Kalinka

If you're switching to something similar to the Diane 35, then you may be alright. In highschool, I took Diane for a year and a half or thereabouts. Then my doctor switched me over to Ortho tri-cyclen...

Yeah, I hear you on it hurting. i try to be flippant about my acne at times, but really I'm just covering up the hurt, like a coping mechanism. My skin is definitely the elephant in the room at home, ...

Don't get discouraged if the BHA causes an IB. I'm pretty certain that it will. I used Paula's acne toner... that has 2% bha I think... and I did get a few new spots. Luckily they faded away pretty qu...

Ouch. I remember the breaking point for me, when I realised my skin actually pretty bad (I was trying to pretend it wasn't), was when my mum spoke to me about it, suggesting I get some kind of treatme...

I'm struggling with this exact problem myself. It's really getting me down, especially since my acne is a lot better now. I still have actives, but I'm trying very slowly and only in clear areas with ...

I never kept the photos I took - just used to take them to try to get some sort of reassuarance that I didn`t look disgusting. Inevitably though, I would pick out the flaws and just focus on them whic...

Yeah, I was overdoing it. Basically the toner made my face look worse for a bit cos it pulled out crap on my forehead... gross. anyway, it's healed now. I guess in a way though, it did help to speed u...

I definitely noticed an improvement in my PIH, but not with the products in the CLEAR kit. It was due to the Resist AHA that I bought in addition to the kit. I actually didn't use the BP at all becaus...

Hmm. I have the Paula's Choice clear kit in normal strength. I was using the toner last week and I found that my skin got really red and dry with that and my higher dose of BP. I stopped because it ki...

I'm always scruitinising my skin close up in the mirror and every bit of my skin just looks sooooo bad at that distance! Mirrors and reflective surfaces in general seem to be like a kind of addiction ...

Hi! Not sure what I can say about it. You can ask me any questions though. The initial breakout was just tiny spots, they went away pretty quickly. I'm pretty certain that it was the IB, because it ...

I'm curious if some of the cystic spots along my jaw are from OTC Lo or from my immensely terrible clogged pore fest that is healing up now with BP.. In my case, I'm on the second week of the second...

Recently I've been going to walks in the woods by my house. I love to hike and the nature is so beautiful I forget about my own problem for a while and just enjoy life. Plus, there are no mirrors in t...

How long have you been doing the regimen? I'm about three weeks in now, but my face is still breaking out with smaller spots, clearing out all the junk from ocm. I know it's doing something but it's a...

I know I updated yesterday but I have to tell you today is the best my face has looked since this whole OCM nightmare began! I have a ton of red marks from the acne but I currently only have 3 actual ...

The regimen might be a good idea for you. I've been "on it" for three weeks now, and while the progress is slow, it is definite. Many of my clogged pores have cleared themselves and now I'm dealing wi...

I'm wondering the same thing. The CeraVe definitely moisturizes, but it is still burning and I put it on about half an hour ago. Doesn't seem normal. Even my BP doesn't cause this much stinging and re...

Your "before" pictures look a lot like what my skin looks lie now.. I was wondering, was it very dry then? I find that muy skin is always feeling so irritated and looks super red (either from dryness ...

Thank you for your kind response I've been moisturizing it throughout the day, it seems to have lost a bit of the redness. I hope you get your problem with your hair sorted out soon! It's so heart...

Hmm. I wonder the same thing. Last week I had a lot of tiny white spots around my chin, clogged pores.. This week my face is very red in those spots, with whiteheads and red looking bumpy spots. I gue...

Today I just feel, awful Along my jaw at my chin is just inflamed everywhere with clogged pores, all clustered together, so it's super red,. It feels dry too and so so itchy, I have to resist the urg...

Never feel alone, I can assure you I am feeling pretty much the same way. I've been on these boards almost constantly the past couple of days... I find it comforting in a way, to know others struggle ...

AGH!! I've had the exact same issue. I used ocm somewhat regularly (ie. more or less every day) back in May and the beginning of June. I noticed more and more clogged looking pores around my mouth but...