Hey guys! It is my 13th week on the regimen, and I am 98% clear! I still get a pimple every few days, and I still have some blackheads, but I am hoping that over time, I will just get the random pimple here or there and that be it! Anyway, I have been using AHA for quite some time now, and although my red marks have faded a bunch, I am really starting to get impatient! I haven't been wearing any face makeup for the last couple of weeks, and although I don't feel horrible without it, I know I would feel a whole lot better if my hyper-pigmentation was gone! I really don't want to have to do anything that is really invasive, since my skin is so sensitive, and the fact that I am the clearest I have been in YEARS, I am scared to try many different things. I know one thing that probably isn't helping is the fact that I can't, or rather, i am too scared to wear sunscreen. I am terrified that it will make me breakout, and since I am not wearing any makeup, that it will make me a greasy mess. This is what my regimen looks like
A.M
Cerave Foaming Facial Wash
1/2 finger length BP
Small amount of Simple Replenishing Moisturizer
Small amount of Cerave Moisturizing Cream on dry areas
P.M
Cerave Foaming Facial Wash
2 finger lengths BP
Nickel size amount of AHA (Alpha Hydrox Oil Free 10% Treatment)
Cerave Moisturizing Cream
I know that the Cerave cream is pretty risky with the ingredient combo, but so far so good, so I was thinking about trying the Cerave AM moisturizer with spf30, but I am so terrified that the sunscreen will cause breakouts. So my question is, would me not wearing sunscreen cause a huge delay in the healing of the red marks? I sit in an office for most of the day, and am generally outside most of the evenings, from about 5-8:30, and on the weekends I am generally outside most of the day. I haven't had any problems with the AHA causing sunburns or anything like that. Does anyone have any other recommendations to help them go away?
Thanks!!!
Wear the sunscreen you will be glad you did later on down the road. You can try the Cerave I never had luck with their products they just made my skin too greasy. You wont know if it will break you out until you try it. I like Olay Sensitive Skin lotion with SPF 15 & SPF 30. It has never broken me out and I wear it while I am biking so I am sweating like crazy!
There isnt much topically that will work that great on red marks besides using a retinoid but you can always do IPL's down the road if you decide to go that way. I have sensitive skin too and they just zap only the red marks and in a few days they look a lot lighter.