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April 12, 2018
HERE'S HOW I MINIMIZED THE POST-OCM BREAKOUT
Okay so first of all if you're reading this contemplating whether or not you should give the Oil Cleansing Method a go. Don't. Run the other way. Go use a mild cleanser instead like Physiogel (what i personally use) or something your skin works with. BUT if you're stubborn (like I was) and thinking to yourself, "well maybe i'm part of the LESS THAN 50% that has great results with this method! Plus I've already bought a bottle of jojoba and i dont wanna waste it" Fine, Its all up to you. BUT I strongly suggest this is the order you try it at: NEVER USE COCONUT OIL OR OLIVE OIL OK JUST DONT (Day 1) Patch test.
(Day 2) Try adding a little bit of the oil of your choice to your daily moisturizer and see if it doest give you a reaction.
(Day 3) Oil Cleanse Day and pray to your god that it doesnt break you out
(my blend was Grapeseed oil, Jojoba, Rosehipseed, and a little hemp) (Day 4-17) Its the "Observation Phase" PATIENCE MY FRIEND. It'll save your skin. Dont use the oil for 2 weeks, wait it out in this timeframe and go use your normal cleanser first to see if the ocm will give you more breakouts than usual. I saw 3 new pimples 4 days after the ocm trial day, then 5 new ones and a monster cystic one a week after it and decided never to try it again since I almost never get pimples prior to ocm. I say wait it out 2 weeks after your first ocm because pimples take an average of 2-6 weeks to appear on the surface of your skin. Thats why some of the positive reviews on here are from people who have used it for 1-2 weeks reporting they've had smoother skin after just one wash, and the negative reviews are from people who have had initially good results within the two week timeframe, then suffered for months. So its very important to use it ONCE then wait it out for 2 weeks and use your usual routine pre-OCM during this time, if you get more than your usual breakout forget the Oil Cleansing altogether. This isnt purging only AHAs and BHAs and scrubs and peels can cause purging.
If it didn't break you out congratulations unicorn! But dont stop observing your skin. Slowly incorporate it into your routine, do it once a week and not daily. NOW IF YOURE LIKE ME AND YOU JUST WANNA END THIS NIGHTMARE OF A CLEANSE ONCE AND FOR ALL, here's what I did: 1. Go back to your normal routine and toss that oil blend bottle into the bin (I assume you already have by now) and stop blaming yourself for the outcome! Blame those darn youtube reviews or something 2. Patience. The healing process might take two months. Dont go out and panic buy all the harsh spot treatments and chemicals that might make your condition worse. 3. I did two weekly masks (that I still do now) One is a clay mask, Aztec healing clay plus apple cider vinegar (Yes that one the green one everyone talks about) Now note that this might make you purge because ACV has malic acid which is an AHA. But it's only removing the damage that OCM has done. Do this once a week. The other mask I swear by is a ground coffee and honey mask. Grind some coffee beans, make yourself a cuppa coffee, use the strained grounds and mix with raw organic honey to make a scrub. Steam your face with 6 tbsp Apple Cider Vinegar and 2 cups water for 5 minutes, wipe off your face, and gently massage the honey coffee mask onto your face in circular motions. Leave this mask in for however long you like. I leave mine for 1-3 hours before washing off. Dont use the clay mask and scrub on the same day of the week. 4. SPOT TREAT those pesky pimples and acne by mixing on the palm of your clean hand, 3 drops of water, 2 drops of apple cider vinegar, and 1 pea sized amount of honey. Mix em all together and use as an overnight spot treatment. Dont use during the daytime as the apple cider vinegar might be less effective if exposed to sunlight. The healing process will take a month or more but hey its worth it. As for ACV and honey and coffee grounds, you might be thinking, oh hell naw im not putting more natural products in my face anymore. Shh. Go check out the reviews on this site for those individual ingredients and see the difference in the percentage of good reviews from this OCM bs right here. Anyway, let me know if it worked for you guys! And remember, patience is key to undoing this mess. x
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April 14, 2018
I’m so glad you posted this! I started doing the acne.org regimen in 2011 (previously, I was using a very expensive skin care regimen for a couple of years and once I discovered acne.org, I immediately switched over because of the price AND the biggest plus I noticed after a month was that it healed my acne 100%). By the end of 2016, I noticed my skin was more dry/more fine lines, and I became concerned about aging skin. Because I didn’t have any more cystic acne in YEARS or if I had a minor breakout (because of the time of month- which would disappear quickly with the regimen of course), I thought, “hmm all these youtubers rave about OCM. Maybe I should stop putting extreme products on my face and just use oils.” Fastforward to now.... as of March 2018, I restarted the acne.org regimen because the entire year of 2017 of giving my skin some time to adjust to the OCM has left me with cystic acne and pimples! I’m back where I started with bad skin from my early 20s. And I wish I stopped doing the OCM as soon as I started to see pimples on my face. For those of you who are willing to try it out, please, PLEASE, listen to your skin. I had the misconception and ignorance to think I was in a”purging” stage and that I needed to let my skin “detox” from all the chemicals I was putting on my face. I was wrong. The OCM just isn’t for everyone. But there are some people who can tolerate it/have great outcomes! Sadly, I’m not one of those “unicorns.”
capt
April 18, 2018
Its good you finally switched back to your old regimen!
capt
April 18, 2018
Were not all blessed with oil-loving skin unfortunately haha. But hang in there, time will heal anything, even what ocm has left behind ✨
November 24, 2017
Cleared my acne and dry skin! (Olive Oil)
I've had constant acne for over a year now and a few months ago I decided that I'd had enough of having painful acne and low confidence. I did a lot of research regarding natural treatments and I found the Oil Cleansing Method. I will never go back! I'll never use chemicals on my skin again which left my skin dry, oily, irritated and covered in acne. I decided to combine the OCM with a banana peel mask that I do 1-2 times a day so I recommend having a look at that treatment as well, as these two treatments combined have helped me so much. Before I started either of these acne treating methods, I had struggled with benzyl peroxide with left my skin insanely dry to the point my makeup wouldn't sit on my face at all and gave me swollen eyes which kept reoccurring even when I washed it away and avoided my eyes. It didn't clear my acne one bit. I was quickly losing hope and decided to do research for the final time before booking a doctors appointment. Twice a day I use this method to remove makeup and cleanse my skin, and I start with rubbing a small amount of olive oil on my face in small circular motions. My makeup is instantly removed, then I take a hot wash cloth and make sure I wipe it all away so that none is left behind to clog my pores and cause further acne. This is why YOU HAVE TO DO IT RIGHT. For some people this method won't work - all skin is different - but it's so important it's 100% removed. After this my skin already feels insanely soft and has a glow to it, and by using this method I managed to get rid of all my dry skin from the benzyl peroxide. Because the oil lifts the other oils I don't develop any new acne and when I wake up in the morning, expecting to see more acne like usual, my skin looks so clear! Even if it means experimenting with different oils, I would definitely try this.
March 31, 2017
Insufficient cleansing - more whiteheads and acne as a result
I tried for 2.5 months, but gave up on it now after only getting more and more whiteheads and an occasional cyst. I tried a mix of castor oil, sunflower seed oil and the last month with a little Argan oil in the mixture. I massaged it in for 10 min every night, and cleaned of with fresh new washcloth and warm water. It did get a little grit off my skin, but I could still feel a lot of grit being stuck in my pores and not coming out. I just purchased acne.org regimen and hope for better results... and hope I later on can skip the BP During pregnancy and nursing. Ocm didn't work for me and I really had high hopes that it would :-(
December 12, 2016
Hempseed Oil is Amazing!
I have been on the Regimen for years, it is the first thing that kept my skin mostly breakout free, ever. ( thank you Dan) I am 51 and thought I would grow out of acne years ago. I found too much of the jojoba oil would break me out, so I looked for other oils. Olive, coconut, shea butter,all were terrible. Then I tried hemp oil and it was magic. I finally dared to give up the Regimen and try using only Hempseed oil. I could not believe it, works even better than the Regimen. It is green and I don't like the smell, but it is not too bad. I think it works because it is 0 on the comedogenic scale and it is a high linoleic acid oil. After this was working well, I read about pumpkin seed oil and tried that. No go. Pimples after 2 days. The Hempseed oil cleared them up in a couple of days. Can't believe it took almost 40 years to find such a simple solution to a lifelong problem.
March 31, 2016
My skin is hydrated, but it didn't help with my acne
I have Asian skin and I live in a tropical, so, humid and hot as f, country! I've been using the OCM at night with extra virgin olive oil for the last 2 weeks. It didn't give me any breakouts and my skin is SO MOISTURIZED I WANNA LICK IT. Buuuuut didn't improve my acne at all. I keep getting here and there cysts and whiteheads, where I use 8% BP right on them, as usual. Here's my routine:
- Gently rub the oil on my face with motions similar to Tanaka Massage (look on yt, I love it!);
- Leave it for about 10 min on my face;
- Moinsten a towel with water, squeeze it, and put in on the microwave for 30 secs;
- GENTLY AS I'M BATHING A NEW BORN, rub it on my face, taking off the oil that has been on my face throughout the day;
- Now, I just leave it like this until it's time to go to bed - then, I put some apple cider vinegar solution on my face;
- Put BP on those annoying bastards;
- Sleep.
I've seen many people who had terrible breakouts with this regime, so I highly recommend you to inform yourself before doing it (I wouldn't recommend coconut oil - seem like a lot of folks broke bad with it). I like it, but I won't guarantee it will do the same good to you... Unfortunatelly, having acne is attempting to do new stuff everyday so we can find the cause of it, right?
February 9, 2016
Should i continue?
This is my 5th day on ocm and i am starting to get alot of heavy and angry breakouts that i never had on my forehead! But pimples on my chin have visibly reduced.
Should i continue though? I read many comments that says to stop ocm but i do feel like giving it a go. Omgggg hahahaha but i really do not want to get anymore breakouts.
i am feel like once i continue with this ocm, theres no going back for my breakouts :(
October 9, 2021
Works great for me… if it’s done right
I’ve been doing OCM for about 6 months now, and it is the best thing I’ve ever used for my acne. I am basically clear most of the time now, with only a very mild breakout mid-cycle that lasts for a couple days. I’ve been able to stop all my other much more expensive acne products, because OCM does better by itself than all of them put together. I’ve been battling acne on and off for almost 20 years at this point, and this is the best results with the least side effects that I’ve ever gotten from anything. I don’t know why this method seems so polarizing, but I have found that how I do it is very important, so I’ll share that in detail.
Firstly, to fill in a few details: I’m a woman in my 30’s, oily and slightly dehydrated skin that is, of course, acne-prone. I get both cystic and inflammatory acne that seems to rise and fall over the years like some nefarious tide. The last couple years the “tide” has been high, and I’ve had a lot of trouble with it. The previous treatments I was using reduced my cystic acne down to “occasional,” but I still had constant small inflammatory pimples along my cheekbones. Both are now essentially gone, post-OCM. I get the occasional random zit, again, mostly mid-cycle, but that’s it, and they’re pretty superficial. I do not use any other product on my face — not even a face wash, as I’ve found they tend to exasperate my acne for whatever reason. On in-between days, where I don’t do OCM, I just rinse with warm water and dry to help remove excess oil, and that’s it.
Ok, to the OCM part. I think something a lot of people don’t realize is that some oils are more irritating or more comedogenic than others. Most really bad experiences seem to be related to using olive oil or coconut oil. Neither of these are a good choice for acneic skin.
My blend is:
80% grape seed oil
10% castor oil
10% tamanu oil
Highly sensitive people may want to try eliminating the castor oil completely. For me, 10% seems to work fine.
I also don’t do it every day — only about once every 3 days. I think that doing it too much can cause dryness or irritation for a lot of people. Your perfect schedule might be a little different from mine.
Also, you don’t need much. I use a dime-sized amount and massage it into my face for about 20 or 30 seconds. It’s a pretty thin layer. My face doesn’t look all that oily — if I left the house like that on a warm summer day, no one would think I look unusual.
And finally, it’s REALLY important to wipe it all off with a wet washcloth. The water doesn’t have to be super hot or anything. I just use warm, because hot water can dry out your skin a lot more. But you need to wipe thoroughly — do a couple passes. Call it your exfoliation for the day. I always just brush my fingers around my face real quick once I’m done wiping and drying, to make sure I don’t feel any oily patches left over.
But also, I think part of the problem some people are having is that they’re getting bad advice about what to do when something clearly isn’t working for you. You don’t “purge” from OCM. In fact, you don’t purge from ANYTHING except retinoids. If you start this regimen and you start getting acne in unusual patterns that you normally don’t, stop. Either something you’re doing isn’t working, or the method itself isn’t right for you. Don’t just keep pushing forward until you’re having the worst breakout of your life. Don’t let people talk you into ignoring your body. Nothing works for everyone and I’m sure this won’t either, but I think a lot of these really terrible horror stories could be avoided by going with your gut on what’s good for you.
February 1, 2019
Oil cleansing is the biggest skin mistake I've ever made!
Based on my experience and others I have read about, I strongly urge anyone considering the OCM to just not!....I'm 36 years old and have had mild acne here and there since I was a teenager. Mostly a few little hormonal zits on my chin area a couple times a month. Well now that I'm old enough to start seeing fine lines and all that loveliness I decided to try OCM to see if it would help clear up the zits I had whilst keeping my skin from getting dried out. Well after a few weeks I was happy with the results. My skin seemed to be getting better. My pores seemed smaller and my skin was less oily. I thought, it's actually working!.....well fast forward a few more weeks and I started breaking out. Nothing alarming but it was definitely unusual for me, as I never really got acne on my cheeks. So I thought maybe the organic sweet almond oil I was using was not the best for my particular skin type. So I switched to organic grape seed oil Wich is supposed to be very light. Fast forward another couple weeks and I have the worst acne of my life!! Large painful zits on both cheeks, forehead and chin. One of which has left quite a scar. I have never in my life had this happen! I probably had at least 20 zits on my face at my wosrt point.....as soon as i got it through my thick skull that this OCM was not working for me, I switched to a gentle acne cleanser (neutrogena clay mask/face wash) I used it as a mask a couple times a week and wash my face with it every night. I skip moisturizer and just use a homemade rosewater toner in the morning. Thankfully my skin almost immediately started clearing up. A got a few new zits over the week after stopping OCM (I'm assuming it takes a while for all the shit I crammed into my pores to come out) but it seems to have come to a halt now. Just Sharing my story encase I can help even one person keep from making the mistake I did!
May 26, 2018
Incredible if you have allergies (seasonal or otherwise)
As someone with moderate to severe acne since I was a teenager (and now I'm 37) I was terrified to put straight unrefined organic coconut oil on my skin, but here's my reasoning: Coconut oil is 1) antibacterial, antiviral, antifungal.. 2) Visibly attaches to and removes makeup. 3) Doesn't interfere with the "acid mantle" of the skin, so it leaves your skin to protect itself (everyone has an acid mantle that is slightly acidic to naturally kill bacteria.. It's striped away by using soap which not only removes your protective layer but also is alkaline) 3) Is free from chemicals. A few weeks before I tried oil cleansing my skin was out of control. It had never been so oily in my life, which is saying something. It was chronically broken out with deep cysts and whiteheads. I was using witch hazel and alcohol on it several times per day just to get it to feel clean for a bit. I decided to try just using water in the evenings instead after reading several articles and the results were nothing short of miraculous! My zits dried up and FELL OFF!! This has NEVER happened to me. My skin was also no longer chronically bright red and irritated, and had taken on a soft, porcelain glow. BUT I could SMELL MY FACE. Yuck. I looked better, but having a sharp nose, even right after using warm water and a wash cloth to clean in the morning and evening, I could smell skin oils that grossed me out. THAT'S when I took the leak and tried oil cleansing. My Routine: Take a white washcloth (dye free and can be bleached in the wash to sterilize it), Run tolerably warm water over it and let it sit on my face and neck for about 30 seconds. Rub coconut oil on my face and neck gently and allow it to sit for at least a full minute. Use the washcloth with fresh, warm water to thoroughly but gently remove the oil (your face won't feel squeaky clean until you dry it.) Dry my face with a clean white cloth. * I DO THIS ONCE TO TWICE PER WEEK AND USE HONEY ON THE OTHER 5 DAYS WITH THE SAME ROUTINE EXCEPT PAPER TOWELS INSTEAD OF CLOTH BECAUSE... ANTS ;) The honey is even gentler than the oil, thus keeps my acid mantle completely in tact, protecting me from acne causing bacteria. My results: My skin glows and has vastly improved (at this moment I have 2 hormonal zits compared to a rash of zits across my chin, neck and forehead before). My face smells beautiful, like a tropical island or honey on the days that I use that. Additional reasons that this worked for me: I have always had combination skin that I blamed on hormones. While they are part of the problem, it turns out that I have sensitive skin too. If you have seasonal allergies, occasionally break out in hives or have chronically pink or red irritated cheeks you too could have sensitive skin. The traditional soaps and cleansers (even the organic products) strip your face of its natural defenses. This has been a miracle and a revelation for me to find after all of these years that less really is more. Within 3 days of using just water on my face in the evenings I was SHOCKED to solve the puzzle that is my face. I know that not everyone will have the same results so maybe just start off with your regular soap in the morning and then a wet, warm cloth with only water in the evenings and see how your skin responds. If there's a noticeable difference SLOWLY work your way to oil cleansing by trying the honey cleanse in the morning and water before bed for a few days. IF that seems to be improving things then try the coconut oil. I hope that this works for you too!! Love and light!!
September 13, 2017
OCM is the worst thing ever. Plz help
Ocm ruined my skin completely. I had the mildest form of acne and great skin apart from acne. I used OCM for a few months and suddenly one day I wake up to 3 cystic acne. I never had such acne. Then this started spreading on the sides of my forehead till the point I had to big isolated clusters of cystic acne with 10 inflamed bumps each side. My skin became red even the part where there was no acne and it seemed as if I had rosacea. A guy with clear skin suddenly having such bad Cystic acne, this was a disaster. This happened around 5 months ago and I am still struggling. Surprisingly only my forehead has acne and no other part of my face. If anyone has the same type of acne and has cured it, would be grateful if could get some help. Thanks
November 19, 2017
Okay so this is probably because you were using a highly comodogenic oil, the oil was too heavy and thereby clogged your pores, or you weren’t taking it off properly. Switch to using an oil free cleanser and moisturiser (oil helps the acne spread) and use witch hazel as a toner. You should probably treat the acne with something like benzoyl peroxide, until it dries out and goes away, and after that continue with clean skin. This is what I recommend, was recommended, and what is working for me. It’s important to wash your face twice a day, for this to be more effective.