22 hours ago, sanjam95 said:So water & moisturizer with spf for my red marks - didn't know. Got ya! Thanks for the advice 🙂
Time is the best medicine for red marks but drinking a lot of water + moisturizing (with spf) seemed to help people. I always drink a lot of water anyway so I can't tell you if there is actually 100% difference but it makes sense because skin is non-stop hydrated. Sun and other uv lights can make red marks even darker/more visible, thats why morning moisturizer should be with sun protection. This is just additional help for greater and/or faster results, not something that would work by itself. Time heals all the wounds as they say.
Week 17th
Hello! So these are the pictures... The texture of my skin is super nice. I hate blemishes tho, but that's not the function of (ro)accutane. I've been dealing with the pimple I posted a pic for a few days, ehhh, hope that bump or whatever it is will go away soon.
I've been definitely bad over the weekend, ate some chocolate and mayonnaise. Going to derm this week.
Hey guys. It was my 18th week yesterday, but everything is pretty much the same, so I thought there's no need to update, but then last night my smart ass decided to pop a pimple that wasn't even a pimple and I made a mess. I have no idea what to do now, except wait for the miracle
Somehow the whole day yesterday and even before popping my face became so red and not the same. I went outside with only moisturizer I don't think it had any spf.
@kvn88 patience is the key, huh
My pores are so open, annoying, same with you?
1 hour ago, sanjam95 said:
Not sure what do you mean with 'open'?
I have 100% smooth face, red marks visible under very certain lights, but 3/4 of the time it looks clear now. Comparing to your results I'm about 2-3 weeks ahead of you. By that I mean that I'm now where you will be in 2-3 weeks probably. Red marks will fade noticeably.
I also maybe get 1-2 new spots per week but they aren't even worth mentioning because they are very different than when I had IB. Now they are very very very tiny and gone very fast.
@kvn88 I thought my pores are more visible than usual
16 hours ago, sanjam95 said:
Put a blob of moisturiser on it each night and leave it overnight until it heals That's what I used to do when I was scared of getting a keloid scar or just a scar in general!
@dw75 hahha I do the same thing. But i thought that wouldnt help with this situation. Thank you
@kvn88 hahaha thanks? I haven't noticed anything major, i feel like my face is the same for two weeks now
Woohoo, big thanks to the team of acne.org who fixed my problem.
Had my test taken today & tomorrow I have my appointment with derm. You have no idea how much I can't wait to start with therapy for my scars. Right now, my face is like 95% clear. I can feel maybe two bumps, nothing special, but I do have scars, as you can see. 25 more days! I will have some extra pills, so I will ask her tomorrow if I can drink them as well or I'll stop on March 26th.
Here are some pics from this morning. Feeling a little bit better.