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[spots_suck]

My skin is extremely dry, tight, red and flaky right at the moment.

Been using BP for about a week -started with Oxy 10 for first few days, as I had to wait for my 2.5% stuff to come by mail order. Desperate to kill those effing acne bugs. Now using Panoxyl 2.5 - heard bad things about it but have 2 tubes now, it's cheaper and I'm not made of money. I can hardly move my neck now without feeling like it's going to crack.

I use the Lush "Fresh Farmacy" facial wash bar - from www.lush.co.uk , or any Lush shop (few and far between if you're not in London, but they're all over the world & yes I'm the "Lush fan"!) - it's very gentle, with loads of calamine and chamomile in it.

Now using Panoxyl 2.5, but may leave it few a few days as going out Saturday night and don't want to scare people with my flaky skin. Could always go to a goth night I suppose.

Having trouble with moisturisers - got Neutrogena Moisture Day Lotion SPF 15, but it stings like hell at the moment and seems to inflame the redness more. Stuck some Sweet Almond Oil on last night. All the Lush moisturisors have cocoa butter in them, so am wary of using those (is cocoa butter REALLY comedogenic? it has a bad rating I know. Shea butter is good, apparently - non-comedogenic, very healing, and helps African farmers).

Any advice appreciated. Especially for goth nights on Saturday in the london area.

[makeda]

I am in Mexico, but I could get Eucerin Renewal SFP 15 in here. That is what helped me in that first week when I was exactly like you.

If Neutrogena is itching, stop it. You may try something without SPF, this is the part that itches