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[whathavewehere]

Hello... nice to hear that you've had some success with water-only... so occasional exfoliation is working for you? The toothbrush doesn't irritate your acne?

This was the log that originally inspired me:
http://www.acne.org/...-clear-of-acne/

I don't know if you've read that, but apparently she went completely without exfoliation and eventually her skin adapted...

Also, I used to be really into the whole masturbation-causes-acne thing... I'm not sure how big of a connection there was for me, but I might try it again just for kicks. Even if it's not the cause of my acne, the energy boost I get from it is quite nice.

Us water-only guys also have it easier than the BP'ers when it comes to things like swimming, sweaty exercise and just being outside in the sun. That's part of the reason I was never really into Dan's Regimen, even though I stuck with it for a year... the need to constantly put on sunblock to avoid skin damage, and the need to avoid sweating too much (otherwise the BP drips down to your shirt collar and stains it). Now, I'm looking forward to spending a lot of quality time outside, running, biking, footy, the works, without needing to worry about all that. Hopefully a combination of internal (diet, exercise) and external health (being gentle on the skin) will pave the way for better skin.

Hopefully you stick with this. Keep us posted with your progress.

[TheComeUp]

Oh how I am biting my words now...yeah I've broken out a bit. Chin, and under my face like under the jaw and stuff. I've been experimenting with shaving with plain water and I thought it was going good but obviously not. I took a few pictures of my face there and it looks like I've borderline severe acne..how the fuck is that? In my bathroom and bedroom mirrors it doesn't look bad but it looks horrible..seriously I'm tempted to just give in with this shit. I've a MASSIVE test next week and another one the following week and I'm gonna do so shit just because my skin is keeping me down. I dunno should I just go back on H&S...This really has got me thinking. Looking at the pictures it looks like I've acne EVERYWHERE I SHAVE..so yeah what can I do about that. I used electric before and I didn't like it because of dirt and stuff but thinking about it now my acne was better then than it is now with a hand razor.

I never thought my skin was this bad. Now I realise why I haven't being getting any attention from girls with ages. My skin looks atrocious even. I wish all the pain would go. I dunno will I even come on here anymore..I'm beaten...I might post pictures later, I dunno get another opinion.

One Love

[dreamingofclearskin2011]

TheComeUp, on 12 April 2012 - 09:30 AM, said:

Oh how I am biting my words now...yeah I've broken out a bit. Chin, and under my face like under the jaw and stuff. I've been experimenting with shaving with plain water and I thought it was going good but obviously not. I took a few pictures of my face there and it looks like I've borderline severe acne..how the fuck is that? In my bathroom and bedroom mirrors it doesn't look bad but it looks horrible..seriously I'm tempted to just give in with this shit. I've a MASSIVE test next week and another one the following week and I'm gonna do so shit just because my skin is keeping me down. I dunno should I just go back on H&S...This really has got me thinking. Looking at the pictures it looks like I've acne EVERYWHERE I SHAVE..so yeah what can I do about that. I used electric before and I didn't like it because of dirt and stuff but thinking about it now my acne was better then than it is now with a hand razor.

I never thought my skin was this bad. Now I realise why I haven't being getting any attention from girls with ages. My skin looks atrocious even. I wish all the pain would go. I dunno will I even come on here anymore..I'm beaten...I might post pictures later, I dunno get another opinion.

One Love

yo man dont give up bro. i was jsut in that situation a few weeks ago. member i was looking good then bam i just started getting acne all over again. but dude it will all be over one day and we will both look back and be like dang im so glad thats over with and we will go on with our life. but yeah i know what you mean with the no attention from girls lately. i dont even try right now with my face. i think you should go back to H&S it used to work well for you before. and also bro maby the neck acne is from shaving with no water. that is extrememyl irritating to the skin bro so it might be a mixture of mild acne and mild irritation bumps. you used to not break out where you shaved before with razors?.. you told me your acne looked better after you shaved bro. so i wouldt switch to electric yet. electric kinda irritated at first as well until your face gets used to it and i found that electric works best if you do it every day and just keep a stubble. if the hairs are grown out long the electric shaver is so irritating on the face man. anyway no worries bro just dont face girls right now. were going to live for ever we can get girls later after acne lol no worries dont let it stresss you out. acne only affects you for this timr period while its here. grades on test affect and attribute to learning in your future when you wont even have acne anymore. so focus on that test man! you never let acne come in the way of your study before! any way bro good luck! btw im doing ok.. im still taking doxy but the doxy i feel has literally done nothing for my ancne. at all. but my redmarks are starting to fade more day by day. especially now since i work on a golf course in the sun all day long 9 hours a day 40 hours a week LOL ill be tan with no marks in no time! but i think its causing bad acne on my nose because my nose is burnt to hell and ive gotten new acne really bad there. oh well. im just trying to ignore it go on with life and forget about the acne one day before we know it acne will be history! good luck bro!

[TheComeUp]

dreamingofclearskin2011, on 13 April 2012 - 03:14 PM, said:

TheComeUp, on 12 April 2012 - 09:30 AM, said:

Oh how I am biting my words now...yeah I've broken out a bit. Chin, and under my face like under the jaw and stuff. I've been experimenting with shaving with plain water and I thought it was going good but obviously not. I took a few pictures of my face there and it looks like I've borderline severe acne..how the fuck is that? In my bathroom and bedroom mirrors it doesn't look bad but it looks horrible..seriously I'm tempted to just give in with this shit. I've a MASSIVE test next week and another one the following week and I'm gonna do so shit just because my skin is keeping me down. I dunno should I just go back on H&S...This really has got me thinking. Looking at the pictures it looks like I've acne EVERYWHERE I SHAVE..so yeah what can I do about that. I used electric before and I didn't like it because of dirt and stuff but thinking about it now my acne was better then than it is now with a hand razor.

I never thought my skin was this bad. Now I realise why I haven't being getting any attention from girls with ages. My skin looks atrocious even. I wish all the pain would go. I dunno will I even come on here anymore..I'm beaten...I might post pictures later, I dunno get another opinion.

One Love

yo man dont give up bro. i was jsut in that situation a few weeks ago. member i was looking good then bam i just started getting acne all over again. but dude it will all be over one day and we will both look back and be like dang im so glad thats over with and we will go on with our life. but yeah i know what you mean with the no attention from girls lately. i dont even try right now with my face. i think you should go back to H&S it used to work well for you before. and also bro maby the neck acne is from shaving with no water. that is extrememyl irritating to the skin bro so it might be a mixture of mild acne and mild irritation bumps. you used to not break out where you shaved before with razors?.. you told me your acne looked better after you shaved bro. so i wouldt switch to electric yet. electric kinda irritated at first as well until your face gets used to it and i found that electric works best if you do it every day and just keep a stubble. if the hairs are grown out long the electric shaver is so irritating on the face man. anyway no worries bro just dont face girls right now. were going to live for ever we can get girls later after acne lol no worries dont let it stresss you out. acne only affects you for this timr period while its here. grades on test affect and attribute to learning in your future when you wont even have acne anymore. so focus on that test man! you never let acne come in the way of your study before! any way bro good luck! btw im doing ok.. im still taking doxy but the doxy i feel has literally done nothing for my ancne. at all. but my redmarks are starting to fade more day by day. especially now since i work on a golf course in the sun all day long 9 hours a day 40 hours a week LOL ill be tan with no marks in no time! but i think its causing bad acne on my nose because my nose is burnt to hell and ive gotten new acne really bad there. oh well. im just trying to ignore it go on with life and forget about the acne one day before we know it acne will be history! good luck bro!

Thanks for the support man really means alot to me...I'm all good again though thankfully...I guess it was the pressure of exams and shit...the exam went pretty damn great btw i was real happy after!!! Yeah the shaving with just water definitely didn't help because I went back to my old shaving regime and I haven't got neck pimples since...i just realised when my face looked real shit last week it was the day after I shaved (with just water) so no wonder it looked red...I have broken out a bit this week though, but I've completely stopped artificially exfoliating so I'm sure thats causing it as I've barely been even using my hands to wash my face...I'm still using only water. I'm gonna follow the real success regimen that said as little hand contact at possible. It said that expect to break out in the first week because off dead skin build up and increased oil but after that it's clear sailing i'm optimistic because yes my skin has been very oily this week and I have been breaking out a little. That didn't happen before because I was exfoliating every other day. So i'm gonna just go natural now, with shaving doing the only exfoliation outside of my hands

Sorry to hear about the doxy bro i know it must be frustrating...you gonna stick with it or go for something else?? I remember you said ages back you wanted some stuff thats risky but is full proof if you respond properly to it...CONGRATS ON THE JOB!!!! Great news man, and on a golf course? Neat..I'd kill for that tan haha

Yeah the girl thing is bothering me a little but hey if I'm clear for summer holidays I wont mind at all about now because it'll be all worth it...

Thanks for the support and advice man greatly appreciated as always!! I feel like I'm back on track again...so yeah lets do this. Good look bro

One Love

[inaikaz]

Very insightful~

[TheComeUp]

Okay so hello everyone. Sorry for not updating with a while....been busy with school and other shit. So my skin isn't doing too bad but not brilliant either. I'm still breaking out around my mouth...particularly in the last week or so. I actually can't figure out whats causing it. I've reduced shaving to once a week and although it has helped red marks and redness, I still break out. And I've noticed i'm getting pimples between my eyebrows too which are pretty big and sore and take ages to go away. One thing I've changed though is with the last few days I've re introduced my toothbrush for exfoliation. My face just didn't look or feel properly clean with just water and my fingers. So yeah early days again but it seems to be having positive results. I might limit it to every second day just to be safe. Red marks around my jaw are almost gone. They've faded alot over the last few weeks. So good news there...really down about all the marks and spots around my mouth though. It's my birthday in a few weeks and I wanted to be clear by then when I started coming on here. Not looking good I'm afraid...got school photos taken a while ago and I nearly cried when I was at home thinking how shit I'll look in it all because of my acne. I've noticed more people from school like glancing around my face as we speak and I know straight away it's at my acne. I can tell they think I do nothing for it and I couldn't give a fuck when it's the complete opposite. Life is hard man. If I had no acne I'd probably be one of the most popular kids at school...be with loads of girls...be getting nearly the best grades in the school. Never thought acne would affect me so bad... Anyway enough of my ranting. I'll update when ever I can.

One Love

Just a little thing I'd like to point out. I have been eating less healthy than normal with the last week or so and I'm hoping thats causing this breakout because I'm over that again. I was just getting really stressed and angry and ended up eating chocolate, and crisps every day and then I started to break out. I also think mayo could be bad for me. Not sure about dairy in general though. Although I try to limit it as much as possible just to be safe. One of my favorite rappers has a line that goes 'sometimes sunshine is only a phase'....i try to reverse that line and say 'sometimes acne is only a phase' and thats what keeps me a little sane. I'm really hoping I'll be clear by the time my big exams finish in lateish June because it'll be partying like hell and I want to really be on good spirits for that which means good skin for that confidence...anyway I better go. I've got loads of homework and study.

One Love

[dreamingofclearskin2011]

sup bro long time! i think the proccessed food is whats causing your acne. and maybe jerking it? i found out i kept getting chin acne wafter i jerked... :/ then i quit again and chin acne is gone again.. so maybe that could be it. also i got loads of acne when i kept eating ALOT of cookies and crap. so i stopped that and things have calmed down as well. i figured out what i think has been helping me over the past few weeks. absolutely no dairy. a few snacks a day(proccessed food ie honey buns oatmeal cream pies poptarts ect) eating non hormone injected meats from the grocery store and applying dickonson witch hazel with cotton pad morning and night. the witch hazel is doing wonders on my acne man. i had acne all over my entire forehead and after about 3 weeks or so of witchhazel (started using it on my forehead first for saftey pre cautions as always) my acne is all gone completely on my forehead so i started using it on my cheeks now for a week or 2 and its clearing up most the acne quite well. i pretty much have only a few really under the skin bumps now. and my redmarks are either fading orrr they are blending in with my tan face because i work outside full time now.. it sucked i didnt wear sunscreen the first week and my marks got a TON red i mean so bright everyone at m work was prolly talking behind my back.. now theyve calmed down and i wear sunscreen im now starting to get a nice very slow fading tan and its helping with the marks... anyway thats my little update since ive been gone practically the same time as you lol.. oh yeah and just as a cruel joke i keep going on the masturbating forum and typing carrie prejean.. hahah its evil i know...
peace holmes

[wll37]

TheComeUp, on 05 May 2012 - 04:16 AM, said:

Okay so hello everyone. Sorry for not updating with a while....been busy with school and other shit. So my skin isn't doing too bad but not brilliant either. I'm still breaking out around my mouth...particularly in the last week or so. I actually can't figure out whats causing it. I've reduced shaving to once a week and although it has helped red marks and redness, I still break out. And I've noticed i'm getting pimples between my eyebrows too which are pretty big and sore and take ages to go away. One thing I've changed though is with the last few days I've re introduced my toothbrush for exfoliation. My face just didn't look or feel properly clean with just water and my fingers. So yeah early days again but it seems to be having positive results. I might limit it to every second day just to be safe. Red marks around my jaw are almost gone. They've faded alot over the last few weeks. So good news there...really down about all the marks and spots around my mouth though. It's my birthday in a few weeks and I wanted to be clear by then when I started coming on here. Not looking good I'm afraid...got school photos taken a while ago and I nearly cried when I was at home thinking how shit I'll look in it all because of my acne. I've noticed more people from school like glancing around my face as we speak and I know straight away it's at my acne. I can tell they think I do nothing for it and I couldn't give a fuck when it's the complete opposite. Life is hard man. If I had no acne I'd probably be one of the most popular kids at school...be with loads of girls...be getting nearly the best grades in the school. Never thought acne would affect me so bad... Anyway enough of my ranting. I'll update when ever I can.

One Love

Just a little thing I'd like to point out. I have been eating less healthy than normal with the last week or so and I'm hoping thats causing this breakout because I'm over that again. I was just getting really stressed and angry and ended up eating chocolate, and crisps every day and then I started to break out. I also think mayo could be bad for me. Not sure about dairy in general though. Although I try to limit it as much as possible just to be safe. One of my favorite rappers has a line that goes 'sometimes sunshine is only a phase'....i try to reverse that line and say 'sometimes acne is only a phase' and thats what keeps me a little sane. I'm really hoping I'll be clear by the time my big exams finish in lateish June because it'll be partying like hell and I want to really be on good spirits for that which means good skin for that confidence...anyway I better go. I've got loads of homework and study.

One Love

hey, my advice to clear your acne around your mouth is to change your toothpaste. I used toothpaste which loaded with SLS (either lauryl sulphate or laureth sulphate) and I always get acne around my mouth, around my chin. 6 months ago, I changed my toothpaste to detergent-free toothpaste and I'm now cleared up from acne around my mouth and chin. in my case, it works. I can't recommend a brand, but if you want to give it a try, just look up on the ingredients. make sure it's not loaded with detergents (SLS).
talking about your acne on your eyebrow, tretinoin (prescription) works on me.
sometimes after I shave, I spray avene thermal spring water to reduce the redness and it works. I know it's expensive but i'm not using it everyday.

[TheComeUp]

Thanks for the tips man I'll be sure to check them out!!! Yeah I had a sneaky suspicion that it's the toothpaste I'm using then I reduced using toothpaste to once a day but still no results...I'm thinking of starting using baking soda as toothpaste though...as for my eyebrow area - it's weird. I've only been breaking out there since I've started using water only and stopped using a towel on my face... I'm not going back to that just for the sake of my eye brows but I think it might be to do with me shaving the space between my eyebrows once a week... Eh the eyebrow area isn't really a big problem for me so I think I'll let it natural for now at least. I'm gonna try baking soda now though. And if it doesn't work I'll take you up on that recommendation! Thanks man, I really appreciate it

One Love

dreamingofclearskin2011, on 05 May 2012 - 09:54 AM, said:

sup bro long time! i think the proccessed food is whats causing your acne. and maybe jerking it? i found out i kept getting chin acne wafter i jerked... :/ then i quit again and chin acne is gone again.. so maybe that could be it. also i got loads of acne when i kept eating ALOT of cookies and crap. so i stopped that and things have calmed down as well. i figured out what i think has been helping me over the past few weeks. absolutely no dairy. a few snacks a day(proccessed food ie honey buns oatmeal cream pies poptarts ect) eating non hormone injected meats from the grocery store and applying dickonson witch hazel with cotton pad morning and night. the witch hazel is doing wonders on my acne man. i had acne all over my entire forehead and after about 3 weeks or so of witchhazel (started using it on my forehead first for saftey pre cautions as always) my acne is all gone completely on my forehead so i started using it on my cheeks now for a week or 2 and its clearing up most the acne quite well. i pretty much have only a few really under the skin bumps now. and my redmarks are either fading orrr they are blending in with my tan face because i work outside full time now.. it sucked i didnt wear sunscreen the first week and my marks got a TON red i mean so bright everyone at m work was prolly talking behind my back.. now theyve calmed down and i wear sunscreen im now starting to get a nice very slow fading tan and its helping with the marks... anyway thats my little update since ive been gone practically the same time as you lol.. oh yeah and just as a cruel joke i keep going on the masturbating forum and typing carrie prejean.. hahah its evil i know...
peace holmes

whatup homestead it's been a while!! Yeah it's definitely due to eating shit food and stress from exams isn't helping...jerking it isn't really a problem for me i'm still going pretty strong but maybe it's that it's not having an effect on me anymore?? I was so tempted to use H&S the other day...i dunno how i resisted! Great to see you're clearing up man really witchhazel? I'll look into it....but great stuff man. Awww I'm so jelly of that tan dude...in a month and a half I'll have summer holidays and that tan would do me great lol...my redmarks have faded noticeably since I last updated a few weeks back and that is by far the most positive update I have. It makes the existing acne not so bad. Anyway man take care, hope the job is going good! I'll need to get one over the summer for college and ish next year...can't wait though. Lol, I've heard of her...haven't seen the tape though but yeah she's a dime. I actually feel bad for some of the guys there. They try their heart out to do 10 days whereas me and you just do that like it's tying shoelaces...anyway man great to see you're getting some results!

One Love

[TheComeUp]

Okay so an update! Well it's been a little while now since I've started using baking soda instead of toothpaste and it's definitely reduced the amount of breakouts around my mouth. So yeah that's good. Still a few pimple forming on cheeks and neck and stuff but not bad. I turned 18 last week and it was a downer to wake up to acne. I think I'm getting uglier as I get older when really it's the opposite. The lack of any female hook ups of any sort has made me really self conscious about everything. I'd alcohol for my birthday and sure enough I broke out a little on my chin. (partly because I spilled a bit of a beer on my mouth). Red marks are improving but still look shit to me. I'm starting the exams that'll define my life on the 6th of June so stress is through the roof. Less sleep etc. Plus I can't put as much focus into my skin. In Ireland they say Leaving Cert year is the hardest year of your life and tbh I hope thats true. I'm really really sick of life. I broke down in front of my dad the other day because I maintain I've nothing in life. He tried to re assure me but in one way he knows that I'm depressed. Then I said probably the cruelest thing ever (regret it now) when I told him if I don't get my course for college I'm going to kill myself. I wish I was joking but I'm not. I hate myself for spilling that on him. He's done so much for me and has always backed me when I fucked up. I cried because I owe him and my mom so much and I can't pay them back. It doesn't make sense anymore. Life doesn't seem real to me anymore. They say when you're depressed you start to lose the sense of touch and certain emotions and I think it's happening to me. I was with all my friends and classmates in school there a few days back and they were all happy and shit and making the most of our last days together and I was like lost... I'd very little emotion or anything. Now I'm in bits. I regret it so much that I didn't get involved that day. Even the kids who're less popular and confident than me seemed like giants compared to me. Then one of my friends said that I'm not myself. Honestly I wanted to cry. I just said it's pressure from exams but it's not just that. I've lost it as a human being. I dunno whats up. I know this has nothing to do with acne but this seems to be the only place I can express how I feel. How sad right? Okay see yeaas. Pray for me I'll pray for you

One Love

[Beender20]

TheComeUp, on 24 May 2012 - 02:24 PM, said:

Okay so an update! Well it's been a little while now since I've started using baking soda instead of toothpaste and it's definitely reduced the amount of breakouts around my mouth. So yeah that's good. Still a few pimple forming on cheeks and neck and stuff but not bad. I turned 18 last week and it was a downer to wake up to acne. I think I'm getting uglier as I get older when really it's the opposite. The lack of any female hook ups of any sort has made me really self conscious about everything. I'd alcohol for my birthday and sure enough I broke out a little on my chin. (partly because I spilled a bit of a beer on my mouth). Red marks are improving but still look shit to me. I'm starting the exams that'll define my life on the 6th of June so stress is through the roof. Less sleep etc. Plus I can't put as much focus into my skin. In Ireland they say Leaving Cert year is the hardest year of your life and tbh I hope thats true. I'm really really sick of life. I broke down in front of my dad the other day because I maintain I've nothing in life. He tried to re assure me but in one way he knows that I'm depressed. Then I said probably the cruelest thing ever (regret it now) when I told him if I don't get my course for college I'm going to kill myself. I wish I was joking but I'm not. I hate myself for spilling that on him. He's done so much for me and has always backed me when I fucked up. I cried because I owe him and my mom so much and I can't pay them back. It doesn't make sense anymore. Life doesn't seem real to me anymore. They say when you're depressed you start to lose the sense of touch and certain emotions and I think it's happening to me. I was with all my friends and classmates in school there a few days back and they were all happy and shit and making the most of our last days together and I was like lost... I'd very little emotion or anything. Now I'm in bits. I regret it so much that I didn't get involved that day. Even the kids who're less popular and confident than me seemed like giants compared to me. Then one of my friends said that I'm not myself. Honestly I wanted to cry. I just said it's pressure from exams but it's not just that. I've lost it as a human being. I dunno whats up. I know this has nothing to do with acne but this seems to be the only place I can express how I feel. How sad right? Okay see yeaas. Pray for me I'll pray for you

One Love

damn i completely feel you with the depression thing. There's days where I feel completely desensitized to life and living in general. I know its the acne that's causing it because on days when i feel good about my acne I'm outgoing, friendly, and happy as a whole. Days when my face looks like shit I stare down at the floor, try not to talk to anyone, and avoid my friends (even though by this point they know I have acne!).

Anyways I'm not using any products like you are..and I really think its for the best. I never get painful pimples anymore and red marks from pimples are gone in under a week. Although I'm not washing with water at all, its still pretty much the same thing your doing. But really I keep noticing a decrease in the amount of pimples I get in a week and on any given day now I have about 2 pimples....but the best part is hardly any red marks.

But yeah this acne thing is just a phase that will pass and try not to let it affect your life so much. I know it sounds stupid coming from me because I probably sound hypocritical but oh well. My best days are when I don't look in the mirror and just think I have clear skin, which I'm hoping I'll have by the end of august.