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[Mamu]

Hey there Fearless,

Yeah, let me know how you find the complex 15, i'm going to start using it tonight, and maybe tomorrow morning if it works with my skin - then the next obstacle will be to find an spf for the day!!

I hope your swelling has gone down already, thats really hard - but it sounds like the regimen is working for you other than that. Take care

[Mamu]

Day 15

My skin next to my mouth and on my chin is severely dry, like Shahara dry. I've been only using the BP at night because of all the dryness. I'm also like 3 or 4 different moisturizers on the really dry skin. I think that today it's really starting to let up at least some. I think that the really dry skin can't handle the BP. I only put it on those parts twice. Since then I've stopped putting BP there and moisturize it before I put on the BP. After I put on the BP I only but moisturizer on the dry parts again. Then I moisturize on the part with BP. After all that I'll wait a bit and moisturize the parts that don't have BP (I've washed my hands) again if they feel dry (which is always). In the morning it's all the same without the whole BP part. I'm hoping to add BP again in the morning when the dryness again.  I've tried the Eucerin Skin renewal but  all it really does its sting on the severely dry skin and then in 5 minutes you can't even tell I put the stuff on no matter how much I put on.  I think it might be getting better though. Today it didn't feel as bad as it usually does.

So off subject I have to say that my sister is so lucky. She just e-mailed me to tell me she's in Sri Lanka.  Both my older sisters get to travel to all kinds of cool place. I hope to go to some interesting places like they do .

Awww... I messed up yesterday with touching my skin. It's ok just get back on and try to not touch your face from now on.  Anyway I wanted to know is if the AHA your using helps with dryness. Since my setback my eyed are back to normal but I found that the skin next my mouth and my chin can't take the BP. It got severely dry just after putting it on twice. So I've been only using the BP once a day at night.  Anything that moisturizes well I'm up to looking into, so that's why I'm asking about the AHA your using.  The Complex 15 is helping a lot, but I think it's just going to take a few days to get rid of the severely dry skin.  Anyway good luck and I hope everything keeps doing well.

Hi Fearless -thanks for your message And encouragement - I haven't touched all day today now, and my skin actually feels almost... comfortable (best word I can think of). I'm really glad your swelling has gone down bet thats a relief!

The AHA I'm using is Alpha Hydrox oil free lotion (drugstore.com) and its not really a moisturiser, its just a treatment for skin cell renewal. You can get it in moisturiser form I think, but I am using the complex 15 over the top of the AHA as the actual moisturiser.

Its got 10% AHA (glycolic and lactic acids) which is quite high - if your skin is already irritated, it will really really sting you. The only reason I can use it, and it does seem to help with evening out my skin tone, is becuase an idiot aesthetician put me on 15% lactic acid lotion, which completely KILLED my skin, and turned me into a little red old lady, and now I can handle it. But it was not worth the pain and indignity of a big red scaly face for days on end!

ESPECIALLY on my chin (my problem area), and in the small wrinkles (very very small at the moment - give it another year or two ) I was red and itchy and very dry. So I wouldn't recommend an AHA to you except a very very mild one combined with a good moisturiser, like the Eucerin daily renewal.... but you've already said that one hurts (thats the AHA) and then does nothing so I wouldn't use AHA if were you, not until your skin has healed up a lot from being so irritated.

Maybe you need to lay off the BP altogether for a couple of days (frustrating, but this is what I did before I started the regimen when my skin couldn't take any more BP, AHA etc) and just gently cleanse and moisturise. When your skin feels better, add the BP slowly and just stick super close to the regimen. Then later on, when you can tolerate the BP no problem, you could add the AHA very slowly. The reason I am using the AHA is to encourage my skin to renew itself, to get rid of scars/pink marks and stop any buildup of skin cells in my pores.... exfoliation basically.

Hope that helps, and you are feeling positive, and healing well!! I've posted this on my log too - so you'll see the reply one way or another

[Dan]

Hi. I enjoyed reading your posts. But I am noticing a common pattern which is lots of experimentation and breakouts. I wanna highly suggest that you try the Clear Skin Regimen, twice a day, every day without fail for 3 months. That means a gentle cleanser (ponds I guess is cool), BP Gel which your dad is cool enough to buy, and I would suggest just Eucerin Skin Renewal moistuizer. There you go. Nothin' else, nothin' less. Then twice a day, morning and evening, every day, no matter what.

Since you've been stopping lately and trying other stuff, don't be surprised if at any point in the coming week to two weeks you break out. The acne can take that long to form. Just stick with the regimen precisely and you should see results.

By the way, love the bunny.