allisoncatherine

Ellllaaa! Makeup fanatic here! lol. I'm a total estee lauder girl though. Mac breaks me out! Try Estee's double wear maximum coverage foundation...that STUFF is AMAZING!!! Ya'll I have been careles...

hey ya'll, skin update: i fell asleep with makeup on. NO breakouts though! I just applied the retin a the next day skin is okay....but looks AWFUL without makeup due to the PIH. soooo many flat red m...

skin is aite...retin a is causing a little bit of a breakout...but i mean its so small you can barely notice. PIH is getting better! slowly but surely! Wiseboy,if you want the PIH to go away a litt...

jacinthaa! Thats what I'm doing! Except with retin a....ugh my skin feels so much better. I'm having a SLIGHT and I mean...very slight...like 1 closed comedone IB from retin a but i think thats due to...

you guys im so woried my skin is gonna go back to breaking out bad. I know it hasn't like in weeks but still....do you guys have that fear too??

Jacinthaa thanks for the comforting remarks! PIH is so awful. lol. I hate it. I do feel like its improving but it sucks that every small pimple leaves a ducking red mark! UGH...lol my skin acted fine....

guyss today is the first night i'm not applying any retinoids to my face...first night in like 9 weeks. I think I should be fine. I just wanted to give my skin a rest from the peeling from retin a. Pl...

Hello loviessss.... I have my next appointment with my derm tomorrow....I'm getting a cortisone shot in this one tiny pimple I have because I have graduation coming up!!!!! So that shiz has GOT to go...

noregrets, i know what you mean. I had a face covered with them It SUCKS i'm telling you! There's no getting around it. I mean I have almost 99% flawless skin now but I have developed such an insecur...

Jacinthaa, I MISSED HEARING FROM YOU!!! I hope you get back to glowy very soon. Noregrets, that is totally normal, sometimes the pimple has to become inflamed for the contents inside it to be expel...

one more thing...so I could wear differin 0.3 up to three times a day without even slight irritation....now that I'm alternating it with the retin a 0.1 (strongest strength of retin a) and I've only u...

hahahahahi swear I'm not tryina sell differin...I'm just SO happy with the progress my skin has made. I mean....look at this picture from today....its in the sunlight so if there were any bumps, you g...

yay wiseboy!!!! Can I please give the differin users who are on their IB period some advice??? Go to your derm and make sure it is an IB and not a reaction. AND THEN STICK WITH DIFFERIN!!! ITS A ...

oh no kariya, accutane is so scary! I would definitely look into the side effects I would like to inform you guys that I have stopped counting the week I'm on in my treatment which is A GOOD SIGN. ...

lol watch your back noregrets....if the IB is gonna come....its gonna be around now...3-4 weekss into the treatment lol. But you might be the lucky duck that escapes it altogether!

hey guyssss! UPDATE: so a few of the papules that were injected with cortisone have healed!!! They are flattened but a few more are still hanging around. Anyway, is it normal for pimples to get a tad ...

kariyaaaa! I'm sure you look beautiful!!!!! So...does any one know how long it takes before a cortisone shot decreases inflammation in papules ??? Noregrets...med school student? lol. Also...kariy...

Alrighttt guyss I just wanted to give you an update! I went to my derm and he was AMAZED at my skin at the 8 week mark. He said almost 80% of my acne was gone and so he prescribed me a stronger Reti...

Kariya.....go to your dermatologist! I am seeing mine tomorrow and although differin 0.3 has eliminated almost 70% of my comedones at week 8...I think he wants to bump me up to Retin A (a stronger ret...

GUYS!!!! I AM SUCH A 'TARD...I PUT BP OVER DIFFERIN AGAIN THINKING IT WOULD MAKE MY PIMPLES GO AWAY FASTER...ummm....I woke up with a TOMATO face!!!! SOOOOOOO RED!!! Like a RASH! But oh well....covere...

ughhh i hate my skin

you guys.... today it has been 8 weeks. I don't know if it was the BP that i used recently or if I have been picking or the combination of the two but my skin is just depressing. I have 3 pustules ...

Biore pore strips!!!!

damn my skin is depressing today. i have GOT to stop picking

Can I advice you guys on something? Please.....NEVER USE BENZOYL PEROXIDE IN CONJUNCTION WITH DIFFERIN!!!! I know its "allowed" but HOLY HELL! My skin has never peeled that bad in my life. Wait...its ...