Day 20: Hello everyone. I'm feeling pretty shitty today. This time two weeks ago I was hoping to be nearly clear by today...I've ran out of H&S CC so I've been using the H&S Itchy Scalp with Eucalyptus because it was lying around the bathroom for the last day and a bit. I would have asked my parents to get more CC but there has been a few issues lately and travel to shops is impossible atm. Yesterday I was playing sport and I got hit on the right cheek with the ball and I felt it kind of tearing at my skin as it hit it. Sure enough this morning I woke up with two pretty nasty fleshy pimples in that area. Red marks look like shit today for some reason...ugh one week I'm positive, the next negative...I said I wanted to be clear by mid March, I'm doubting that highly now. I dunno what it is anymore, I feel like giving up at times. I suffer from depression at times and I'm almost certain I'm bi-polar and its all starting to take its toll on me coupled with shitty skin, stress from school, this asshole in school who's bugging me for some reason, I'd love to know why. Seriously I was this close to smacking him in the face last week, then I thought if I get suspended from school, it'll stay on my record when I need references for jobs and stuff...he's gonna get it soon though either from me or someone else, it's way overdue...sorry for the rant everyone haha
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Perhaps the H&S needs something else to help it do it's thing. Get your hands on nizoral 2%, it will reduce sebum, and it will slow down keratinization - all additively with H&S = double the power. And trust me, that nizoral makes a huge difference when used with H&S. It does wonders for me. I get it from ebay. Next time, yoiu might want to stock up on H&S. Dont want to run out just when you are about to become clear.
You might want to prick your spots with a needle (use isopropyl alcohol to clean first) then wait a few hours before applying H&S. Also, get some Mandelic acid if you want to kill your bacteria faster.
Hmmm, that sounds like a good idea, I'll use some cotton buds to wipe of the dead skin, yeah I'll do that. Thanks guys!
Day 20: Hello everyone. I'm feeling pretty shitty today. This time two weeks ago I was hoping to be nearly clear by today...I've ran out of H&S CC so I've been using the H&S Itchy Scalp with Eucalyptus because it was lying around the bathroom for the last day and a bit. I would have asked my parents to get more CC but there has been a few issues lately and travel to shops is impossible atm. Yesterday I was playing sport and I got hit on the right cheek with the ball and I felt it kind of tearing at my skin as it hit it. Sure enough this morning I woke up with two pretty nasty fleshy pimples in that area. Red marks look like shit today for some reason...ugh one week I'm positive, the next negative...I said I wanted to be clear by mid March, I'm doubting that highly now. I dunno what it is anymore, I feel like giving up at times. I suffer from depression at times and I'm almost certain I'm bi-polar and its all starting to take its toll on me coupled with shitty skin, stress from school, this asshole in school who's bugging me for some reason, I'd love to know why. Seriously I was this close to smacking him in the face last week, then I thought if I get suspended from school, it'll stay on my record when I need references for jobs and stuff...he's gonna get it soon though either from me or someone else, it's way overdue...sorry for the rant everyone haha
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how ironic i was literally just thinking the same thing bro. my acne that ive had for weeks and weeks is not budging at all. mayb like 2 very small spots that were there on my cheeks for almost amonth finally faded but the others on the outside of my cheeks are literally just staying there every single day not getting better not getting worse. i dont get it man they have been there literally for the entire month its really pissing me off. and my redmarks looks like crap too man. i was looking at pictures and for some reason my redmarks look like they have spread all over fully covering both cheeks now and i didnt even get acne where it spread WHAT THE.. its making me so mad. since doxy gave me a tan on my arms im saying screw waiting man im risking it all and im going to tan my face starting monday. we are going to have sunny weather all week long and this BETTER WORK im giving up hope on everything man ive never seen my face have this much discoloration in my whole life. its disgusting and irritating and i really need to get a job and its very hard for me to look some one in the face and expect them to look at me back and actually WANT me to work for them. i know as soon as they see those marks all over my face it would be an automatic NO. i cant believe my face ever got like this i was a server at a resturaunt with perfect skin. like seriously my face was how i made my money. no everything has been taken away from me.
dont worry bro you are definately not alone. my face looks more crappy than it ever has lately.. sucks dick.
stick it out bro it cant last forever. are you leaving your head and sholders on longer? you should try going to the derm. you have health insurrance? or you could just go to the regular family doctor they know alot about acne too and can also prescribe meds for acne. hang in there man i know how those days go when you just want to stick the chamber in your mouth!
stick it out bro it cant last forever. are you leaving your head and sholders on longer? you should try going to the derm. you have health insurrance? or you could just go to the regular family doctor they know alot about acne too and can also prescribe meds for acne. hang in there man i know how those days go when you just want to stick the chamber in your mouth!
It's hard man, it really is. Yes I've been leaving it on for 5 mins and for one week is was bloody great! Then with the last 4 days I've broken out bad. I've like 6 active and 4 deep emerging pimples atm. I'm putting it down to stress from exams a few weeks back (the whole two week thing that it takes to form deep pimples) and maybe my skin has just said no to all the cleansers and stuff. I'm staying away from derm's if it's possible. My brothers one was shocking, ended up prescribing him some topical that burned the shit out of his skin. Ironically he stopped using it and within two weeks he was clear by using simple water again. He's been clear since except in his forehead where he gets to occasional pimple. I'll consider derm if I still have acne by this summer. Enough is enough, I've the debs in August (the Irish equivalent of the prom) and I want flawless skin a good few months before that. May realistically is my deadline to get clear skin.....
I'm going to try the water only starting tonight. I've been doing more research on it. It's gonna be a trial period though. I'll try and go to Saturday wit this but I doubt I'll last that long. The thought of oily skin during school in front of my class mates almost makes me throw up...but I'm gonna try it anyway. Wish me luck haha.
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So I just had my shower there. I gotta admit it felt great not having to apply H&S, wait 5 minutes, rinse splash etc. I just wet my face well with warm water. Rubbed my face with my wet hands, rinsed with warm water, then cold water. Let air dry. So far so good. Skin seems clean anyway. Not that dryness I like though from H&S. But I was reading dryness from cleansers actually causes and makes acne worse due to over production of oil. So maybe this is good. I dunno, I'm gonna do this tomorrow anyway...oh and I'm not putting on Sudocrem tonight. Might as well try it out you know? Damn it'll be the first night since December that I haven't put it on (last time it was because I was too drunk and just fell asleep on our sofa haha) Okay wish me luck
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Thanks man yes, I'm gonna be using the toothbrush for exfoliating and to scrub off dirt/oil. I'm thinking I'll do toothbrush every second day. So far so good after two water only washes. My skin doesn't feel that oily, and strangely one of my big pimples that was ready to surface and was painful as fuck has eased down and doesn't hurt anymore..it's very strange but I'm not complaining! Thanks man
Haha yes, great achievement for him and Irish sport. I'm not too big into golf but my dad is REALLY in to it. Yeah second youngest #1 ever, next to Tiger. The guy is freakishly talented though. And he's going out with that tennis player who was #1 for ages. If they had a child it'd damn be well gifted!!
haha yeah no kidding! who ever both of their children are regardless if they are together or not are going to be born rich. i wish i was a child like that haha..
btw let me know how the water only goes i may need to give it another try. it just seems as if no cleanser or topicals or anything are helping my face anymore.. and the doxy is too soon to tell if it will work. i dont have many inflamed but just now i washed my face and i noticed a lot of more adding clogged comedones im so pissed.. because i havent found a treatment to get rid of the ones i already have now that ive had for months!!!
haha yeah no kidding! who ever both of their children are regardless if they are together or not are going to be born rich. i wish i was a child like that haha..
btw let me know how the water only goes i may need to give it another try. it just seems as if no cleanser or topicals or anything are helping my face anymore.. and the doxy is too soon to tell if it will work. i dont have many inflamed but just now i washed my face and i noticed a lot of more adding clogged comedones im so pissed.. because i havent found a treatment to get rid of the ones i already have now that ive had for months!!!
Mmmmm for sure, a couple of million here and there, it'd be nice as fuck haha. Yes I sure will bro. Just had my night shower there. It's just gone 9.10 pm here. Duuuude the amount of dead skin that came off with my toothbrush it was actually pretty scary. But I have noticed already my pimples seem less red...I'm starting to get more whiteheads though, although I've heard this is to be expected. I'm pretty optimistic so far, hope I won't have to bite my words though. I think you should start using a baby brush or a toothbrush man. I remember the first time I used it ages back, I noticed improvements pretty much straight away. It'll surely help with those closed comedones and getting more dead skin and dirt out of your pores. Theres plenty of old threads on here that show progress with them and stuff. And it's harmless as long as you don't scrub your face like polishing shoes!! All the best man, let's do this
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Still struggling with acne? Damnit, I'm all clear. And I don't think I'll be getting acne anytime soon. I use H&S 3 x a day, and nizoral too. Keeps my oil under control, and my acne.
Yes I am unfortunately. Your tip about leaving H&S on my face longer worked absolutely great for about a week and then I broke out pretty bad. I'm just trying this water only thing for a while to see will it work. If not I'm gonna be back on H&S CC because it's the thing that has worked best so far! Just bought a big bottle of it yesterday so I'm all set if this water only thing doesn't work out. Congrats on being clear though how severe was your acne to begin with??
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I didn't even have acne thanks to lactoferrin. Just pityrosporum and clogged pores - which would have become inflamed if it weren't for lactoferrin.
Damn good stuff man!
Okay its like Day 3 of the water only for me. So far so damn good. I haven't got a major pimple since I started this, two whiteheads I think, thats it. My face actually hasn't got that oily. And it feels better when I eat and yawn and stuff. Had to use my shaving cream tonight, but thats the only product I've put on my face in the last 3 days.
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I didn't even have acne thanks to lactoferrin. Just pityrosporum and clogged pores - which would have become inflamed if it weren't for lactoferrin.
Damn good stuff man!
Okay its like Day 3 of the water only for me. So far so damn good. I haven't got a major pimple since I started this, two whiteheads I think, thats it. My face actually hasn't got that oily. And it feels better when I eat and yawn and stuff. Had to use my shaving cream tonight, but thats the only product I've put on my face in the last 3 days.
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Hey,
I hav tried the only water stuff works great at first but it made my face burst out with acne in a few days. Its a great regimen may be after you disinfect your skin and get rid of most of your acne. I dont know how long exactly you have been suffering from acne but I am for about 10 years now, and I do not have like one or two zits that girls complain about. I have a problem! So I went on dan's treatment (only the BP). This is what I did, I used cetaphil cleanser and moisturiser and only dans treatment cream. i did this for 4 months (do not expect things to change quickly and do not switch products). Then I started doing his regimen only once at night in 2 days. And now I do it once in 4 days. So I am gradually reducing what I am doing. How I did this was I first started using honey (organic raw) as cleanser with his regimen, that I followed twice a day. Then after I swithed the cleanser, I went on and switched moisturiser to coconut oil (extra virgin cold pressed), then finally I reduced apply the BP treatment once in 2 days, and now once in 4 days. When I started doing the once in 4 days I stopped using ANYTHING but just NOXZEMA original deep cleansing cream. I wash my face gently with it, pat dry and apply a very little to my zits. It just soaks in right away. Its been fantastic. And I am about 99% clear. I have used everything in this world. If you have too just try this. It might get rid of your acne forever. Please remember one very important thing the BP makes your skin exfoliate itself. DO NOT EXFOLIATE. Its only now that I do the BP once in 2 days, that I exfoliate once a week. trust me try this regimen. If it worked for me after 10 years of nonsense and bad skin it will for you. Be very very gentle to skin. Two promises I made to myself were dont prick skin, dont touch hair/scalp (very imp, as we do not see it but scalp particles cause acne on the face).
I didn't even have acne thanks to lactoferrin. Just pityrosporum and clogged pores - which would have become inflamed if it weren't for lactoferrin.
Damn good stuff man!
Okay its like Day 3 of the water only for me. So far so damn good. I haven't got a major pimple since I started this, two whiteheads I think, thats it. My face actually hasn't got that oily. And it feels better when I eat and yawn and stuff. Had to use my shaving cream tonight, but thats the only product I've put on my face in the last 3 days.
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Hey,
I hav tried the only water stuff works great at first but it made my face burst out with acne in a few days. Its a great regimen may be after you disinfect your skin and get rid of most of your acne. I dont know how long exactly you have been suffering from acne but I am for about 10 years now, and I do not have like one or two zits that girls complain about. I have a problem! So I went on dan's treatment (only the BP). This is what I did, I used cetaphil cleanser and moisturiser and only dans treatment cream. i did this for 4 months (do not expect things to change quickly and do not switch products). Then I started doing his regimen only once at night in 2 days. And now I do it once in 4 days. So I am gradually reducing what I am doing. How I did this was I first started using honey (organic raw) as cleanser with his regimen, that I followed twice a day. Then after I swithed the cleanser, I went on and switched moisturiser to coconut oil (extra virgin cold pressed), then finally I reduced apply the BP treatment once in 2 days, and now once in 4 days. When I started doing the once in 4 days I stopped using ANYTHING but just NOXZEMA original deep cleansing cream. I wash my face gently with it, pat dry and apply a very little to my zits. It just soaks in right away. Its been fantastic. And I am about 99% clear. I have used everything in this world. If you have too just try this. It might get rid of your acne forever. Please remember one very important thing the BP makes your skin exfoliate itself. DO NOT EXFOLIATE. Its only now that I do the BP once in 2 days, that I exfoliate once a week. trust me try this regimen. If it worked for me after 10 years of nonsense and bad skin it will for you. Be very very gentle to skin. Two promises I made to myself were dont prick skin, dont touch hair/scalp (very imp, as we do not see it but scalp particles cause acne on the face).
Hey
Wow, thanks for all your info/tips. I'm delighted you're clear!! Nobody deserves to have acne for 10 years. I'm 17, I've had acne since I was 13 but only somewhat serious with like a year! I'm gonna try this water only thing out anyway for a moment but I'll definitely remember your post here if this doesn't work. Thanks a million for your story and describing your regimen in such detail. I trust you 100% and I can see you really know how to care for your skin! I'll be sure to take on your advice if I ever need it. Thanks a million once again and congrats again on being clear
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It's day 6 of the water only for me. I'm happy so far. Skin tone seems to be getting more natural, I see those deep red marks slowly surfacing. One massive painful pimple on my jawline though, it's from my breakout about a week and a half ago and it popped in the shower when I was washing my face. At least it's less painful now and strangely enough less red. Besides that I haven't had a major pimple since I started this, oh except one on my chin which is already healing. And I'm getting a fair few tiny whiteheads, mostly on my nose. I'm happy though, I expected to breakout like a bitch after goin cold turkey. I hear for some people the first week is good, then the next is horrible with breakouts. Yeah I'm a bit anxious but we'll see. I really want to do this for a month, I hope I don't breakout bad because I'll go back on H&S straight away :/ eh...we'll see!
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Day 8. I'm doing pretty good. Still I haven't got a "proper" pimple since I started this last week. A good few tiny whiteheads on my nose and around my mouth but they seem to pop whenever I shower. Red marks are doing pretty good, but I'm so anxious to get them to fade more! You know when you're doing good and you always think you can do so much better and it bogs you down!! Yeah I guess I just want clear skin so bad. It's coming up to a year now when I started to really noticing I've an acne problem. Want this mother gone for good anyway besides that I'm doing okay. Skin is really oily today! Like really oily. I had to splash my face with water when I came home from school and it's oily as crap again just as I'm about to shower. It wasn't this bad last week. A sign for good or for worse?? I'm not sure. Fingers crossed though! I'll update in a few days time again
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hey man i hope youre doing better than i, i may just try and no wash again my face is just killing me. i didt have any breakouts for a good while but every since i started doxy 2 weeks ago is like i get a new pimple everyday and they never leave so now im having so many just pile up.. this sucks dick i seriously hate life right now man..i dont know what it freaking takes for the good guys to win for a change.. seriously i do everything right i hate this man.. anyways hope your regimen is goin well
hey man i hope youre doing better than i, i may just try and no wash again my face is just killing me. i didt have any breakouts for a good while but every since i started doxy 2 weeks ago is like i get a new pimple everyday and they never leave so now im having so many just pile up.. this sucks dick i seriously hate life right now man..i dont know what it freaking takes for the good guys to win for a change.. seriously i do everything right i hate this man.. anyways hope your regimen is goin well
Hey man, sorry to hear you're doing bad you should stick it out for a while, it'd be doing more harm than good just quitting and moving on to something else. But that's just my opinion. I'm definitely pretty happy with the water only thing. As long as I use my toothbrush to get off dead skin it's pretty damn good so far. I know man, I see all the wasters in school who're doing nothing good for society and they've clear skin and it's driving me mad!! Anyway man, all the best
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Day 13: Things are looking up. Face seems more natural looking everyday, haven't got a pimple in a few days. Oh yeah to re-cap a little I broke out a little along my jawline on Tuesday but it's clearing pretty good. Red marks are fading a little too. I'm very happy with this thing. I'm actually kind of sorry I didn't try this earlier, but I'm not gonna jinx myself. This is working pretty damn good though. I've got to admit though that a reasonable diet, abstinence and other good things are helping me with this. I'll update in a few more days
oh btw HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY EVERYONE!! Don't get too drunk
Sl¡n agus Beannacht!
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nice job man i hope that the results keep showing!
Thanks man!! But I caved in on the masturbating thing I know man I know! Check the abstinence thread for the story, I'm too depressed to type it again...and my skin was doing pretty good and all....fuck sake, last week was so shitty and I was starting to feel good again Saturday and now this!! FUCK IT!!!!
Aight man, hope your doing better than me
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nice job man i hope that the results keep showing!
Thanks man!! But I caved in on the masturbating thing
I know man I know! Check the abstinence thread for the story, I'm too depressed to type it again...and my skin was doing pretty good and all....fuck sake, last week was so shitty and I was starting to feel good again Saturday and now this!! FUCK IT!!!!
Aight man, hope your doing better than me
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- haha its all good man i also caved the other day maybe 4-5 days ago and it didnt seem to make any kind of difference on my acne. no worries. i hope the water only does you right man. im still doing my regimen and everything is just stable. same as always. some leave then other come.. its a never ending game that the devil is playing with me