oily even when i soak and wash only once in the entire day. blackheads still come out to the surface on cheeks and nose. a few number of pores look smaller too. i do get that glowing look when i soak in hotter water then follow it up with a cold shower.


WHAT I'VE BEEN EATING

basically, more unhealthy resto food than healthy food.

SIXTH MONTH ON ISOTRET

ok i just got it on oct 6 (that's the 3rd day of my hot water method trial). my derm gave me again some hair-skin-and-nail supplements (actually she had me buy it).

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DRY HAIR

during the mid-5th-month on tane, i noticed my hair was getting so dry.




so i had it cut pretty short again...but then i think when they added hi-lites, my hair become more dry/frizzy...and my skin tanned a little (caused by the hot red lights?). and no, conditioners dont seem to be working.

[answerme]

damn i've been eating most of the foods im supposed to avoid! even those i know im allergic to!

[answerme]

BACK ACNE?

im not sure now if the white bumps i have on my back just below the shoulders are acne. i dont have the red bumps anymore. but i do have hyperpigmentations and these white bumps (which i dont really know what to call).

ive been using Head & Shoulders clean & balanced on it, been on accutane for almost 6 months now, used vmv hypoallergenics id sweat acne and overall anti-bacterial monolaurin gel and soap with salicylic acid on it but they're still there. they've been there for months already to almost a year i guess.

i also have these bumps on my chest, plus lots of tinier bumps (chicken skin?).

[Adam82]

BACK ACNE?

im not sure now if the white bumps i have on my back just below the shoulders are acne. i dont have the red bumps anymore. but i do have hyperpigmentations and these white bumps (which i dont really know what to call).

ive been using Head & Shoulders clean & balanced on it, been on accutane for almost 6 months now, used vmv hypoallergenics id sweat acne and overall anti-bacterial monolaurin gel and soap with salicylic acid on it but they're still there. they've been there for months already to almost a year i guess.

i also have these bumps on my chest, plus lots of tinier bumps (chicken skin?).

Sounds like keratosis pilaris.

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ariventa, thanks for that input. im researching on that now. i think my bro recently had tiny bumps too and my dad has had them ever since i was a kid but i think my bumps are quite larger and white unlike theirs.

[andrew*]

Pretty amazing skin. Was your acne incredibly mild before you started accutane? Do you have any "before" pictures? Good luck.

[answerme]

Pretty amazing skin. Was your acne incredibly mild before you started accutane? Do you have any "before" pictures? Good luck.

thanks andrew.

i used to have mild to moderate acne ever since i was 12. many years later, facedoctor caused me worse milia which turned into huge cysts/nodules, mostly on chin. that's what led the derm to give me accutane. sorry, i didnt have a camera yet at that time to take a pic of my skin at its worst.

what about you? how's your treatment goin for you? hope its working great.

[localhost]

Your log gave me such great hope..... your skin looks great....

[answerme]

hey localhost, thanks for dropping by. glad my log somehow made you feel better. im sure your dose is just as right for you. (i read your recent posts).

[dejaclairevoyant]

Cute hair! I used to have mine that short but Im doing the super long thing now. I do miss the freedom of super short hair though! Just shower and go.

[answerme]

dejaC, i agree, short hair is so much easier to style & manage. i rarely have mine that long coz it gets really frizzy.

[answerme]

ALERT!

for many days now...

unhealthy diet - green smoothies + stress + bad sleepin habits + once a day wash (usually) + all-day-on-org = oily skin + depression.

[zeljo4never]

i know what you mean, my skin is unbelivably oily, i can take my finger and wipe my nose and my finger will look like it was dipped in water

[answerme]

i know what you mean, my skin is unbelivably oily, i can take my finger and wipe my nose and my finger will look like it was dipped in water

we oily-skinned ppl can run our vehicles usin our natural oil.