I have been on epiduo for a month and a half ... I had horrible red acne not like all over my face just on the sides.... And the pictures you can see a difference but one is taken in a little more light than the other can anyone give me advice on how to get the most out of my epiduo... I dont want to depend on makeup to cover my redness and marks... as for acne the pimples arent coming in as often but just inflamed red marks do... I dont know I like it and I will continue but does it really remove marks and make people as good as other people post or no...
I just want clear skin I have never had this before and just in the past 9 months its been like this....
I dont have my day one photo I wish i did but heres since i started taking pics of the one side the other side isnt good either but its only red in a select region..
This is may 28th
This is minutes ago
Any advice to make my epiduo more effective and skin better?
Im currently on EpiDuo and loving it.
Id say just give it a bit more time. It looks like they are the same spots just taking a long time to heal. Im in the exact same position as you, but Im just thrilled that my face is no longer breaking out and most of the other stuff has cleared up, and the patches do continue to improve. When I look at pictures I feel like there isnt a huge amount of improvement as the spots are still there, but my skin is almost smooth and no longer painful, which is a huge bonus. And although inconvenient, it really is very simple to cover the red marks with concealer.
Just keep with it a bit longer. Make sure you cleanse and wait for your skin to dry fully before applying EpiDuo. I then wait another half hour or so before applying generous amounts of moisturizer. I find this helps with the healing of the remaining blemishes.
I can also say from personal experience Epiduo does work really well on acne IF your skin is not super sensitive like mine.
Like zazzed suggested be patient and do use a good moistruizer (also on top of Epiduo) as it will dry your skin.
This will allow that you will be able to use Epiduo more frequently and actually have your skin tolerate it.
Very important: it noticed that more is (once again) less, at first I was overdrying and stressing my skin which was really painful and bad!
So if you feel using it every other night is enough, than do that, otherwise your skin will be to stressed to heal!