Hey guys! I'm one week into the regimen and so far so good. 

I just have one question: does anyone have tips for applying makeup while on the first stage of this regimen? 

-I'll be posting my experience and progress on this thread-

I'm 17 and will go to college after summer break, so around the end of august. My goal is to achieve clear skin before college because I can't imagine myself putting on makeup everyday for school. I was homeschooled all my high school years because high schools aren't that great where I live, and my parents worry too much about me

so basically I never had to put on makeup on a daily basis because of my acne. 

Anyways, my acne was pretty mild when I was 14 and 15. To be honest, it wasn't so bad because I didn't really have that much acne scars, just pimples. When I turned 16, I began to use a lot of acne products because the acne on my forehead would keep increasing and I was desperate to get rid of them. Then I turned 16. Now I only used to get acne on my forehead but then, after using this acne gel by Murad, I broke out TREMENDOUSLY on my cheeks! I got cystic acne because of it, and I never had cystic acne before. I don't even know why I put it on my cheeks when they were so clear in the first place. My cousin told me to use extra virgin olive oil on my cystic acne but that didn't help them go away at all. That all happened in November 2016 and I stopped in January. I now have moderate acne. 

80% of my cystic acne on my cheeks Were gone  before starting the regimen. They went away with time I guess. I just used moisturizers and soon they went away. I used tea tree oil too but not that often. 

It's been a week after starting the regimen and no new cystic acne. The other 20% of my cystic acne cleared up, but there's one cystic acne left on each cheek in the SAME area!! Which is weird! I do have so many scars. And I'm talking a LOT of scars left from acne. Most are red which draws more attention and harder to hide beneath makeup in my opinion. About 85% of my face is filled with scars. I broke out on my forehead this morning when I woke up. About 3 pimples but they're shrinking already. I'm not that sad over it since I'm just so used to forehead acne. I was just so new to the cystic acne. 

I know I'm only a week in, but I've used the AHA+ twice so far. I heard it clears acne marks so I got a little too excited hehe. 

Of course, I experience a lot of dryness and flaking but I don't mind, I just get insecure around other people. I'm also very insecure because my face has gotten so much darker. I got about 3 shades darker than my natural skin tone. Maybe it's from the BP? Maybe it burned my skin? Not sure. 

I've been drinking plenty of water, I actually have to use the bathroom every 2 and a half hours. Since last month, I began to make sure to have a bowel movement every single day. I used to ever have a bowel twice in  week. And that was bad! I think pooping everyday helped clear my cystic acne. 

But yeah! That's what I have to say so far.