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[JohnMendelson]

Hello. I'm 34 and had my acne pretty much under control for roughly the last 7 years. I was using BP cleanser morning and night and BP gel every night. But during the last year I started working from home, and not knowing how effective BP really was, I completely neglected my skin, got off of BP and the results were terrible. My skin got soooo bad about 4 months ago. So for a little over a week now I've been using TONS of BP morning and night, and in that short time, although still not perfect, my skin has improved dramatically. Yes it's gotten flaky but if I have to go out I put on Cerave moisturizer as soon as I get out of the shower, wait about 30 minutes for it to evaporate and it hides all the flakiness for the rest of the day.

Anyway, I'm scheduled for laser treatment on my face and the people at the laser place said that I have to stop using BP completely for 2 days prior to any laser treatment as BP makes the skin very photosensitive and this could cause problems when under the laser. Does anyone know if stopping BP for 2 days will have a huge effect? Also these laser treatments may continue every 2 weeks, so they are really asking me to stop BP for 2 days every 2 weeks. Should I risk it and possibly lose this awesome momentum that I've got right now? Thanks.

[dmb41]

I'm going onto 1 week without BP, and am breaking out slightly. This didn't occur until day 4 for me.

I imagine its different for everyone.