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[bufas]

Hello everyone, I've decided to make my own log, and therefore I'm copying all my updates from the caveman regimen thread.

May 24.
"I'm starting this as of today - will keep you posted. I'm 16, which means that if my acne is hormonal, this probably will not help. I've only had acne for about 7-8 months really and I must say that I feel bad for everyone who has suffered for years, I simply can't imagine the battle. My few pimples turned into bad acne steadily, but starting when I ruined my face with a wash serie which completely dried out my skin. A wash serie I kept using even though I got a rash on my neck and I could feel unbearable irritation when scrubbing my face. One thing has led to the other, and I now know that I've done so many very(!) bad things to my face, since learning so much on this site. Nobody in my family had acne, but ofcourse they've had the odd pimple. Therefore I'm really hoping this will put an end to my embarrasment. I've survived worse stuff than walking around with an oily face or a flaky face, so I don't think its going to be much of a problem. (Let's just say I don't pop my pimples and I've been on the DKR ~ very red, and heavy use of moisturizer+jojoba oil. Not to bring down the DKR though, it really is efficient.

Anyways, here I go."

May 29.
"Today is day 5 I believe, and it's been very up and down I think. Some of the things I've observed are:
- I have had no new zits in the places they'd normally be these last couple of days. (Chin and some of cheeks - basically around my mouth)
- My face looks freakin incredible in the morning and then less exciting as hours go by.
- I still have not experienced dead skin buildup (that I know of) nor flakes (except for eyebrows).
- Face feels less greasy every day I believe.
- I seem to get quite a lot of clogged stuff such as small pustules, whiteheads and small red bumps on my nose, cheeks and forehead. It sucks pretty bad, but I'm giving this a few months the least no matter what. Is this normal?
- The "rashes" are appearing, which was expected.

I think that's about it so far, I haven't told anyone that I'm doing this and I don't think I'm even going to tell my family. That is unless I see some good results ofcourse. But how does this sound to you wapak? I noticed in your gallery that you already had flakes by now, and I'm afraid it will take a little longer for me to heal.

Other than that - I love not having a regimen!

May 31.
"Yes baby! Finally some flakes.. Now I'm excited, yet can't wait for school .... This is day 7 for me I think, and I think that things are going to work out for me with this regimen.

I have a question though. I've read through many of the pages in the orgininal threads of this regimen and I've read several times that the dead skin was the worst part of this. But if this dead skin mask isnt flakes, and people say you can't really see it.. Whats so horrible about it then?"

June 1.
"Day 8.. Whiteheads in massive amounts.. Mostly where I never breakout, but theres a little bit everywhere. Alot of flaking on my eyebrows this morning, not really anywhere else. Kinda sad.. I'm not very happy about this, since pretty much anyone here having the flakes as their problem by now, but my acne has worsened. By whiteheads I mean tons of very small pustules. (Not much into what all the terms exactly means.) I have a suspision that's its from something I eat, but how could I know?"

June 6.
"Day 13 and still going strong. However it is soooo much up and down. One moment I'm very excited and happy about this regimen and the next I'm depressed about all these small pustules. I definitely see the dead skin around my nose now, and it SEEMS like all the small pustules on my cheeks are starting to dry out and move on to my chin. However I can't say anything for sure really. I'm a little flaky every morning but it's not that much really. Next friday which will be day 19 I am most likely going to rinse the face with water and gently remove the dead skin. Unless my face looks decent, but thats unlikely. The reason is that we're having this prom kind of party. We don't have proms in Denmark, but its like a party where the guys dress up in smokings ect., we eat, have a partner with pictures taken and so on. And I don't really feel like going with dead skin on my face. I know people have used washclothes, electric razors, towels and just their bare hands to remove the dead skin, but I have no idea what method I'll choose. I'd like to do it with just my hands, but isn't that difficult?"

June 14.
"I haven't updated in a while, but it was probably for the best. Today is day 21, and I believe I have quite a lot changes to mention. First off, I think around day 16 or so, I was playing floorball and I sweated ALOT, which resulted in the dead skin mask becoming very visible, so I ended up gently gliding a towel down my face to get most of it off. It worked but I'm not sure if it was a good thing to do. At day 19 I had to attend to this promtheme kind of party at my school, and I just kind of had to see if I could improve the condition of my face. So I rinsed my face in the shower, but when I came out, the deadskin was very mild in the places it had been visible day 16. Because of that, I was a little disapointed. However that was not the worst part of it, because after the shower my face looked like crap litteraly. All of my redmarks were very visible and my face was just incredibly red in general. I regretted having washed it, but decided to take a nap for a few hours and woke up with a much more decent looking face. So I went to the party and all, and I really enjoyed it. But dumb as I were, I joined this drinking game and ended up having beer all over my face. When I came home I would've normally washed the wax or whatever its called out of my hair and then washed my face, but I decided I wasn't going to do any of them. 2 days later I still havent washed, and I'm still waiting for any reaction. I honestly can't say if my face looks better or worse, so I'll wait with that. All I can say is that my face is quite oily today, which I think is a little weird. I plan to not wash my face for the next couple of weeks aswell. Longer if thats what it takes."

[wapak]

Good luck!

[bufas]

June 25:
It's been quite a long time since I've updated, so I thought I'd throw in some comments on my current condition. The thing is, that 10 days after my first wash, I was playing soccer with some friends.. A bunch of girls then run up to us with buckets of water, and ofcourse my face gets soaked... I got pretty angry, but quickly went inside to remove some of the mask which was clearly visible. Today is about 4-5 days after that, I'm not completely sure. However, I think that I can say for sure that my red marks from before starting this has completely faded. What I'm dealing with now is a few whiteheads and red marks from the whiteheads I've had during this process. And LOTS of dead skin - atleast near my nose. The funny thing is that the 20 first days I had little to no dead skin, then after washing it formed much faster and with an increase in the dead skin. After the second wash it formed even faster and there has been more dead skin than ever before. However I'm happy about it, since the skin is flaking where most of the red marks are at.

These last couple of days we've been on this field trip with the school, slept in tents and I've been very happy that I wasn't on some sort of regimen. However the weather has been awesome which means 2 things. Pretty much everyone bathed in the sea, and even though I was very tempted, I didn't. The other thing is that I got a little sunburned which resulted in an awesome complexion, but I'm expecting a breakout from it - still yet none though.

Another thing for everyone trying this: Do NOT give up even if you see alot of whiteheads, clogged pores and red bumps, seriously mine have decreased in numbers by time and the red marks from most of them are almost gone. I think I have maybe 5-6 bumps if you count. Not sure though, as I really don't look myself in the mirror much anymore.

To summon up, this IS working for me, and I think that my goal of having little to no acne by the end of the summervacation will be reached. We'll see though.

[CelloIsLove]

Just wondering how it's going for you Any updates?