Malcolm Cringe

I got my test bottle of Dan's jojoba (thanks, Dan) so I'm testing it out. So now I'm going to report on how it works, on my skin and hair.   In general, I tend to use jojoba for the following: &n...

The scabby part is gone now with the clogged pore. I wonder what caused it to spontaneously start to come out.   I might be heading to Asia for a while, and it got me a little worried. The reason...

I've had a small clogged pore in the crease of my nose for a while now, over a year, I guess. I could feel a little nub there, but it wasn't visible, due primarily to its creased position. I have been...

I got a small, shaving-related spot on my right jawline on Thursday morning. It was my first one of those in a really long time. I mustn't have taken as good care as I needed when shaving the night be...

I got a tiny, barely inflamed spot on my left temple that is barely worth mentioning. I'm crossing my fingers that it will be gone in a day or two. It started to appear last night, and it hasn't reall...

Hey Brandy. Good to hear from you.   I switched back to the Cetaphil, and I'm clear again. I'm glad that my skin gave me just a little warning to switch back instead of breaking out like crazy. A...

That's funny. OK, so yesterday I posted, bragging about how great my skin was. Well, when I got home, I had a pimple on my right cheekbone. It's not huge or anything, but when I saw at it, I was a bit...

Now that it's getting to be more spring-like, I've switched to Neutrogena's Healthy Defense SPF 45 facial moisturizer. No problems with it as far as break-outs are concerned. It is thicker than Cetaph...

Har, I know it's quite a thread. In short, I will not use Diacneal or any retinoid until I have grown out of my acne. Diacneal aggravated my acne and made me break out with large, painful nodules. My ...

Still completely clear so I don't come around these parts much any more. I'm mostly just working to keep my skin moisturized in the winter coolness. A few drops of jojoba in my moisturizer is all I've...

Still clear, even after a trip home to cold southern Ontario with super hard water. I don't even think about potentially getting a spot any more. I just keep doing the Regimen and count on being clear...

It's snowing outside, and the cold weather here is making me flake a bit on my chin. Totally not a big deal and nearly invisible. I'm sure that the flakes will last about as long as snow flakes ever d...

I found it weird that the twinges I've gotten are around my lips, which is totally not a danger zone for me as far as acne is concerned. That got me thinking that perhaps something has changed that I ...

Well, that upper lip "spot" is not completely healed, but I'm sure the minuscule scab will fall off by tomorrow. Last night, I noticed another minuscule spot above my right eyebrow. It's not inflamed ...

Last night, I had a hint of a spot on my lip, but not inflamed at all. This is not a place where I usually get acne, and I noticed that I had a couple of hairs growing wonkily out of a follicle. So st...

Recently, I've been getting hints of spots. It's very odd. A week or so ago, I had a spot that tingled a bit, which previously would have turned into a full-fledged spot. But within a couple of hours,...

Thanks for the advice.The dryness is pretty under control now.   Cam >B)   If you're having a problem with moisture I highly recommend using olive oil. My skin can't handle any moisturiz...

I did the jojoba mask again this weekend, and it's helping keep my skin moister during these dry air times. Well, it's raining out a lot, but it still feels dryer, if that makes any sense.   The ...

I just wanted to say that my skin looks HORRIBLE (I mean, EXCELLENT, but I don't want to jinx it)! I have to wear a TONNE of (I mean ABSOLUTELY NO) concealer to hide my MILLIONS of (I mean, ZERO) spot...

Thanks for stopping by, Brandy. Yes, I am quite glad that things have settled down, too. Finally, it looks as though we're reaching a steady state.   The bald spot on my right jawline is filling...

No acne spots in forever and a day. The folliculitis has all but dried up. There's only one scabby spot left, and it's practically invisible under a bit of concealer. I'm still wiping on some of the c...

I just noticed yesterday that the worst place where I had my impetigo/cellulitis has no hair. I don't know if the dime-sized spot on my right jawline beside my chin will be permanently bald, though. I...

So by the time I got home last night, my five small spots had morphed into eight small spots and one large spot. It takes a while for the antibiotics to kick in, but it's really freaky how quickly thi...

For god's sake. I haven't shaved in three weeks, just trimming so that I don't nick my skin. Still, a couple of days ago, I got an inflamed hair follicle. It popped in the shower, and I cleaned it out...

I have one small spot on my left temple. It's so minor that it's barely worth mentioning.   I have one in-grown hair under where my impetigo was. It's probably the thing that started the whole im...