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> it seems that the number of those skin colored bunpas has INCREASED since starting Dan's regimen. Can anyone explain?
happened to me too #-o
Botchla: You said you used to have these white clogged pore bumps, and you also used to pick your skin. With your regimen, did the white bumps just kind of go away of their own accord? Without you purging the contents out or tuning into zits? :-k
Sorry to disappoint (I'm obviously not Botchla... he seems to have become somewhat of an icon on this website :-k ) Anyway, I had several of those bumps too, especially along my jawlines. Don't do anything to them! It does take a while, but they will disappear on their own. I noticed mine were gone around week 5.
I think those bumps are an indication that you are irritating your skin way too much. I had those really bad.. and when I slowed my regimen down to just using the Topicals at night, instead of morning and night too, and it worked. I was on Dan's regimen lastyear and those damn bumps (called Comedones) were scattered everywhere, When I slowed down to once at night.. my face cleared up.. Just a thought
I also saw that on makeupalley...it kind of worried me, but I really doubt they would have something out there that would cause cancer...i certainly hope they wouldn't.
anyway...bit of an update: still no new pimples...I don't want to get my hopes up, but when I wake up in the morning and see that I haven't gotten anything new, I get really happy. My forehead is 100% clear. My cheeks are clear as well...just have red marks. Now if only the zit on my noze and right jaw would go away...aggghhh!!!
Well, the one on my nose has flattened somewhat and the one on my jaw has definitely decreased in size.
botchla - i must say that you have given me hope. i really was going to give up on this regimine, but things are just begining to look up a little. tomorrow is the start of week 2...i'm going to stick with it even longer. i'm gonna go for a month..i'll still keep you posted on my progress.
Thanks
mustangsally,
=D> I'm so happy things are looking up! From reading your posts, sounds like you and I have very similar breakouts. Botchla's regimen has done wonders for my skin. I still get one jawline pimple with my period...never fails. But they seem to go away much faster and not be quite as large as they were before. O:) Hopefully, you'll tell me you've had no jawline pimples at all in the next month or so and give me hope! [-o<
thank you so much, starzct....it's so nice to have someone supporting me! besides my husband...sometimes I feel so bad because he has the perfect skin and I think he should have someone that doesnt' have to deal with these problems...ugh...ok...that was my self esteem talking.
anyway...here's praying [-o< that in the next month, I will be where you are at.
im so glad i found this list
Hey Blotcha, I'm concerned about the timelime you wrote about this regimen. For some reason I'm pretty confident in these products. It's just that tommorrow will mark the end of the 1 month point and in the last few days a bit of zits has appeared and will not be gone by tommorrow. I guess I'm just looking for some assurance that this is fine and will pass. Another concern is that I used to really feel the microbeads moving around but now I don't feel them as much when I massage the cleansers around, I worry that they're not doing their job or something. On a positive note, I have seen some awesome things from these cleansers. My forehead has a lot of clogged pores, and some mornings I've actually seen some crap has risen a bit and then I pull it off my forehead and see an open, cleaned out pore, like if you pushed a blackhead completely out.
Same here, the first time I used the SA wash and applied the BP wash afterwards, my face was stinging. It felt awesome. Like i knew this was working. But now, it doesnt do that.
That doesn't mean that it doesn't work anymore. Are tou still seeing results or not, because that is the most important factor.
The ONLY reason the BP wash "stings" like it does is because they add menthol to the soap. Just because you don't feel it anymore doesn't mean it's not working, because the menthol has absolutely no purpose except for tricking people into thinking that, "WOW! This stuff is really doing the job!"
I'm surprised, though. I've used menthol on my lips for years, and I've never gotten so used to the feeling that I stop experiencing it. :-k
If you guys are still getting blackheads on the nose.. Just use the SA scrub on your nose.. no need to follow up with BP on the nose too. I use just SA cleanser on my nose.. and all those little blackies are gone...
P.S - i still have some active acne around my mouth.. I have those little colorless bumps (probably 25 in total) .. and Im hoping your regimen will help clear them up..
MY QUESTION TO BOTCHLA: those bumps on your forhead.. did the regimen simply make them disappear.. or did they all come to surface and have to get popped? I have them bad around my mouth and need them surfaced..
hmm. i guess it depends. the ones i had were solid inside, like a blackhead. it was like a little hard plug under the skin.
i found that once they were ready to come out, i could squeeze them out without causing too much damage. they come out pretty easy. like.. i would just barely have to squeeze and it would come out.
but i'm not sure if this is exactly what you have or not. i suppose they will go away in time either way, as your skin sheds.
I think I'm the only one whose had a negative response to all these cleansers! I've been using the two cleansers twice daily for about two weeks now, and my skin looks the worst it has ever been. I used to only have about TWO zits at one time, but ever since I started using C&C, I've had countless new ones pop up, and there's more to come! I didn't even have this reaction when I first started a new topical. Oy.
I'm going to continue using the blackhead wash though, only because it scrubs away the dead skin. I do like that!
Yeah I have been on the regimen for about 2 weeks and I am getting alot more zits than I used to before I was using the C&C facewashes, but I was reading some of the other posts saying that it was just all the icky crap coming to the surface so I really hope that my face starts to clear up soon! Also, I don't know if it makes a big difference or not, but I only use both of the face washes in the morning. Do you think that it would speed up the process of clearing up my face if I started doing it at night as well? Kind of a silly question I guess, but I always forget to wash my face at night!
Well I think if Botchla got results doing it his way, then shouldn't one follow that instead of their own regimen? He said he used the SA in the morning, and in the night he used the two face washes (BP and SA). Not both twice a day. Some too much can be just that, too much! However, I do agree about all the underlying "gunk" that will/has to come up in the process. Some may have more than others, therefore causing a longer, more intense "cleanse." It seems that a majority of acne treatments out there seem to worse before they get better. I guess the question is how much and how long?
My regime
1 hot steamy shower,wash hair,body
Shave using mach 3 razor - edge gel clean,helps lift away dirt and oil
Clean and clear scrub then the bp.
I now shower twice a day:)
I wash my face evey 12 hours rather than wash my face at 6:00 in the morning then wait till bed time.I wash 6:00 am to 6:00 pm
the only side effect is tight skin for a few hours.very little dryness.
I think a good steamy shower helps open the pores.
I use both products twice a day.no moisturizer...
I use about the size you would for tooth paste.I have gotten a few zits.
but they are very small,I can't believe how tiny they are,they do go away fast...