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Anyone has an advice what to do with a cyst? It's very big, red and painful, nowhere close to coming to head... Tried to put something warm to it, but it ended up becoming even bigger!!
I've heard people saying to use ice on it. I've never tried it though so can't tell you how well it works/how long to do it... So maybe google that if you don't come across any other ideas 
Hope you find something that helps! (let us know if you do)
Feeling awful tonight. I have this HUGE blemish in the most awkward place ever (right below my lip like a cold sore) and it's painful as fuck when I press on it. Under normal circumstances I wouldn't even think it was a pimple, but unfortunately I know it is because I've gotten them beneath my lips before. They're like mini-cysts that are so annoying, even makes one side of my lip look a little bit swollen. Hoping the inflammation will go down overnight.
Ugh I hate those. I know how you feel. It's even worse when you have a partner and you can't kiss them because of it. 
Anyone has an advice what to do with a cyst? It's very big, red and painful, nowhere close to coming to head... Tried to put something warm to it, but it ended up becoming even bigger!!
Definitely don't warm it. Ice it, if anything. But nothing is going to make it go away other than time. Sorry. Icing only helps with the pain.
Me: I'm feeling pretty good. All my acne is going down. So far, this is the longest period I've gone without ingesting any probiotic drinks or substances, and thus far, no new cysts! I'm on day 3 of my period and I usually break out really bad on day 2-3. This time...nothing. My hormones feel less flared, maybe because I'm not irritating my body so much by drinking these yeast-filled bacteria drinks constantly. In a few days, I'll drink one and see what happens.
It could just be that the regimen is finally working, but I don't know... last week I was almost clear and began drinking those kefir drinks again for 3 days in a row. I had the most massive breakout that itched terribly...makes me think allergy or bacterial overgrowth. Those kefir drinks are nice but they are by no means any sort of essential "food" plus it's a LOT of work keeping up with the process of making them....so I'll have no problem letting them go if they end up being a trigger.
I'd think after 5+ months of intensive probiotic ingestion I'd have all my good bacteria restored anyway...no need to keep bombarding my system with it.
Either way, I love the regimen. My acne is SO much less painful and swollen now, it's ridiculous. Even when it gets really bad, the pain is less.
I'm still doing good getting well from my eating disorder. I had a few bites of white rice the other day. WHITE RICE. It's been years and years.
Today was a good day.
Used the sulfur cream last night. I patch tested it on my arm first just in case I had a reaction to it - which I didn't. I had a mozzie bite near where I was testing it so put some of the sulfur there too. 10 mins after having it on I rinsed it off to find the bite was much less red and was a little smaller. Another 15 or so minutes later I noticed the bite was gone. Completely. Which seems hopeful to me - but then again, it's acne my face is covered in, not insect bites! So nothing that instant happened when I used it on my face. I think it helped with some inflammation and brought a few to a head but it's much too early to say how it's working for me.
The annoying thing though is the smell of it! It's tolerable enough but it's hard to get rid of even after washing the cream off. Using a toner this morning seems to have helped - so I might have to make toner a thing I start using again...
Worst day yet Derm told me what I have left is hypertrophic scarring, and quite bad too. He just said "you are lucky you're still not getting more of these". THANKS. I basically have a gigantic perma-zit (1cm) on my otherwise clear forehead, and swollen skin in my smile line that just makes it look horrible. I made him give me injections, but knowing this is my face for life is just horribly depressing. It all happened so fast, and I just keep thinking what if what if and I know thats dangerous and stupid to bother. I feel like I can't ever be truly happy now because I'm never going to feel like myself again.
My cyst got gigantic... Tried to ice it, but the only thing it did was made it look dark red and angry. It hurts when I'm talking and I can feel it there even if I'm trying not to think about it. Last time I had this kind of cyst (as wide as the nail of my ring finger, irregular shape, soft to touch and very red) it was lingering there for 2 months until I lost my patience and cut it open with a sterile needle to let all the puss out and there were loads of it blended with blood... You would not believe such thing could form on your face... It healed pretty fast after opening it but it also left me with a deep scar which looks like a hole in my cheek. I'm afraid this is gonna happen again
No, I wouldn't say I "stopped stressing" about my diet. Every single day is a challenge to work through the feelings of my eating disorder. There are no stress-free days. If anything, eating is more stressful now than ever because I'm just flying blind and don't have the constraints I set for myself to make me feel comfortable. But yeah, I am eating more normally, I guess. It's all perspective. I'm eating more normally now compared to when I was at my worst. But it still is probably far from normal by most people's standards. I definitely never want to get back to "normal" if that means the standard American diet.
Incredible how quickly your life and behaviour can change because of such a small problem.
Barely 4 days ago I was away for the weekend, full of confidence, out socialising like I've not done for a long time.
Fast forward to today, my confidence has been shot to shit because of a fucking unexplainable random patch of red skin right by my mouth. Appears overnight for no reason, and will take AT LEAST a week to start calming down.
I would literally give anything just actually have instead a spot or two in the same place, because I know I can treat spots and they'll fade within a few days. This red mark, no fucking idea what to do, apart from leave it on my face, use things that are supposed to fade red marks (but never work on me) and go back to hibernating in my room.
I fucking hate life sometimes.
;; They had sugars added which I've been avoiding sugars for yearss.. sicne my skin isn't bad.. I've decided to have a bite or two... I didn't eat it all though.
Kinda like 50/50 torn at the moment with thoughts on my skin. My forehead and cheeks are clear (my cheeks stay pretty clear, except for a few little guys occasionally that are always concealed beneath my beard line) but I'm glad my forehead is clear because scars take forever to heal up there. BUT now the bottom of my face is breaking out, especially around the chin area. Not tons of blemishes, mainly just two mini-cysts....one at the corner of my mouth, and the other right on my chin...plus I have some really dry, cracked skin on the other side from treating some old pimples with epiduo (trying to keep that area good and moisturized so the skin will get back to normal)
I guess one bit of good news is it SEEMS that the pimple that appeared beneath my lip might actually be just a cold sore, because when I touch it it feels like a cold sore and I used some cold sore medication on it the other night and it shrunk and dried it out pretty good.
Yay for clear foreheads! Mine is 100 percent clear for the first time in months.
I feel happy about my skin today. The last part of my breakouts is clearing up and I didn't break out on my period like I normally do ! (I normally break out bad 2 weeks before, a few days before and then on the 2nd day--this time there was nothing since a few days before). The regimen is helping so much. I had a little saurkraut last night so apparently I can still have small servings of bacteria foods and be okay. Maybe it's only the kefir that bothers me. The experiment will continue.
Poopy.
Actually, my skin (was) consistently awesome all through the end of February and through the most of March. Baby smooth, no pimples, rapidly fading scars, even glowing tone (thank youuu coconut oil). HOWEVER. I've only got four more weeks of uni left in the semester...thus finals and final projects are causing major stress and not-so-great food choices. Also, I just got put on birth control and it's reaking havoc on my skin 
red irritated clogs on my forehead and one nasty cyst on my chin with other scabby pimples on my one cheek.
