Lol, I don't thoroughly believe in initial breakouts, I believe breakouts happen for negative reasons, and if they're severe and not coming to the skin as a head (zit), then it's not purging/initial breakouts. Breakouts could be from your body trying to get rid of toxins through skin, if the organs you have aren't functioning properly. Breakouts can happen from excess sebum, too dry of a face, irritation, inflammation, allergic reactions, etc. YOU NAME IT, too much too name in so little time lol. Anyways, I quit BP a few months ago, and noticed "better" results, not a cure, but just improvement. I thought it was working a lot of the times when my acne healed up, but without it, my acne heals up anyways so I don't see the benefit in using it. It irritates the skin, can make acne worse, and it's linked to cancer and supposedly produces yeast (bacteria) in the skin..and that's definitely not good for you. If you want to use something less harmful, use salicylic acid. With any product you use, it can become an irritant in excess, allergic reaction, or if not used properly. It's best to only use a little bit, apply a thin layer, don't apply it all over the face if you're not breaking out all over. As a person who suffers with severe acne, I have slathered topical treatments on because I thought it'd make healing acne more efficient, but it doesn't. I find that it helps me to only wash at night to avoid dryness and irritation, and to keep my face wash as short as possible, and to use only a tiny tiny spec of any topical treatment I use. I'd wash my face in the morning, but I don't want to risk drying out my skin, because sometimes twice a day washing isn't always beneficial. It's most important to wash at night anyways, that's when your body is working better (during sleep), which is why 8-9 hours of sleep is so essential. I will be honest that I'm giving advice from experience, but in no way is my skin clear at the moment, but I have used BP, and for a long time coming too, and it may help dry out a pimple, but it usually stops working after a while, and the more use of it, the more irritation, hence..more acne. Excess is never good, a little bit of something will go a long way in helping. Also don't ever scrub your face when washing, use circular motions to do the job, and if you have any left over cleanser..DO NOT RUB/SCRUB it off, if you can't find a way to get it off...then you're better off leaving it there or wiping it away softly and gently with your fingers or a REALLY soft cloth. I have such good advice..yet such bad skin, but I also haven't been up to date with the whole washing regimen, because of Thanksgiving break and trying the Caveman regimen..and also from giving up on trying, but now I'm trying to get my skin better again. I'm starting to log my diet, behaviors, and breakouts. etc., in order to see if there's a pattern to my skin problems, maybe you should try that too? Seems efficient for most people who do, and I don't see the harm in doing it. Sorry for the long reply, hope I helped or gave some insight to you!

Lol, I don't thoroughly believe in initial breakouts, I believe breakouts happen for negative reasons, and if they're severe and not coming to the skin as a head (zit), then it's not purging/initial breakouts. Breakouts could be from your body trying to get rid of toxins through skin, if the organs you have aren't functioning properly. Breakouts can happen from excess sebum, too dry of a face, irritation, inflammation, allergic reactions, etc. YOU NAME IT, too much too name in so little time lol. Anyways, I quit BP a few months ago, and noticed "better" results, not a cure, but just improvement. I thought it was working a lot of the times when my acne healed up, but without it, my acne heals up anyways so I don't see the benefit in using it. It irritates the skin, can make acne worse, and it's linked to cancer and supposedly produces yeast (bacteria) in the skin..and that's definitely not good for you. If you want to use something less harmful, use salicylic acid. With any product you use, it can become an irritant in excess, allergic reaction, or if not used properly. It's best to only use a little bit, apply a thin layer, don't apply it all over the face if you're not breaking out all over. As a person who suffers with severe acne, I have slathered topical treatments on because I thought it'd make healing acne more efficient, but it doesn't. I find that it helps me to only wash at night to avoid dryness and irritation, and to keep my face wash as short as possible, and to use only a tiny tiny spec of any topical treatment I use. I'd wash my face in the morning, but I don't want to risk drying out my skin, because sometimes twice a day washing isn't always beneficial. It's most important to wash at night anyways, that's when your body is working better (during sleep), which is why 8-9 hours of sleep is so essential. I will be honest that I'm giving advice from experience, but in no way is my skin clear at the moment, but I have used BP, and for a long time coming too, and it may help dry out a pimple, but it usually stops working after a while, and the more use of it, the more irritation, hence..more acne. Excess is never good, a little bit of something will go a long way in helping. Also don't ever scrub your face when washing, use circular motions to do the job, and if you have any left over cleanser..DO NOT RUB/SCRUB it off, if you can't find a way to get it off...then you're better off leaving it there or wiping it away softly and gently with your fingers or a REALLY soft cloth. I have such good advice..yet such bad skin, but I also haven't been up to date with the whole washing regimen, because of Thanksgiving break and trying the Caveman regimen..and also from giving up on trying, but now I'm trying to get my skin better again. I'm starting to log my diet, behaviors, and breakouts. etc., in order to see if there's a pattern to my skin problems, maybe you should try that too? Seems efficient for most people who do, and I don't see the harm in doing it. Sorry for the long reply, hope I helped or gave some insight to you!

 

Thanks mate, very useful information you got there I will take every bit of that into consideration. Again thank-you ))

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At first when we start BP our faces get irritated for 2-3 weeks, then it lowers... but that irritation causes us to breakout I believe its called the "Initial Breakout" is this true that excess irritation to the face from BP can break us out badly? Please can someone expand on this and tell me if its true, thank you very much.

 

Not all pimples are "born" at the same time, and when you get irritated from BP the pimples may be in their mid to last stages. The irritation from BP can highlight the existing pimples with the redness. Essentially it's coincidence.

 

At first when we start BP our faces get irritated for 2-3 weeks, then it lowers... but that irritation causes us to breakout I believe its called the "Initial Breakout" is this true that excess irritation to the face from BP can break us out badly? Please can someone expand on this and tell me if its true, thank you very much.

 

 

Not all pimples are "born" at the same time, and when you get irritated from BP the pimples may be in their mid to last stages. The irritation from BP can highlight the existing pimples with the redness. Essentially it's coincidence.

 

Yep this is so true, was always wounding why I have abit of redness on my t-zone

I had an initial breakout when I started using BP. During my second week I can quite comfortably say that I had more pimples on my face than I ever had in my entire life, but once it cleared up I realised that all the tiny bumps that had laid under my skin for years had come to a head and once they healed, it left my skin smooth and bump free.