Hi, my name is Jessica and I am a first time poster and a first time regimen user. I was inspired by some continuous posts that I read of people on the regimen and therefore I decided to keep track of my success on the regimen with updated posts. I have to admit I recieved my regimen in the mail 2 weeks ago and I partially started to use it(Daniel Kern's facial wash, bp treatment, and moisturizer, I am not using anything else/or anything from the store, only acne.org products). That was my first mistake. I started off completely wrong. I started off using it twice a day and wearing makeup and then my semester at college ended so I got off my daily routine and started falling asleep with my makeup on every night for like 3 days in a row
not a good idea! that was the worst thing I could do and I know this for a fact b/c every morning that I woke up after falling asleep with my makeup on I had new blemishes on my face or red spots that were deep. I also am a long time and heavy picker. I pick my face religiously and I have many scars to prove it. The sad part is that I am only going to be 20 this November so I def started out wrong the beginning. I started having acne around 7th, 8th grade and I am a sophmore in college now.. Long time acne sufferer. It has definitely taken a toll on my life. I would skip school, work, family gatherings, friend outings, and I am to that point where I can't take it anymore. I am missing out on life and this is the worst my face has ever been and I was currently using Proactiv with no success and then I stumbled upon acne.org and the regimen. After reading all of the success stories, I knew it was for me and so I ordered it. I restarted the regimen last night after messing it up so badly and developing cystic acne on my cheeks. This is the worst my face has ever been and so it is no better time to start the regimen. So here it goes. Day one, I have an active one trying to develop on my forehead (right in the middle.. ugh! ogre! lol)
and my nose isn't too bad.. just a couple red marks from picking. My cheeks def have some active ones and some terrible red marks from picking. On the chin there are some bumps that have white stuff in them but no point in picking because they are so far under the skin and they aren't rising so I figure I better leave them alone (you can't really see them unless you are super up close) yay!
the worst part of all though is around my mouths. I am getting these terrible black heads that are puffing up into blemishes and they suck! that is the worst place to get acne and the even suckier part is that this just recently started happening. I have never had problems with acne around my mouth... so sad.. I definitely don't want to make myself into a victim because I realize that others have it worse than I do ( I have seen some cases unfortunately)
and I should be thankful that mine is what it is... but I just basically want to share my story and possibly get a little encouragement to continue and power through this acne adventure. If anybody has advice or similar stories they want to share I would greatly appreciate it!
anywho... I have one more issue... ever since I started having acne, I also started wearing makeup. I have never been confident and def haven't always had the most self esteem so I have been wearing foundation, concealer, and powder for years. I am trying very hard to lessen it and only wear when I absoulutley have to but omg it is soooooooo hard! I just hate the thought of anybody seeing me with acne all over my face.. This is going to be a very hard process and hopefully I will grow physically and mentally from this whole process and overcome my acne and my confidence issues.. To anybody who reads this, thank you for listening to my rants and raves and I will def be updating this all the time so that I can track my progress and grow from this experience... This is the first day of the rest of my life!
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