Hello! I have been struggling with acne since I was 11. It has been 4 years worth of struggle and I am finally sick and tired of it. I have bumps all over my forehead, upper cheeks, upper lip. My upper lip has a lot of black heads and white heads only appear on my nose. Little buggers are so difficult to remove. My skin is extremely oily. I can soak up a total sheet of blotting paper from clean and clear and have the second sheet still be soaking up my oil.
Regimen:
Morning,
Wash hands
Wash face with Paula's Choice hydralight one step face cleanser normal to oily/combination skin
Rinse with water
Pat dry
Paula's Choice 2% BHA Liquid
Benzoyl peroxide
Jojoba oil as moisturiser (occasionally)
Paula's Choice Suncare extra care non-greasy sunscreen
Night,
Wash hands
Wash face with Paula's Choice hydralight one step face cleanser normal to oily/combination skin
Rinse with water
Pat dry
Paula's Choice 2% BHA Liquid
Benzoyl peroxide
Jojoba oil as moisturiser (occasionally)
WEEKLY,
Paula's Choice Weekly Resurfacing Treatment with 10% AHA
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WEEK ONE
I applied the recommended amount of bp for week one. There was little improvement. No breakouts.
WEEK TWO
I hate week two.
Breakouts,
Forehead: 2 big pus filled zits
Nose: 1 pimple on the tip of my nose.
Left cheek: 1 pimple
Right cheek: ANGRY red pimple
Chin: No breakouts
Upper lip: No breakouts
My bumps have shrunk a little, not much but still slight improvement.
I am on day 20 right now (tomorrow is end of week 3 for me)
On day 17, there was 5 pus filled pimple on my forehead.
They have shrunk now since I dapped extra BP on them.
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Update: Under all the stress of my final national exam, the acne came back even though I maintained the regimen. Yes, after day 25, about 2 months later, my acne cleared up. The regimen does work but sadly, due to the stress mine came back. But fear not, I will continue to keep up with the regimen. Hopefully it goes away after my exams. Wish me luck.
Day 25
First, I am very stressed right now cause of Christmas and my last minute gift wrapping but surprisingly, I suffer from no major breakouts! The big red pimples have gone down (2 leaving a scar..) I see no improvement this past few days but I can say that my skin is getting used to the bp. I am now at 3/4 of my whole finger and my skin is slightly itching but it goes away after 3 minutes. My right cheeks and middle of my forehead broke out with small bumps but I'm sure it will go away after awhile since I am piling this bp. I came back only to find that acne.org has a new layout! Very nice! But I can't seem to find the what to expect section. I used to love to read it cause it gave me hopes that my skin will follow the moderate acne guideline. Merry Christmas!
Hi guys, yes my face has totally cleared up after the last post but sadly, since I am sitting for my finals in a couple of weeks, my acne came back. It's so sad afterall, I worked hard for my clear skin and my acne just had to come back. But I am going to continue with the regimen and hopefully after my finals, this will all clear up 