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I've been experimenting with making up my own TTO face cream to go with the topical ibuprofen. The point of it is to deliver the TTO and to stop my skin drying out from the alcohol in the topical ibup...

Wow, thanks for the quick reply 😉 I think I may switch to ibuprofen gel tomorrow, depending on what my face looks like tomorrow. Will also get Saisbury's moisturising cream and TTO. Sorry for asking ...

Does Ibuprofen gel have any drying/irritation. At the moment my skin is sooo flaky I just don't know what to do. The gels are drying because they have alcohol to dissolve the ibuprofen. The alcohol ...

Yup.   IRC it will work down to under 1% strength, but some of the key bacteria you're trying to kill can fairly easily evolve around it, but 5% is easier to aim for and should kill the resistant...

I'll have a play around with it and see what happens. Thankfully i'm past the stage of debilitating face bumps thanks to Dan's regime but everyone here knows the story about import costs etc. I appre...

I haven't tried that specifically. Basically they all work, but some of them have too much gelatine and it tends to sit on top of your skin and roll off in clumps, which is just a bit annoying.  ...

You could probably make it, particularly if you know a friendly chemist, it's just ibuprofen dissolved in alcohol, I've never done it, but it's probably not rocket science.   You can also break o...

So far as I am aware it's not available in America.  

Particularly if you're using it with BP, the gel on its own is a bit drying (there's alcohol in the gel), so I find it's best to apply it immediately before a moisturiser.

Yes, you can apply aloe vera straight from the plant; that's how it was traditionally used, on cuts and so forth.

FWIW I'm trying a slightly different thing with the TTO.   I've got some Aloe Vera and tried to mix it with TTO. It didn't want to dissolve, the TTO just sat on top, and it over-dried my skin. &n...

You're not supposed to take high vitamin A (retinoid form) intake when you're taking doxy, it can cause 'pseudotumor cerebri' i.e. headaches due to pressure on the brain.   You can take a bit, bu...

I don't know about using ibupofren gel for acne but for the past month or so I have been using a 15% TTO lotion from Holland & Barrett at night. I just soak a small ball of cotton wool with the T...

I haven't found that with this treatment; the TTO face cream is very antiseptic.   *Between* applications though, it's critical not to touch your spots at all. Once the TTO has soaked in, it's ea...

These are all over-the counter products, and they are all to be used in appropriate ways that is entirely consistent with their packaging. By all means check safety issues with your doctor; but frankl...

You could try it; dunno if it will work. AFAIK it won't dilute-the TTO will float on water- it's hydrophobic. I would imagine keeping the air gap small and the cap on is a good idea. Make sure there's...

Fish oil shouldn't mess up your liver; unless it's contaminated with mercury or other toxic chemicals.

LOL, yes it blew my pharmacists mind a bit as well, but he didn't have a problem with using it for this purpose; he'd just never heard of it before. He said keep it out of the nose and away from the e...

Tea tree oil does oxidise a bit over time. In my experience it's not so much a problem over a month though. Ideally you should keep it in the fridge, but I shouldn't worry too much. I bought a 60ml bo...

Ok, good luck, let us know how you get on.  

You don't need to wash at all for it to work. Washing more than once a day won't help- you want to bash the spots around as little as possible. Tea tree oil 'cleans' your skin better than soap will, a...

Says who? Actually ibuprofen is a known treatment for acne. There is at least one doctor here, he more or less laughed and said we could take the pills; and I tried the pills, and it works, but you wo...

It's probably best if you start with what is known to work and then change to other moisturisers later. If you find it still works if you later change over for a few weeks then you can let us all know...

I'm not really understanding the situation with the tea tree oil here. Am I supposed to buy 100% TTO and put a few drops into my moisturiser or buy 15% TTO and use that? Pretty much. You can do eith...

The thing is, skin turns itself over every month or so.   It looks like we need to turn over your skin about 3 times before acne improves as much as it's going to.   6 weeks would normally g...