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day 48....the places where dead skin was "pasted on" my face is starting to flake off. Temples, side of cheeks, mustache area, lower chin are back to normal (no flaking, no dead skin). Red marks still fading....prolly will take a few more months to completely heal the red marks (but thats no biggie, i just wanna get rid of this dead, flakey skin!)
Hey dude! Thanks for the update. Btw, can you provide a summary of your 48 days experience? And what particular areas are still flaking? Thanks! It's good to hear you from you again.
Day 25 or so...lost track
Horrible horrible horrible
I haven't looked this bad in years. Pimples and red marks all over the place. Just in the past 2 days I've broken out with like 7 on my upper lip. This is terrible. Anybody else getting the same results? When I was using purpose 2x a day and bp at night things were in check but still got some pimples. This on the other hand is out of fucking control. Any advice????
just stick with it man. I know its hard, i wanted to give up about a week ago but im just gonna ride it out.
i didn't break out that bad, but around day 30-35 is when i got the dreaded "dead skin mask" and let me tell you i think it looks just as bad maybe worse than having some pimples. Thank god its starting to peel and flake away now(took 2 weeks just to start flaking).
Im sure things will start to look better for you. Let us know how things go and don't cave in and give up man. I say give it another month and if you are seeing no change at all then maybe its time to look into something else.
what are you currently doing now? what is the condition of your skin. the more detailed the better.
So I haven't posted in awhile, thus, lots of things have happened since then.
I decided to peel/scrape all the dead skin off my face on Feb. 1st. Why? My brother put me in a headlock and his sleeve rubbed against one side of my face and when I looked into the mirror shortly thereafter the flakiness was unbearable. At that point I really didn't see it as "caving in", but rather, most the flakes were just dangling there anyway so why don't I just rub 'em off or scrape 'em off. So that's what I did. The skin that lay underneath was so smooth and even toned, but reddish (you could tell it was a bit irritated). So immediately I felt relieved that I didn't have this dead skin mask and stuff all over my face but was very worried that it would soon return, cuz when I did this for 3 weeks back in November the dead skin just came back. But I was hopeful that since this time I had lasted for 50 days (7 weeks) that the post-results would be different. Well, yes and no. I was ecstatic that after a few days after showering the dead skin hadn't built up like it had done before. Well 8 days later the dead skin is nowhere near the severity it was before, but anywhere I scratch with my fingernail a small trail of flakes accompany it. But in all honesty the way my face looks now is much more acceptable/easy for me to go out places and stuff. Before I didn't want to go anywhere I didn't have to. But I'm still angry that this is continuing. This has really taken it's toll on me as the last time I didn't have to deal with flakes or dead skin was way back in late October. That's a freakin' long time by any standards to be constantly self-consience about something every day.
But I am 100% certain that this is the way to go. My skin really hasn't looked this good since I can remember (probably before I started washing it with acid, creams, etc.). I hadn't had any new acne pop out for a week 1/2 before I woke up with two mysterious small ones this morning that weren't there when I went to bed. Good news is tho that they were already drying up by the time I noticed them! Still I have my days where the dead skin is my main concern and then days where acne is my main concern. Im driving myself nuts! lol. I know our pioneers that did this before us said that the dead skin should fall off on its own, but I don't see how it should take 2 months (or two skin renewal processes to do it). Cuz judging by the looks of things, some parts of my face didn't look like they were gunna shed the crap off by theirselves.
well, I won't be surprised that this takes long. Since for me, I have been putting chemicals on my skin face for the last 6 years. Everyday, I wake up with lots of flakes on my face. Some are loose and some are sticky. I simply scrape off every loose one and after that my face looks good! And I go out as if nothing is happening to me and now I feel as confident as hell in looking at other people eye to eye. 
Really, the thought of having dead skin flakes linger on your face is causing your over-consciousness(the same thing with me). I suggest that you just keep scraping it off first thing in the morning and be good to go anywhere!
@yepicanwell, I won't be surprised that this takes long. Since for me, I have been putting chemicals on my skin face for the last 6 years. Everyday, I wake up with lots of flakes on my face. Some are loose and some are sticky. I simply scrape off every loose one and after that my face looks good! And I go out as if nothing is happening to me and now I feel as confident as hell in looking at other people eye to eye.
Really, the thought of having dead skin flakes linger on your face is causing your over-consciousness(the same thing with me). I suggest that you just keep scraping it off first thing in the morning and be good to go anywhere!
Thanx. That's usually what I do first thing in the morning is remove the loose flakes. I definetly think it helps, but I'm just looking forward to the day when I can wake up and not see any flakes and I can scratch anywhere on my face without loosening more flakes! 
So what's there about 3-5 of us on here who are at least more than a month in? At least where kind've doing this together. No way I would have kept doing this if I hadn't known I wasn't alone, I would've panicked and thought this was completely abnormal.
Thanx. That's usually what I do first thing in the morning is remove the loose flakes. I definetly think it helps, but I'm just looking forward to the day when I can wake up and not see any flakes and I can scratch anywhere on my face without loosening more flakes!
Haha! It's really hard to do something that is not in line with what most people do. I might have backed down easily too if I am alone in this. Thank goodness your all into this!
Anyway, there are many other people out there doing the same thing as us. Most of them are guest, other registered ones are dispersed not actively posting here but is posting in AlexAlmighty, Adam08 or Waterwater's threads. Though, we and a couple of some others are the only ones actively reporting back so be proud. We might have ended this whole acne dilemma as we know it.
I have come to a theory that even water running down my face 1x a day seriously slows down this healing process. it seems silly, but it seems like that's the way it is. However, I fully intend on not trying to avoid water when Im fully repaired. But for now I'm avoiding water on my face alltogether for the next several days to see what happens. Ugh the time & effort I've committed to this process is ridiculous! haha.
But if the reward would be a lifetime acne-worry free then it's worth it! XDI'd introduce water to my face once I see no more flaking. Or when I observe that it looks as strong as when I started using topicals.
i know! Never again will I use a topical! (kick me in between the legs if I do). haha. I can tell my skin is getting stronger, but I dont really remember what it looked like before all these topicals as that was 4-5 years ago! 
Nevertheless, this is the way to go. I haven't been this sure about something in a looooong time.
Okay. Now that I am acne-free. I am gonna tweak this regimen to remove the acne-aftermaths faster. I know that time can and will fade these marks into nothing but I need to be clear before our HS reunion which is a month from now.
Gonna use turmeric juice on acne-aftermath areas. Hoping for the best! I took pictures today for before and after purposes.
Not sure if you guys have seen this thread before.
The OP promotes washing of face with pure water(Not tap water)
www.acne.org/messageboard/water-revolution-clea-t60608.html&hl=water
update for me.
Currently washing my face with water every 2 days like alexalmightly.
Dead skin is not as much as before when I don't let water touch my face.
Scrub off the dead skin last week as I'm going on holidays with my friends and I don't wish to show my friends the horrible looking dead skin mask while swimming.
Not sure if you guys have seen this thread before.The OP promotes washing of face with pure water(Not tap water)
www.acne.org/messageboard/water-revolution-clea-t60608.html&hl=water
update for me.
Currently washing my face with water every 2 days like alexalmightly.
Dead skin is not as much as before when I don't let water touch my face.
Scrub off the dead skin last week as I'm going on holidays with my friends and I don't wish to show my friends the horrible looking dead skin mask while swimming.
Ur experience sounds very much like mine! I went 3 weeks of not washing in Novemeber (but water touched my face in the shower). Then I went back to clearasil for about a week and a 1/2 before i realized that that wuz causing my acne. so i went 7 more weeks of not washing (but water touched my face in the shower every day). once again the dead skin built-up but not as bad as before during the 3-week period. i then went 9 days w/o washing (but water touched). and now i wash with water once @ night using my fingernail to get off the accumulated dead skin. the bad thing about this is that my skin gets a little visibly dry immediately following the wash, but when I wake up it's all better. It's keeping me acne-free, but I hate hate hate having to routinely do it and i hate feeling like i cant show my face after i wash @ night. So I usually go directly to bed (i wait till around bedtime to do it) and wake up to great looking skin!
Anyway, sorry bout the details but I'm really interested to see ur progress as far as the dead skin goes. My theory is that only time will keep the dead skin from coming back. The years of topicals creams and washes have screwed with my faces natural shedding process and my only fear is that it will not subside on its own. I've stated b4 that i dont think i have dermatitis or anything because it doesn't itch at all, neither is it red. It just is really getting me down that I can't go more than a couple days with it building up (allbeit that it's nowhere near as bad as a couple months ago). I've searched and searched these forums trying to look for people in the same boat and i cant find any. the people just dissapear, so im assuming that their skin returned to normal. My other thought is that maybe my skin needs to not have even water touch it for a month to regain a normal shedding cycle. it seems to have worked for others, but i've invested SO much time & effort in dealing with the dead skin mask that I just really want/need to get on with my life as I have lots of social events coming up soon.
If anybody has any thoughts, comments, or similar experiences to share that would be great!
i was really thinking about trying this next if my current regimen of a gentle cleanser overnight repair acne cream (sa) and a moistuiser doesnt work. It would make sense that alot of products on the skin would irritate it and cause a breakout, and that once you start using acne products in adolescence your skin gets worse. But there are a few things i am skeptical about.
1. what about women who wear makeup? they would have to wash their face with more then just water to get it all off or suffer a huge breakout. what would you suggest to women??
2. everyone's skin is different. how do you know this is going to work on everyone?? different treatments work on different people so I am not sure if this would be a good regimen for everyone.
3.About the adolescence thing. I know that when i washed my face and used tons of acne products as a young teen i broke out. But, my friends used many acne products too and never had an issue with acne, their faces looked fine then and still do now. Does it just mean im prone to acne and they are not? If this is true then that means everyones skin Must be different and I dont understand how just water could heal my face while people without acne can use whatever chemicals they want and be just fine.
Please repsond im interested to know what you think about all this
i was really thinking about trying this next if my current regimen of a gentle cleanser overnight repair acne cream (sa) and a moistuiser doesnt work. It would make sense that alot of products on the skin would irritate it and cause a breakout, and that once you start using acne products in adolescence your skin gets worse. But there are a few things i am skeptical about.1. what about women who wear makeup? they would have to wash their face with more then just water to get it all off or suffer a huge breakout. what would you suggest to women??
2. everyone's skin is different. how do you know this is going to work on everyone?? different treatments work on different people so I am not sure if this would be a good regimen for everyone.
3.About the adolescence thing. I know that when i washed my face and used tons of acne products as a young teen i broke out. But, my friends used many acne products too and never had an issue with acne, their faces looked fine then and still do now. Does it just mean im prone to acne and they are not? If this is true then that means everyones skin Must be different and I dont understand how just water could heal my face while people without acne can use whatever chemicals they want and be just fine.
Please repsond im interested to know what you think about all this
1)For women who wear makeup I would suggest using a washcloth and gently removing your makeup. These cosmetic companies want you to believe that YOU MUST buy their products in order to maintain healthy, clean skin, when in reality people got by for years w/o them.
2)Yes, people do have different skin. But I believe that once your out of puberty that if you still have acne then it's caused by the topicals u r using or strictly for the girls=that time of the month.
3)Some peeps are more prone to acne than others. I agree with that statement whole-heartedly. Perhaps our skin reacts to chemicals differently than those who aren't acne-prone (i.e. produce more oil, less resistant to infections, improper skin shedding). Whatever the case may be you have to find out what's best for you. I went years believing that somethings contributed or even helped my acne untill I really pin-pointed them. (diet isn't a factor for me, i can eat fast food and choco w/o worries of acne, creams and washes aggravate/cause acne, etc.)
i was really thinking about trying this next if my current regimen of a gentle cleanser overnight repair acne cream (sa) and a moistuiser doesnt work. It would make sense that alot of products on the skin would irritate it and cause a breakout, and that once you start using acne products in adolescence your skin gets worse. But there are a few things i am skeptical about.1. what about women who wear makeup? they would have to wash their face with more then just water to get it all off or suffer a huge breakout. what would you suggest to women??
2. everyone's skin is different. how do you know this is going to work on everyone?? different treatments work on different people so I am not sure if this would be a good regimen for everyone.
3.About the adolescence thing. I know that when i washed my face and used tons of acne products as a young teen i broke out. But, my friends used many acne products too and never had an issue with acne, their faces looked fine then and still do now. Does it just mean im prone to acne and they are not? If this is true then that means everyones skin Must be different and I dont understand how just water could heal my face while people without acne can use whatever chemicals they want and be just fine.
Please repsond im interested to know what you think about all this
1)For women who wear makeup I would suggest using a washcloth and gently removing your makeup. These cosmetic companies want you to believe that YOU MUST buy their products in order to maintain healthy, clean skin, when in reality people got by for years w/o them.
2)Yes, people do have different skin. But I believe that once your out of puberty that if you still have acne then it's caused by the topicals u r using or strictly for the girls=that time of the month.
3)Some peeps are more prone to acne than others. I agree with that statement whole-heartedly. Perhaps our skin reacts to chemicals differently than those who aren't acne-prone (i.e. produce more oil, less resistant to infections, improper skin shedding). Whatever the case may be you have to find out what's best for you. I went years believing that somethings contributed or even helped my acne untill I really pin-pointed them. (diet isn't a factor for me, i can eat fast food and choco w/o worries of acne, creams and washes aggravate/cause acne, etc.)
thanks for your responce!
I was on dans reg for a year and was somewhat clear but my skin itself was a mess. I am off it now and trying to do the whole less is more thing. I never use any medicated cleansers anymore. Just a gentle cleanser. And i only use salysillic acid (sp) at night and sometimes a light moisturiser during the day. I have really found that less is more so i wouldnt be suprised if your regimen works. I however am not quite ready to give up my bottle of SA just yet. I have a wedding i n four months and it seems to be clearing me up pretty well with absolutley no irritation. I would be too afraid to try your regimen just yet. It has been in the back of my mind tho. maybe i will give it a shot after my honeymoon lol. How long does it take for your skin to get clear and healthy from this regimen?
@eyeslikemine
Congrats on your wedding! I can totally understand being hesitant changing your regimen so close to your wedding date. Since it sounds like your doing well with what your doing I wouldn't change it unless it 1)makes a turn for the worse or 2)if you feel like you dont want to be dependant on that stuff forever. But it's hard to argue if your staying clear with what you're doing. About 2 1/2 years ago I was on tetracyline, retin-a, and clindamyic (sp?) phosphate lotion and that really kept me clear for a long time, but I decided that I couldn't afford the prescriptions anymore and that I didn't want to be dependant on those things forever.
As far as how long it takes to be clear on this regimen i honestly dont know. Everyone's skin will heal or not heal different and at different rates. Plus, majority of us have different images of what being "clear" truly is. So, it all makes for one confusing diagnosis. lol.
I have to start all the way over. I just used water/yogurt on my face and I am very angry that I did that but I saw dead skin and wanted to get it off. I just can't wait until this day is over so that I can have a whole week, God willing, of just not doing anything to my face. ugh this is the hardest part.
@Cubed
I see that you are already 15 days into this before you did that water/yogurt. And wow, your a girl! Don't worry much because I did the same at the same day like you. If you check out your face in the mirror, look at it as a whole. It's really not that bad.
Btw, may I ask you some questions?
1.Is it cold in your place right now?
2.Do you still have acne problem or just dehydrated skin?
3.Do you still experience oiliness the same as before?
Keep it up!