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Hi All,
I'm new here but definitely not new to the wonderful, joyous world of pimples. Now mine is quite mild but it still causes me a lot of strife. I'm very insecure about pimples and the like and because of that have a really bad problem with popping my pimples. Right now I'm not doing that because I had an epiphany and have resolved not to but to give you some history:
Previously I would pop anything. And I mean anything. Ever whitehead, blackhead, pore. Tiny bumps on my forehead that I believe are closed comedones (but more on those later). ANYTHING! This, of course, led to bad flare ups. Duh past me. I have a few pimples on my shoulders, maybe 5 or 6, one on my neck, and a few on my shoulder-blades. A while ago I had a very bad chin flare up where my entire chin turned red and dry. It faded with use of suggested products by GP but I'm including a picture for reference.
Anyway, I have not done that in a while - more than a week - and already my skin is clearing up but I am here to speak about more specific things.
My forehead is riddled with small, colourless, painless bumps which, as I mentioned above, I believe are closed comedones based on my research but I might be wrong. They make it very hard to be confident. I am desperately seeking advice.
As for my other crosses to bear? Well I have been washing my face twice a day with Cetaphil's Oil-Free Face Wash as usual but have additionally begun to sleep with a small amount of Sudocrem (previously Savlon) globbed on pimples and while it's only been a few days have seen great improvement. Not sure if anybody wants to guide me further in this area as well.
IN SHORT I AM INSECURE AND HAVE A LOT OF BAD HABITS I NEED ADVICE FOR!
P.S. In the pictures it looks like a lot of cream but it's not actually.
P.P.S. My skin's very combination. Usually oily on my forehead but normal-dry elsewhere.
P.P.P.S. My skin looks red today but it's summer here so I'm just flushed.
BEFORE (4 days ago)
THE TREATMENT
TODAY
Your skin looks pretty good to me! It looks like you have found the regime that works for you, so I wouldn't change it. If your skin feels too dry you can try and add a moisturiser mask once a week or a non-comedogenic oil. I really like Avene's soothing moisturiser mask, it's oil-free, non comedogenic and indicated for sensitive skin, so perfect. I also use rosehip oil (Pai's rosehip bioregenerate oil) 3 nights a week or sometimes 2 drops mixed with moisturiser in the morning. It doesn't break me out, in fact it stops my spots, doesn't make me oily or shiny, but it hydrates me. I really like it. But don't be self conscious because your skin looks nice!
What product is on your face? It looks like it helped clear your skin up!
I have been struggling with closed comedones for years and can't seem to figure out how to clear them up. My dermatologist prescribed me Retin-A-Micro which did clear my comedones for awhile. However they eventually all came back so I gave up on using that since it dried out my skin so much. Recently I have been trying new things, just trying to figure out what will get these things out of my skin, and I saw great reviews about tea tree oil products. I bought the tea tree toner, face wash, and night lotion from The Body Shop and have been using those for the past couple of weeks. So far a lot of my comedones have gone away! Theres definitely still some there but I see an improvement. Hopefully this helps, good luck! 