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[reality]

BASIC OVERVIEW

Basically, our skin naturally, was structured for it to be able to control and maintain itself, just like how our body produces certain amount of hormones and etc to maintain homeostasis. It produces the optimum amount of moisture, and etc... Naturally, it's not flawful and acne prone. (There are exceptions however, just like some people are born without limbs, some people are born with a skin very prone to acne. Now, of course I took this into consideration so I wrote down on my first post who I believe would benefit the most from this (ie: people who have no acne anywhere else except their face))

Now, the problem with some of us is that we use SO much medications, chemicals, and etc at our mild or even low moderate acne that eventually and overtime, the chemicals contained on these products (BP included) destroy our skin structures. In analogy, it's just like bombarding a city to eliminate all the bad guys, but at the same time, killing innocent ones.

PERSONAL EXPERIENCE

I am an acne sufferer. WAS an acne sufferer. I followed my research and experimented in my own skin. After a year, my results were excellent.

Here are mini updates I wrote in my journals regarding my condition:

UPDATES AND PROGRESS (Descending Order)

1/11/06 UPDATE: Well... what can I say - I'm clear. Been clear for many months. I can officially say that my skin has finally recovered from all these chemical damages done from commercial products such as Pro-Activ, Murad, BP, and etc... I don't care about my skin anymore. I don't take care of it, don't look at it, and even go against my diet advices. Why? Because I never get BAD BREAKOUTS anymore, even when after eating boxes and boxes of chocolates, pizza, and spicy stuff. I'm glad I started this. It's been a struggle waiting paitiently and faithfully, but my God, it was worth it.

7/16/05 UPDATE: (what I wrote in my last post in this thread) I just want to bump this article for one last time. Every since I've been following my theory religiously, I keep getting better and better results. Now, which has been many many many months since I've started my product, my face is entirely different. Because my skin has REGENERATED AND REPLACED my old one that I had when I first wrote this thread, it is now completely new skin, undamaged and untouched by SKIN DAMAGING medication and products. Results? My own skin's natural defenses and structure keeps me from having acne. I am now, 99% clear! 99% only, because I have two which after many months of being clear, appeared. They're both fading now though.

EVEN MY REDMARKS FROM THE MOST RECENT PIMPLES now disappear QUICKLY (just weeks!), instead of waiting for 6 or so months! I don't know why, but it's probably because of my new and undamaged skin which can now properly repair itself.

3/24/05 UPDATE: It has been 5 to 6 months since I have started my regimen. For the first 3 months, I was getting results, but I still have acne (small ones). My acne never became worse since the third month. The next month, I have been improving, but slowly. I however, could not get past 3 BIG acnes. Everytime those 3 BIG acnes disappear, new ones appear. It was annoying. Every surface of my face is clear from acne though, but full of redmarks, which are worse than acne. At that point, my face responds to my DIET sensitively. Everytime I eat more than 3 pizza slices, I break out BIG TIME, but usually, small ones accompanied by a BIG ONE. In the past month, 5 months after this regimen, BIG acne has been reduced, and appear randomly in numbers, but never getting past 3. Sometimes, I get only one, then it would disappear, then the next week, two, then disappear. However, every other surface of my face is clear. Now, I don't have any BIG ONES, just one left, and even though it has been there for a while, I don't grow anymore acne, even small ones. I can now say that I am 95% clear, except for that one BIG one, and some small ones which aren't really noticeable unless it's really sunny and my face is magnified on a clear clear clear mirror. I am glad I found out this regimen early. I really am. I now wear make-up because my red marks are not completely healed. My skin texture has also improved, and has finally repaired itself, although not fully. I can't wait to see my fully recovered, and hopefully, free from redmarks and acne 5 months from now. I will still wear make-up though, because I seem to get fond of them already. I rarely get breakouts now because my skin has repaired itself, and because of that, my resistance to acne has greatly increased, that even if I eat more than 5 slices of pizza, I don't get anymore breakouts - maybe little ones, but I don't know since I don't look at my face in a magnifying glass anymore. I however, do have mild scars on some areas. I know there's nothign I could do with them, but they're not that bad, and with makeup, they look ok.

1/31/05 DISCOVERY: Alright, I have discovered something from experience, observation, collection of data, forums, people, etc. Wonder why you inherit acne form your parents? Well, no, you don't inherit acne from parents, but rather, their skin type. Acne is not inherited. No one in this world has a skin that is totally immune to acne, and no, not even the clear people you see today. Why so? It is because their skin type is one that is very strong from acquiring acne. Many of us who have acne are fated to have them because our skin is not strong enough, therefore, a little disturbance into our skin, such as hormonal changes, diet, and etc that alters our skin will make us breakout. This is why DIET very much affects acne. Well, why is it that even though you eat a box of chocolate and still not breakout while everything else makes you break out? Well, everyone has some kind of line, which depends on the strength of their digestive system, that they cannot cross. What I mean is that everyone can eat chocolate, sweets, etc, just as long as they don't cross that line because once you cross that line, then that's when what you eat affects your acne. The thing is: EVERYONE HAS DIFFERENT LINES. This is why some people believe that diet does not affect acne at all. It is because they haven't crossed that line yet, which is maybe because of the effectiveness of their digestive system or etc. If you don't believe this, how about you try eating a room full of chocolates, that would for sure cross anyone's line.

You're really curious, so let's begin the topic

Just a note: This is not an absolute cure/prevention for acne. There is none. This however, will prevent acne up to 90% and the rest is up to diet, and etc. Also, this Regimen prevents us from the damaging effects of medications and commercial products. Read on to find out more

So...Is this Miracle method? Nope, but it absolutely works!

Why? Because 10% of acne sufferers in this world are the only ones that have REAL ACNE. The rest of us don't. Then why do you have acne? Read on for more information.

Have you tried all medications available in the market, but acne still breaks out out from their shells? Well, guess what, you may have been thinking that you have a serious uncurable acne, but really, you might not.

If you have acne in face, mild to none on chest and back, or limbs and pubic area, and have tried all products including proactiv, benzoyl peroxide, anti-biotics, etc, but acne still exists and have become worst, then here's a reality check:

You are not suffering from a serious genetic acne or terrible unbalanced sebum production, but rather, your own works. Because of your paranoia, you use all these kinds of products from half-effective ProActiv, Murad, BP, and etc, and because of that, your face gets irritated and thinned and becomes worse, that your own face, from your own works, becomes more prone to acne).

---SO ALL THOSE COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS? THOSE ARE BS, and guess what, of course they minimize acne production, but the thing is, its maximum effect is just that, and nothing else. You may have had clear days that lasted for a week or two, but that's it. Pure luck. Now, it is proper to wonder why even after using ProActiv, Murad, BP, and etc for over a year, you still have breakouts even with your optimized diet---

---Also, your parents have little or no acne, which was present only in their teen, and your siblings don't have acne as serious as yours. How about you figure out what they're doing. They're not using as much medications as you right?---

(for a few only) Have you noticed that areas with acne, or had acne that you neglected before, is now clear? I had back acne, but I neglected it because no one sees my back anyways. So, after many months, or, maybe just weeks, my back is clear without me doing anything! Unbelievable? Yes, but TRUE!

Also, my forehead was the place of my first breakout. However, just like my back, not many sees my forehead because I made my front hair long and so, I just ignored it too. Until then, my forehead is clear!

Why, and how? I'll get more into that later.

If you ask me, I regret being manipulated by commercials and descriptions to buy expensive acne products, only to make your skin TRULY DEPENDENT on them.

---If you've been lurking around the internet, there are many posts about how people cured/prevented their acne by just using vinegar, or baking soda, or water, or lemon, etc, without prescription/over-the-counter drugs, or accutane.

Guess what? Those people are right. ALMOST right. While there are many who disagree with them and also those who bash them because their face have become worse, it is because we have different skin types.

So this method is only for specific number, but majority of people:

If your parents do not have acne right now, or that if they have little or no trace of scarring; if you have acne only on your face, and only in specific areas where you keep putting medications; if acne only exists on a section of your face; if you rarely get neck acne; if you have mild to moderate, but not serious acne on back or chest; if you have no acne growing on pubic area; if you have little or no acne growing on your limbs; if once in your lifetime, you have not been using medications, and as a result, you barely notice that your're clearing up, but when you continued medications, your acne flared up again, and became maybe worse for the first few weeks, then this method will work for you!

If all or most of those characteristics fit you, and you have no serious acne at all, so how about you listen to this: STOP YOUR MEDICATIONS. Well, of course, if you stop them, you would flare up pretty badly (maybe), and that you would lose courage, but if you trust me, and you have tremendous amount of luck, then you might not break out too bad, or even at all. But, read on, and I'll talk about how to prevent bad breakouts after stopping medications.

Ok, I already said that you must stop your medications, but here's another thing: have you ever noticed that the more you put medications, that area does not stop acne, but rather, still exists with even the slightest bumps. It may have stopped big acnes, but why do you still have slight bumps? Well, it is because the more you use medications, the more you irritate your skin, and destroy your glands, and disrupt the repair process, thus thinning your skin and permanently destroying your glands and making you more prone to acne. Now, for some of us, that's the reason why our parent's and sibling's face is scar and zit free, unless they use the same medication as you do.

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Here's a detailed explanation and steps on what should you do.

In order to prevent flare ups after you stop your medications, you must slowly decrease the amount or strength you use to your acne. For example, if you've been using benzoyl peroxide, when you stop it, damn, you'd get a hell of breakouts. Now, what, what should you do? Slow down the reaction by applying nothing in your face except vinegar, or to some, Cetaphil or anything as gentle as that. I'm not explaining how that works, but there's many posts about that. Of course, you will still break out, even after a month of stopping your medications and using vinegar.

However, after two or three months of using vinegar, you will certainly notice very very noticeable improvements both on your acne prevention and red marks. At that time, it is safe to stop the vinegar, and now, just apply one solution: WATER.

You might have little breakouts after you quit the vinegar and have a transition to water, but don't worry, they won't last long: maybe at most, a month. However, these aren't big breakouts. And, if you breakout, apply vinegar still, but make it a spot treatment. Because guess what, Vinegar is great great great on pulling out the white stuff, or puss, to the surface. In three days, that big pimple will be ready to pop, and you won't even have to pop it, because even by leaving it by itself will pop itself. However, the vinegar should just be applied as on-the-spot treatment.

At this point, you may have a lot of red marks from previous breakouts. Don't worry though, they'll disappear soon. However, it will take months or weeks for the lucky ones. Hydroquinone creams would work. Do not use them for more than a month though since I don't think prolonged use of hydroquinone is safe. If you have red marks, buy those chinese Pearl Cream or Placenta Creams because they're great on recovering and rebuilding skin. They contain nutritions needed to help rebuild skin.

Alright, well, now you're applying water as your morning and night treatment. I advise you to not wash your face more than twice. How about when you're having stressed days? How about when you have to stay late at night for homework or other stuff? Well, here's what you do. Carefully observe your skin under a light using a small clear handy mirror. If you see that your skin is getting oily, and really oily, then it is probably time to wash - with just water. I prefer hot water.

However, at those stressed nights, still have a limit on how much you wash your face. Three to four times is the MAX. Continue with the water, I prefer HOT WATER, but not too hot. Just the max the faucet can go. So after a month of just using water and maybe those chinese placenta creams and sunscreen (I prefer sunscreens with collagen and vitamin E), your face should be clearing up. Maybe a little bumps, but those are really nothing and won't be noticeable. After many many months of just using water and nothing else, you'll finally be fully independent from medications and even vinegar! Congratulations.

Remember however, this is a process that needs a lot of patience, courage, and common sense.

I really hope I figured this sooner. I really could have prevented acne earlier and its scars.

Good luck everyone.

Here's some proven working tips to minimize breakouts. I do some of them, and sometimes, none of them, but I still don't get breakouts anymore! Why? Because my skin is not so thin and damaged anymore from Medications! However, if I like go back to Benzoyl Peroxide, I would certainly have to follow all of these tips because I will become even more prone to acne. But why should I go back to BP if I have clear skin already?

-NO SALT and NO SUGAR. I am exagerrating, because in order to function, we need those, but it's the my only way of saying minimize salt and sugar intake. Unfortunately, this really affects acne.
-Irregular Sleeping does not cause acne, but stress does. It causes more oil production. If you read all the rest of my paragraphs, you should know what to do about this.
-Exercise a lot! It might help, but I really don't know. However, do it still since it's good for your body and attraction points.
-This tip works: Drink water an hour or two before and after eating. Works for me, and many others. Very good advice to follow
-Green Tea is good. I don't know if it helps prevent acne, but it makes you poop more and release all toxins effectively.
-Gargling Baking Soda and water helps prevent bad breath
-Vinegar a day gets the puss away
-Don't touch, or pick, or even feel your face
-Eat right
-Chocolate and sweets are really bad. To a degree, you can eat, but once you pass a certain line, it will soon cause damage to your skin.
-search for topics with keywords: Vinegar, Baking Soda, Lemon, No washing.
-FINALLY, my last and best tip! For RED Marks, Baking Soda is better than VINEGAR. It is very gentle and works like magic. Let it stay for an hour or so at your face, then rinse.

There you go.

Have fun.

Remember, there are no overnight solutions, not even weekly solutions, but there are monthly solutions, and this one is the greatest one.

Also, bums don't have acne, and people in the past rarely get acne, so think about it.

In conclusions, here's some of the Regimen tips:
-If you have been using medications such as Benzoyl Peroxide, and choose to follow this great Regimen, a good transition product would be Vinegar, then finally to Water
-Some effects of transitions would probably be initial breakouts. However, if you follow the tips I've given above, you could minimize it
-Use the transition product, ie: Vinegar, or something else, for at least a month or two. Then, when all the big zits and cysts have gone (Vinegar is great for that), and when all that's left are typical mild acnes, then start the Water
-Water is best when kinda hot. I haven't tried with cold water because hot water has been working, and if it ain't broke, don't change it. Also, hot water seems to be more effective in washing off the oil and stuff, so go with hot water
-However, each of our skin are different. There's a line between too hot and not hot enough. Me, I use the Maximum hot water my faucet can give, which doesn't really irritate my skin. Ya, it will be red for a minute because water is hot.
-Maximum washing time: 30 seconds or less. No scrubbing or stuff needed. Just gentle swipe.
-When drying it, just pat the towel. And there you go. I however, advise you to put sun block (I prefer ones with Vit. E and Collagen) 5 minutes after you washed your face in the Morning.
-At night, I prefer some kind of regeneration cream. Chinese stuff works such as Placenta creams that has nutrients for the skin. Stuff with collagen and Vit. A, E and etc are great too. Just remember that it has to be non-comedogenic.
-Also, if you have school or work, when you get home, wash your face and put some kind of cream. Not a moisturizing cream. That totals to 3 washes. Morning, middle wash, and night wash.

Note: The point of the transition product is to minimize breakouts when going from medication to water. Going directly from medication to water would be a breakout galore.

Good luck and HAVE FUN!

This is an interesting concept. I noticed that I always had clear skin all through highschool until around my senior year. I literally did not have one break out until I reached a really stressful point in my life. Then of course, mom whipped out the pro-activ and the clean and clear and all of those products and after that my skin was just..acne filled and dull. I've been struggling ever since and I've tried every product on the market. I've tried AHA, chemical peels, hollistic remedies including jojoba oil and tee trea oil, as well as expensive derm visits with the ISOLAZ. I'm at my wits end and I've just about had it with all the products. I just wish I could go away for a few months to go cold turkey and allow my skin to regenerate without having to go about my normal activities because I can't step foot outside my house with all these red marks and active pimples on my face. There's just no way I would be able to look anyone in the eye. Especially because I'm going off to a major university in a couple months

My advice to you would to slowly stop using the products. Cut down on how often you use them and after doing that for a few months stop with them all together.

[possiblyHopeful]

I just thought I would leave some progress to get out of some study. I've been doing this for about two weeks now and it seems to be working out fairly well. The redness I've had on my face has reduced greatly under my eyes, which is awesome. My skin is nowhere near as oily, which is also a plus. I've cut out hot showers and I'm just having a bath once a day.

The problem areas clear up very quickly, though I'm still breaking out. It's a bit inconsistent, though has definitely brought better results than a cleanser has.

[possiblyHopeful]

Two weeks isn't enough to really see changes in acne. With routines, they always say to give it at least 1-2 months, if not 3, to see the full effects.

I'd take baths, but our bathtub is so gross. I prefer my hot showers lol. Only downside (not just to hot showers, but regular showers in general at any temperature) is that it takes a long time to see changes in peeling and flaking. I've been doing this for maybe a week and a half to two weeks and I am peeling lots on my cheeks and forehead. Although I just have water wash over my face. Not sure hwo that really differs from the method described specifically here though, I'd assum eits' similar enough. Meh.

I agree it's probably early to see any real change, but it's reassuring my skin hasn't gone to shit in these two weeks. I LOVED hot showers and being Winter here, there's nothing more than I'd like than a boiling hot shower. One of the problems with that is it just dries my skin out completely. My face doesn't lose the red tinge for basically an hour or so after. Funny observation but it's what happened after accutane.

You're peeling? That's weird. My skin doesn't seem to be dry until I wash it with warm water. It really isn't any insane peeling either, just a little dryness that goes away as the day goes on. How's your skin tone looking?

[hina2011]

Ashely and Possiblyhelpul,

I have a question for you guys? So basically whats the best way to do this method? Take warm baths instead of showers? Also, should it be warm or hot? Also, while taking baths, just put water on face, and dont scrub, nothing else on face except a moisturiser? Let me know, as I would like to try it as well..

[possiblyHopeful]

Ashely and Possiblyhelpul,

I have a question for you guys? So basically whats the best way to do this method? Take warm baths instead of showers? Also, should it be warm or hot? Also, while taking baths, just put water on face, and dont scrub, nothing else on face except a moisturiser? Let me know, as I would like to try it as well..

You can still shower, you definitely don't need to cross those out. Just focus on not having the hottest shower you can. Focus on lukewarm water. Basically this regime is supposed to be very basic, so I wouldn't over complicate things with a moisturizer unless your skin is extremely dry. I don't scrub either. What I do is in the mornings and just before I go to bed splash warm water on my face and just towel dry (pat the towel, don't rub it).

[IamfinallyCLEARandHAPPY]

will this work if your 14 and have bad acne from hormones and genetics?

[Gray Butterfly]

Hello! Thank you for sharing! And how exactly do I use the vinegar? In pure form or diluted? Directly on the face? Thank you!

BASIC OVERVIEW

Basically, our skin naturally, was structured for it to be able to control and maintain itself, just like how our body produces certain amount of hormones and etc to maintain homeostasis. It produces the optimum amount of moisture, and etc... Naturally, it's not flawful and acne prone. (There are exceptions however, just like some people are born without limbs, some people are born with a skin very prone to acne. Now, of course I took this into consideration so I wrote down on my first post who I believe would benefit the most from this (ie: people who have no acne anywhere else except their face))

Now, the problem with some of us is that we use SO much medications, chemicals, and etc at our mild or even low moderate acne that eventually and overtime, the chemicals contained on these products (BP included) destroy our skin structures. In analogy, it's just like bombarding a city to eliminate all the bad guys, but at the same time, killing innocent ones.

PERSONAL EXPERIENCE

I am an acne sufferer. WAS an acne sufferer. I followed my research and experimented in my own skin. After a year, my results were excellent.

Here are mini updates I wrote in my journals regarding my condition:

UPDATES AND PROGRESS (Descending Order)

1/11/06 UPDATE: Well... what can I say - I'm clear. Been clear for many months. I can officially say that my skin has finally recovered from all these chemical damages done from commercial products such as Pro-Activ, Murad, BP, and etc... I don't care about my skin anymore. I don't take care of it, don't look at it, and even go against my diet advices. Why? Because I never get BAD BREAKOUTS anymore, even when after eating boxes and boxes of chocolates, pizza, and spicy stuff. I'm glad I started this. It's been a struggle waiting paitiently and faithfully, but my God, it was worth it.

7/16/05 UPDATE: (what I wrote in my last post in this thread) I just want to bump this article for one last time. Every since I've been following my theory religiously, I keep getting better and better results. Now, which has been many many many months since I've started my product, my face is entirely different. Because my skin has REGENERATED AND REPLACED my old one that I had when I first wrote this thread, it is now completely new skin, undamaged and untouched by SKIN DAMAGING medication and products. Results? My own skin's natural defenses and structure keeps me from having acne. I am now, 99% clear! 99% only, because I have two which after many months of being clear, appeared. They're both fading now though.

EVEN MY REDMARKS FROM THE MOST RECENT PIMPLES now disappear QUICKLY (just weeks!), instead of waiting for 6 or so months! I don't know why, but it's probably because of my new and undamaged skin which can now properly repair itself.

3/24/05 UPDATE: It has been 5 to 6 months since I have started my regimen. For the first 3 months, I was getting results, but I still have acne (small ones). My acne never became worse since the third month. The next month, I have been improving, but slowly. I however, could not get past 3 BIG acnes. Everytime those 3 BIG acnes disappear, new ones appear. It was annoying. Every surface of my face is clear from acne though, but full of redmarks, which are worse than acne. At that point, my face responds to my DIET sensitively. Everytime I eat more than 3 pizza slices, I break out BIG TIME, but usually, small ones accompanied by a BIG ONE. In the past month, 5 months after this regimen, BIG acne has been reduced, and appear randomly in numbers, but never getting past 3. Sometimes, I get only one, then it would disappear, then the next week, two, then disappear. However, every other surface of my face is clear. Now, I don't have any BIG ONES, just one left, and even though it has been there for a while, I don't grow anymore acne, even small ones. I can now say that I am 95% clear, except for that one BIG one, and some small ones which aren't really noticeable unless it's really sunny and my face is magnified on a clear clear clear mirror. I am glad I found out this regimen early. I really am. I now wear make-up because my red marks are not completely healed. My skin texture has also improved, and has finally repaired itself, although not fully. I can't wait to see my fully recovered, and hopefully, free from redmarks and acne 5 months from now. I will still wear make-up though, because I seem to get fond of them already. I rarely get breakouts now because my skin has repaired itself, and because of that, my resistance to acne has greatly increased, that even if I eat more than 5 slices of pizza, I don't get anymore breakouts - maybe little ones, but I don't know since I don't look at my face in a magnifying glass anymore. I however, do have mild scars on some areas. I know there's nothign I could do with them, but they're not that bad, and with makeup, they look ok.

1/31/05 DISCOVERY: Alright, I have discovered something from experience, observation, collection of data, forums, people, etc. Wonder why you inherit acne form your parents? Well, no, you don't inherit acne from parents, but rather, their skin type. Acne is not inherited. No one in this world has a skin that is totally immune to acne, and no, not even the clear people you see today. Why so? It is because their skin type is one that is very strong from acquiring acne. Many of us who have acne are fated to have them because our skin is not strong enough, therefore, a little disturbance into our skin, such as hormonal changes, diet, and etc that alters our skin will make us breakout. This is why DIET very much affects acne. Well, why is it that even though you eat a box of chocolate and still not breakout while everything else makes you break out? Well, everyone has some kind of line, which depends on the strength of their digestive system, that they cannot cross. What I mean is that everyone can eat chocolate, sweets, etc, just as long as they don't cross that line because once you cross that line, then that's when what you eat affects your acne. The thing is: EVERYONE HAS DIFFERENT LINES. This is why some people believe that diet does not affect acne at all. It is because they haven't crossed that line yet, which is maybe because of the effectiveness of their digestive system or etc. If you don't believe this, how about you try eating a room full of chocolates, that would for sure cross anyone's line.

You're really curious, so let's begin the topic

Just a note: This is not an absolute cure/prevention for acne. There is none. This however, will prevent acne up to 90% and the rest is up to diet, and etc. Also, this Regimen prevents us from the damaging effects of medications and commercial products. Read on to find out more

So...Is this Miracle method? Nope, but it absolutely works!

Why? Because 10% of acne sufferers in this world are the only ones that have REAL ACNE. The rest of us don't. Then why do you have acne? Read on for more information.

Have you tried all medications available in the market, but acne still breaks out out from their shells? Well, guess what, you may have been thinking that you have a serious uncurable acne, but really, you might not.

If you have acne in face, mild to none on chest and back, or limbs and pubic area, and have tried all products including proactiv, benzoyl peroxide, anti-biotics, etc, but acne still exists and have become worst, then here's a reality check:

You are not suffering from a serious genetic acne or terrible unbalanced sebum production, but rather, your own works. Because of your paranoia, you use all these kinds of products from half-effective ProActiv, Murad, BP, and etc, and because of that, your face gets irritated and thinned and becomes worse, that your own face, from your own works, becomes more prone to acne).

---SO ALL THOSE COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS? THOSE ARE BS, and guess what, of course they minimize acne production, but the thing is, its maximum effect is just that, and nothing else. You may have had clear days that lasted for a week or two, but that's it. Pure luck. Now, it is proper to wonder why even after using ProActiv, Murad, BP, and etc for over a year, you still have breakouts even with your optimized diet---

---Also, your parents have little or no acne, which was present only in their teen, and your siblings don't have acne as serious as yours. How about you figure out what they're doing. They're not using as much medications as you right?---

(for a few only) Have you noticed that areas with acne, or had acne that you neglected before, is now clear? I had back acne, but I neglected it because no one sees my back anyways. So, after many months, or, maybe just weeks, my back is clear without me doing anything! Unbelievable? Yes, but TRUE!

Also, my forehead was the place of my first breakout. However, just like my back, not many sees my forehead because I made my front hair long and so, I just ignored it too. Until then, my forehead is clear!

Why, and how? I'll get more into that later.

If you ask me, I regret being manipulated by commercials and descriptions to buy expensive acne products, only to make your skin TRULY DEPENDENT on them.

---If you've been lurking around the internet, there are many posts about how people cured/prevented their acne by just using vinegar, or baking soda, or water, or lemon, etc, without prescription/over-the-counter drugs, or accutane.

Guess what? Those people are right. ALMOST right. While there are many who disagree with them and also those who bash them because their face have become worse, it is because we have different skin types.

So this method is only for specific number, but majority of people:

If your parents do not have acne right now, or that if they have little or no trace of scarring; if you have acne only on your face, and only in specific areas where you keep putting medications; if acne only exists on a section of your face; if you rarely get neck acne; if you have mild to moderate, but not serious acne on back or chest; if you have no acne growing on pubic area; if you have little or no acne growing on your limbs; if once in your lifetime, you have not been using medications, and as a result, you barely notice that your're clearing up, but when you continued medications, your acne flared up again, and became maybe worse for the first few weeks, then this method will work for you!

If all or most of those characteristics fit you, and you have no serious acne at all, so how about you listen to this: STOP YOUR MEDICATIONS. Well, of course, if you stop them, you would flare up pretty badly (maybe), and that you would lose courage, but if you trust me, and you have tremendous amount of luck, then you might not break out too bad, or even at all. But, read on, and I'll talk about how to prevent bad breakouts after stopping medications.

Ok, I already said that you must stop your medications, but here's another thing: have you ever noticed that the more you put medications, that area does not stop acne, but rather, still exists with even the slightest bumps. It may have stopped big acnes, but why do you still have slight bumps? Well, it is because the more you use medications, the more you irritate your skin, and destroy your glands, and disrupt the repair process, thus thinning your skin and permanently destroying your glands and making you more prone to acne. Now, for some of us, that's the reason why our parent's and sibling's face is scar and zit free, unless they use the same medication as you do.

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Here's a detailed explanation and steps on what should you do.

In order to prevent flare ups after you stop your medications, you must slowly decrease the amount or strength you use to your acne. For example, if you've been using benzoyl peroxide, when you stop it, damn, you'd get a hell of breakouts. Now, what, what should you do? Slow down the reaction by applying nothing in your face except vinegar, or to some, Cetaphil or anything as gentle as that. I'm not explaining how that works, but there's many posts about that. Of course, you will still break out, even after a month of stopping your medications and using vinegar.

However, after two or three months of using vinegar, you will certainly notice very very noticeable improvements both on your acne prevention and red marks. At that time, it is safe to stop the vinegar, and now, just apply one solution: WATER.

You might have little breakouts after you quit the vinegar and have a transition to water, but don't worry, they won't last long: maybe at most, a month. However, these aren't big breakouts. And, if you breakout, apply vinegar still, but make it a spot treatment. Because guess what, Vinegar is great great great on pulling out the white stuff, or puss, to the surface. In three days, that big pimple will be ready to pop, and you won't even have to pop it, because even by leaving it by itself will pop itself. However, the vinegar should just be applied as on-the-spot treatment.

At this point, you may have a lot of red marks from previous breakouts. Don't worry though, they'll disappear soon. However, it will take months or weeks for the lucky ones. Hydroquinone creams would work. Do not use them for more than a month though since I don't think prolonged use of hydroquinone is safe. If you have red marks, buy those chinese Pearl Cream or Placenta Creams because they're great on recovering and rebuilding skin. They contain nutritions needed to help rebuild skin.

Alright, well, now you're applying water as your morning and night treatment. I advise you to not wash your face more than twice. How about when you're having stressed days? How about when you have to stay late at night for homework or other stuff? Well, here's what you do. Carefully observe your skin under a light using a small clear handy mirror. If you see that your skin is getting oily, and really oily, then it is probably time to wash - with just water. I prefer hot water.

However, at those stressed nights, still have a limit on how much you wash your face. Three to four times is the MAX. Continue with the water, I prefer HOT WATER, but not too hot. Just the max the faucet can go. So after a month of just using water and maybe those chinese placenta creams and sunscreen (I prefer sunscreens with collagen and vitamin E), your face should be clearing up. Maybe a little bumps, but those are really nothing and won't be noticeable. After many many months of just using water and nothing else, you'll finally be fully independent from medications and even vinegar! Congratulations.

Remember however, this is a process that needs a lot of patience, courage, and common sense.

I really hope I figured this sooner. I really could have prevented acne earlier and its scars.

Good luck everyone.

Here's some proven working tips to minimize breakouts. I do some of them, and sometimes, none of them, but I still don't get breakouts anymore! Why? Because my skin is not so thin and damaged anymore from Medications! However, if I like go back to Benzoyl Peroxide, I would certainly have to follow all of these tips because I will become even more prone to acne. But why should I go back to BP if I have clear skin already?

-NO SALT and NO SUGAR. I am exagerrating, because in order to function, we need those, but it's the my only way of saying minimize salt and sugar intake. Unfortunately, this really affects acne.
-Irregular Sleeping does not cause acne, but stress does. It causes more oil production. If you read all the rest of my paragraphs, you should know what to do about this.
-Exercise a lot! It might help, but I really don't know. However, do it still since it's good for your body and attraction points.
-This tip works: Drink water an hour or two before and after eating. Works for me, and many others. Very good advice to follow
-Green Tea is good. I don't know if it helps prevent acne, but it makes you poop more and release all toxins effectively.
-Gargling Baking Soda and water helps prevent bad breath
-Vinegar a day gets the puss away
-Don't touch, or pick, or even feel your face
-Eat right
-Chocolate and sweets are really bad. To a degree, you can eat, but once you pass a certain line, it will soon cause damage to your skin.
-search for topics with keywords: Vinegar, Baking Soda, Lemon, No washing.
-FINALLY, my last and best tip! For RED Marks, Baking Soda is better than VINEGAR. It is very gentle and works like magic. Let it stay for an hour or so at your face, then rinse.

There you go.

Have fun.

Remember, there are no overnight solutions, not even weekly solutions, but there are monthly solutions, and this one is the greatest one.

Also, bums don't have acne, and people in the past rarely get acne, so think about it.

In conclusions, here's some of the Regimen tips:
-If you have been using medications such as Benzoyl Peroxide, and choose to follow this great Regimen, a good transition product would be Vinegar, then finally to Water
-Some effects of transitions would probably be initial breakouts. However, if you follow the tips I've given above, you could minimize it
-Use the transition product, ie: Vinegar, or something else, for at least a month or two. Then, when all the big zits and cysts have gone (Vinegar is great for that), and when all that's left are typical mild acnes, then start the Water
-Water is best when kinda hot. I haven't tried with cold water because hot water has been working, and if it ain't broke, don't change it. Also, hot water seems to be more effective in washing off the oil and stuff, so go with hot water
-However, each of our skin are different. There's a line between too hot and not hot enough. Me, I use the Maximum hot water my faucet can give, which doesn't really irritate my skin. Ya, it will be red for a minute because water is hot.
-Maximum washing time: 30 seconds or less. No scrubbing or stuff needed. Just gentle swipe.
-When drying it, just pat the towel. And there you go. I however, advise you to put sun block (I prefer ones with Vit. E and Collagen) 5 minutes after you washed your face in the Morning.
-At night, I prefer some kind of regeneration cream. Chinese stuff works such as Placenta creams that has nutrients for the skin. Stuff with collagen and Vit. A, E and etc are great too. Just remember that it has to be non-comedogenic.
-Also, if you have school or work, when you get home, wash your face and put some kind of cream. Not a moisturizing cream. That totals to 3 washes. Morning, middle wash, and night wash.

Note: The point of the transition product is to minimize breakouts when going from medication to water. Going directly from medication to water would be a breakout galore.

Good luck and HAVE FUN!

[reality]

will this work if your 14 and have bad acne from hormones and genetics?

It will help your face not break out but it will not stop the acne all-together. If you have mild acne it can certainly help a ton!

[possiblyHopeful]

Two weeks isn't enough to really see changes in acne. With routines, they always say to give it at least 1-2 months, if not 3, to see the full effects.

I'd take baths, but our bathtub is so gross. I prefer my hot showers lol. Only downside (not just to hot showers, but regular showers in general at any temperature) is that it takes a long time to see changes in peeling and flaking. I've been doing this for maybe a week and a half to two weeks and I am peeling lots on my cheeks and forehead. Although I just have water wash over my face. Not sure hwo that really differs from the method described specifically here though, I'd assum eits' similar enough. Meh.

I agree it's probably early to see any real change, but it's reassuring my skin hasn't gone to shit in these two weeks. I LOVED hot showers and being Winter here, there's nothing more than I'd like than a boiling hot shower. One of the problems with that is it just dries my skin out completely. My face doesn't lose the red tinge for basically an hour or so after. Funny observation but it's what happened after accutane.

You're peeling? That's weird. My skin doesn't seem to be dry until I wash it with warm water. It really isn't any insane peeling either, just a little dryness that goes away as the day goes on. How's your skin tone looking?

My peeling isn't like "OMG wtf is wrong with your face!" type stuff, but kind of like...well it's noticeable all the time, just looks liek I've got dry skin. But this process is actually normal with a routine like this because it takes time for the skin to adjust to not being exfoliated, cleansed, or moisturized. But what I have noticed with water-only regimens is that only the areas that I'd constantly exfoliate and moisturize are flaking and peeling like this. My neck, torso, and the top of my feet are not at all dried out and flaky. My face, arms, and legs are, which are the areas I really did the most with. Which for me indicates that my skin just still needs to adjust to doing everything on its own - keeping hydrated, keeping properly shed, being even, etc. The areas on my face that I was always kind of skimpy with (upper lip, jaw line, and somewhat my nose) are the least problematic and have no real issues actually. My arms, possibly my legs, seem to have almost entirely adjusted to water-only now and I don't see or feel any real ashiness/dryness/flaking. My arms actually feel baby smooth, other than the very top of my arms where I have keratosis pilaris bumps (which I've had since I was a child).

Anyways! My skin tone... It's hard to tell with all my red marks. That and I've been spending too much time on my porch and have a slight burn (the only area that actually feels burnt is my nose, and that's with spending up to 2 hours almost every day in direct sun, no SPF) but I'd say it's pretty even. If my marks were to all fade, I'd be fine with my tone.

As for cooler water and dryness, even when I took tepid and then cold showers, I had this flaking. Could be because I live in a dry climate though. But all the areas that experienced flaking and dryness on my body when just washed wtih water seem to be mostly adjusted. Hopefully my face follows suit soon. Oh, I also had this flaking/peeling when I'd wash just at the sink once a day, a few splashes. So it's not like it's really all that related to how long I bathe or the water temperature. Just to my skin having to adjust. I'd guess that by the end of July it should look somewhat decent as long as I don't do anythign to tamper with the natural process it must go through to adjust.

I really need to figure out how to condense these quotes! Actually, in the one or two days I haven't replied to you, I actually realized the dryness. My forehead is definitely dry. Not visually peeling dry, but definitely getting there I'd say. This could weather isn't doing me any good! I've found that a lot of my dryness happens near my chin, which for a time was probably the worst spot for me. Possible link?

Really sorry to hear about the red marks. I was struggling with them for months, namely the ones on my cheeks. I had an outburst of cystic acne there and they've been there for months and months. They really do seem to be fading gradually, so here's hoping yours do! I've just got general redness, since I've had even before the acne. I think it might be dermatitis on my forehead and nose. Awesome.

[possiblyHopeful]

Just remove what you don't want Like I just did haha.

And yeah, the dryness at first isn't really noticeable, other than maybe when you stretch your face out and you can kind of feel it. And I think that the dryness/flaking/peeling occurs in the areas where you treated or messed witht he most - be it picking, exfoliating, using too many topicals, etc. I have found that I shed a lot over my red marks as well.

I think mine are fading, I'm just impatient. Plus, it's a daily reminder of the crap I went through this whole year But compared to a few months ago I do think they are lighter.

Hm, maybe you have eczema on your face? I am prone to eczema, which I had badly on my hands this winter. Not using soap on them is the best remedy I found.

Hey, how's your skin coming along? One thing I've definitely noticed is that the spots come and go a lot quicker, which is great. Unfortunately, I'm still getting some spots. They don't stay long, but regardless... I'm still getting red marks. It's so so depressing. Basically, my skin is all I can think about. Definitely stressful right now.

Edited by possiblyHopeful, 17 June 2011 - 04:35 AM.

[siennalawrence]

I might try this. I just posted my mild/moderate acne history, like many of you starting treatment when acne was mild.
I remember at 16 I had like 4 small pimples on my face but wanted to get rid of them and asked my doctor for birth control pills... I was really vain.

My sister started getting mild acne on her chest 2 months ago yet she did nothing about it but wash with water and it's nearly gone now.. While I'm always treating it with BP or Differin and it never goes away completely.

[possiblyHopeful]

So I think I'm going through a bit of a purging effect. I'm not sure what it is, but my skin is looking pretty shit. I guess I can somewhat blame it on stress because I have been super stressed lately. The stress should now stop since I'm on holidays, but who knows.

Anybody had a bit of a relapse around a month in?

[possiblyHopeful]

It could easily just be that your skin is just breaking out. Meaning it's not because of what you are (or are not) doing. Just ride it out.

I am nearing a month into this and have not gotten new pimples in a little bit other than from picking. But my skin still looks like shit, mostly due to red marks and the overall texture. At least it only looks and feels dry/tight after showers and not when I wake up. Oh well. I'm gonna take a nap right now and see if my red marks look better. If they do, and if they look bette rin the morning, I'll try adding a mid-day/afternoon nap into my routine lol. I'm getting my wisdom teeth taken out this or next week, so hopefully that actually helps me take my mind off of my skin enough to allow the rest of my pimples to clear up and the skin to finish adjusting.

^^ Do you still notice any dryness and whatnot from the washing routine? I am just noticing it post-shower now, but it's been less than an hour since I showered and it's already less intense. I'm looking at myself in natural lighting too (not direct sunlight though) and I'm NOT totally having a panic attack over how gross it looks. So that's something!

Naps do wonders. On the subject of dryness, I'm going pretty well actually. The only time I realize it is after showers like you said, though yesterday I woke up with a tiny bit of peeling on my forehead. When I got my wisdom teeth out, it was definitely a relief from acne. It doesn't hurt either, so don't worry about the pain. Also, you seem to be a fan of sleeping, so look forward to sleeping for a longgggg time! After I got mine out, I was expected to be in the waiting room while waiting for a nurse. I fell asleep talking to her. Very awwwwwkward.

That's definitely something! I'm feeling fairly positive about my skin today. One odd thing I've noticed is that any whitehead I have when going to bed, I wake up and it's gone but replaced with a tiny dot of dried up blood. A bit gross, but thankfully they're gone, I guess. Now I've got to deal with a red dot on my nose all day though. My skin seems to be on the improve.

[possiblyHopeful]

I have a hard time napping :/ Lame!

And great with the dryness! I have a bit of post-shower dryness on my cheeks again, but it's very minor. I can't tell if it's from a sunburn or if it's part of the healing process; my cheeks are the most damaged area, so it could be that it needs to continue sloughing off the skin. At least my red marks look a bit better, which might have to do with drinking more water! That or it's a coincidence, or some other variable. No idea yet. But I'm happy haha.

AHHAA oh goodness. I hope I don't have that happen to me. But I'll be happy if I can have a few days where I don't even think about skin or acne! Did you have to take pain meds? I've been off pain meds for a bit because I was relying on OTC ones on a very regular basis for minor things, and it was causing worse symptoms.

Hm, do you think it's possibly due to scratching them off? I tend to scratch my nose lots and I have a new little red dot from scratching away where a clog was. And uh oh, I think I'm experiencing a similar one-month purge! It's nothing serious, but it seems that the clogs I already had are pushing themselves out. So some areas are feeling a bit grainier (thankfully only small areas, and not really visible), and I got a new pimple. I haven't picked it, so i hope it goes down by Monday (wisdom teeth removal). But... aside from those minor things, my skin feels way smoother. And I think it's also starting to adjust even more to not being moisturized, although that could be attributed to the fact that the shower water doesn't seem to be getting as hot lately. Oh well. And speaking of purging, I might be purging on my back and chest. I hope it all dies down in the next month or so, as I'd love to be able to feel comfortable doing stuff in the short amount of summer time I have left before school in the fall. Are you still thinking you are experiencing a bit of a purge? Hopefully not - that might mean that it's not osmething that lasts long if you leave it alone!

I have a big love of pain medication, so I did take them once. The pain really wasn't too bad and I was back to sleeping on the side of my face by the second day or so. I was actually out with friends the day after. You need to prepare yourself and cancel any plans for the week, your face will be so swollen. Thankfully my friends were somewhat kind and not judging. Also, awesome with the red marks. Mine are actually coming along nicely too.

My break outs are gone! Such a relief. I'm not sure whether it was a purge or what, but it wasn't pretty. It's all cleared up though and I don't have anything major going on. It's all pretty good news actually. I've had a bit of stress just with family matters, so I'm hoping that doesn't lead to anything major.

[possiblyHopeful]

Good thing I have no plans As long as the pain is not horrible, I can probably live with it. I just would rather not have to take pain meds.

Well then yay! How long did they last? So far, I have the one (tiny) pimple on my cheeks, maybe 2 others that are still inflamed but no longer really pimples (one is on my temple, and I swear it's been there for close to 2 weeks), and a few little whiteheads here and there. But those don't seem to be new, they just seem to be little whiteheads coming from areas where I was already a bit clogged. I am hoping that if I keep my nails away, any purging I might be going through will be minimal. But it actually makes sense that it would purge around the month mark, because it takes up to 28 days for the skin to fully regenerate itself or something. So maybe by the time the skin fully regenerates, if there is any gunk left it gets pushed out. If any of that makes sense

Really any whiteheads I get, assuming they're not massive are gone by the morning after. Sleeping seems to do wonders for my skin. My skin is on the downhill again, in the same spot as last time. I'm not sure what it is, but it's basically just a small area filled with clog pores. It looks seriously horrible and irritated. I've also got one or two pimples on my forehead too, which is REALLY odd. I'm almost convinced this isn't a purge, but more of just the roller coaster ride that my skin is. It's never been perfect, so I've become sort of accepting of these stages. I just want to get clear and stay clear!

[possiblyHopeful]

I'm not too sure what happened in between the last post and now, but I'm definitely stressed. I've just got a hair cut and got home and my skin is just a mess. My forehead especially. It didn't help that the woman was constantly touching and rubbing her hand all over it. I came home with pieces of hair on my face which I knew would just cause further irritation. I've got so many red marks which underneath I know are lurking pimples just waiting to come and destroy my self esteem. I'm just feeling like a failure and I'm starting to doubt this regime. Ultimately I have nothing to go back to, so I'll stick it out. I wish I didn't make plans tomorrow.

[possiblyHopeful]

Well today I'm quite tired out from the operation (and I've yet to have to take pain meds despite the numbing being almost all gone - the top ones have stitches so are kind of sore and in minor pain, but nothing I can't tough out ) Yeah, I noticed that my whiteheads are mostly only visible to me - in the past I'd pick them, despite not being able to see them unless 1cm away from my mirror.

And I have issues like that; the areas that have been the most broken out are always the same areas. It could just be that it is your more reactive spot, or perhaps some past habits have caused the area to be more congested, so it's clearing up in rounds. I'd think that by month 2 it should cease. But it could be purging. I had some minor ones when I worked up a sweat working out, but they were gone by the time I went to bed 24 hours later because I actually left them alone! So maybe it's just more serious purging. I've read that things can get worse around the end of month 1, sometimes month 2. But most seem to get past all the ugliness by 6 weeks.

Ah, I hate hair cuts sometimes. When I get mine done, I'll definitely make sure that she only wets my hair and uses no products whatsoever. The scraping of a comb can be quite bad as well, especially if getting bangs. But I'm growing mine out, so that should not happen to me. I never noticed hair from the hair cut itself breaking me out though. Perhaps products, but not pieces of hair. And touching with product-free hands has never broken me out - when at the operation, I never once flinched when bare hands touched my face. I've learned that it has no effects unless they have shit on their hands (and I don't just mean natural residue or dirt, I mean like actual products on their hands). And don't stress, just forget about it. Yes, you might get a few bumps, but just leave it be and it will clear up! Especially since it's just irritation, not something clogging the pores. I had this happen when I had existing clogs (the horribel braille type) and got a comb scraped over my skin, and I got a few pimples from it. But nothing serious other than irritation and redness. But why doubt the routine? Woulnd't you still have a similar reaction were you using products?

Congratulations on the wisdom teeth coming out! Also, good news that no pain killers have been used as of yet. I'm feeling a lot better today. Skin-wise, everything has come to a giant head. I guess that's good news, meaning everything is out and nothing underneath the skin anymore (for the time being), so hopefully that should all be gone within a few days. I'm not sure why I doubted the almighty routine. It has definitely given more stable results than any cleanser had, I was just fed up with everything. I'll continue to use it. Also, my forehead is responding pretty well. All I could think of when the hair dresser was touching my forehead was "how many other greasy heads has she touched today?" Thankfully, no sign of a disaster zone as of yet.

I went out today with all the whiteheads on display. As horrible as it was going out and looking in my mirror this morning seeing them, I feel like I've concurred something by going out. We really are our worst critic. Whenever I go out and my skin isn't so great, I am constantly obsessing that they're staring at every spot and judging my cleanliness. I then looked at it from my perspective and thought about what I do. It really is only a look and look away for me. I'm not going to question anything about their lives, but that might be because I've experienced it and gone through it. Who knows. I've just got a few questions for you about the routine which could potentially be causing some irritation?

1. When you have a hot shower, when you get out do you rinse with cold water?
2. Do you wash your face with water morning and night?

Sorry for all the questions.

[possiblyHopeful]

I'm about to go to bed, and it is hurting a bit more. So if I cannot fall asleep I'll take the T3s, but I'm thinking I'll be okay. I don't want the antibiotics though - I have no infection, why take them if I make sure to be orally hygienic and use the mouthwash and other rinses thoroughly? I have a bit of soreness but no obvious swelling, but I'll keep icing it tomorrow.

And I get the being fed up with it thing. That's why it's taken me a year to finally push myself through it longer than 2 weeks I personally never notice stuff like casual touching being problematic, just actual picking/scratching. But hair dressers do wash their hands before cutting your hair, it was probably fine! and the heads is good! I had one on my cheek and it dried out within a week to a crusty yellow (and barely visible) "scab." It's mostly gone now.

I agree with your perspective shift. I realized that I only became perceptive of other's skin when mine became bad. But then when it was good again, I'd basicalyl just look people in the eyes for a few seconds and look away. That's mostly what's done, and it's hard to actually see all the acne when doing this. And none are going to sit 2 inches from your face! I don't ever recall looking at people or noticing their skin until I notice MY skin (when I was 14.)

1) Nope, just a nice long hot shower. I noticed no difference between the water temps on my skin, as any temp still gave me ashy and dry skin. It was a matter of time, not temperature. I used to take boiling showers and had the smoothest moisturizer-free skin ever.
2) I just shower in the evening, no set time. Chances are there will be days I skip as well, mostly in the winter. I don't really wash it in a specific way either, just let water wash over my face. Rubbing it made the flaking a lot worse and made it last longer. Not fun.

Ah, that's funny that you say scratching tends to cause the problems. Recently my forehead has just become itchy. I'm not sure why, but at times it is unbearable. I don't scratch it, EXCEPT when I wake up in the night and it's itchy. Something about being half asleep makes it okay to scratch. I've also seen irritation on my forehead, whether it be from the scratching itself, or just looks that way from the dryness.

I am praying to all things holy that all these white heads clear up for tomorrow! How's the pain the day after?

[lllhhk]

Hi, I really want to start on this regime (or get rid of all regimes), but I was wondering - If I have raised scars... how do I treat them once I'm clear or can I still use chemical peels on that area alone?

Thanks!

[shootemupx]

I'm interested in this routine. but here's what I kinda wanna do.
I'd like to get up, and take a shower but instead of using a cleanser JUST wash with warm water.
After that, I'd pat my face dry w/ a towel and put some sunscreen on instead of moisturizer (since believe me, living in a super sunny climate I'm gonna need it much more.)

At night I would exercise & then when I get back inside, take a shower & wash again but instead of using just water for my nighttime routine, I use a cleanser, because of the sweat and grimey feeling from the workout.

Does this sound good?