Salinas

you do not really need a moisturizer but they are mentally addictive. I felt ''naked'' after stopping using moisturizers, I guess similar to what women can feel without makeup. The downside of moistur...

mineral oil, or any oil, seals off the skin and may heal it but the downside is that it also seals in everything that is clogging your pores, including the dead skin cells (keratin) that are regarded ...

yes, sounds familiar. I learned too that skin should be left alone as much as possible, I went through all the moisturizers, skin oils, diets, whatever, and concluded it did more harm than good. Un...

nice article I would like to comment on this claim in the article: ''Salicylic acid, while only moderately improving acne, remains a popular anti-acne ingredient in over-the-counter skin tr...

probably keratin

I would recommend trying a gel with salicyclic acid. Salicyclic acid enters the pores deeply and dissolves anything clogging them (hardened sebum or keratin) Use At least 2%, but best would be a li...

those bumps are mostly likely keratin plugs, caused as you mention by too harsh skin treatment. Use products that dissolve keratin: - gel with 2% - 6% salicylic acid - lotion with at least 1...

On 4/21/2019 at 5:44 AM, GettableGrate said: I don't have dandruff or flaky skin, and I haven't been taking antibiotics. Right now my skin is basically clear except for one big red bump that I'...

On 4/17/2019 at 1:56 PM, GettableGrate said: Damn, sounds like I have a different problem then. Even though I get hard seeds, they are soft on the inside. whatever your sk...

7 hours ago, GettableGrate said: Salinas, are you still having success with urea? There are no good urea products in Australia. I found one in the States which has 3% salicylic acid and 20% ure...

16 hours ago, GettableGrate said: ... The secondary is the white bumps under my skin. if the white bumps are caused by hard transparent/whitish pieces or seeds than it could be ker...

11 hours ago, Aussie Scientist said: The keratin plugs/nodules are caused by the fungus, or more strictly, by the body's immune response to the fungus - either (or both) malassezia or candida. ...

I do not want to sound like a broken record but the plugs I see in the photos are most likely keratin. And what works best against keratin is a cream with urea in high concentration (20% or more) as t...

something to think about: Keratosis pilaris can affect 50–80% of teenagers and up to 40% of adults. and kerotosis pilaris is nothing else than keratin clogging a pore and can be deep under t...

21 hours ago, Athina1999 said: and you found using urea cream has helped flatten them out?  I think I've decided to get mine cut out out     ...

urea 5% is for hydrating skin, for breaking down keratin you need urea 20% or more

14 hours ago, Athina1999 said: HI @Salinas thank you for your reply and read your post! glad to hear you have found a solution for your condition! With osteoma cu...

On 7/13/2016 at 11:33 PM, sally said: I've had these stubborn deep hard bumps under my skin for years, almost 2 decades now. They looked like acne and were mildly pigmented so my skin never loo...

I have been suffering from hardened, transparent plugs clogging my pores (sometimes becoming pimples) in my face for a long time. I always assumed this was hardened sebum and/or dead skin cells, as th...

try the cream version instead of gel, cream is less drying as the gel probably contains alcohol differin will break you out because it's purging your skin if you get inflamed pimples, put on some BP c...

Your med school template above didn't work for me, so I HAD to find other options, and I searched the science first to point to what I should experiment with. ok, in that case I understand you are l...

A year.... Sometimes I just feel like giving up. Go back on the pill. I didn't have any major issues with my skin when I was on the pill. I hate this so much. Since I finished my antibiotics cure a we...

Thanks a lot for the replies! I've gotten tons of non-inflamed comedones just like you salinas, and I'm hoping it will stay non-inflamed. Usually from experience I find squeezing doesn't really help f...

not sure I totally agree that other treatments are a waste of time and money-- for most the template above works, but it does not treat the root of the problem, none of western medicine does....but y...

I see the same question coming back every day: what should I do with my acne. I think the attached graph showing first line therapy should be pinned in this forum. In simple words: Blackheads/whitehe...