Tweet Isn’t it kind of weird to think that if the bacteria that normally lands on our skin on a daily basis, just from exposure to the elements alone, were to escape off the surface of our skin like it normally should if we didn’t have over active sebaceous glands that trapped it in oil that is on the surface of the skin, we wouldn’t have to worry about acne? That’s why acne and oily skin go hand in hand, one wouldn’t exist without the other, and vice versa. So, you have to attack acne one of two ways,...
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Monthly Archives: October 2009
Ouch! My Red and Scaly Mistake
Tweet Well, I’ve really screwed up my skin in one spot on my chin, and just weeks before I’m getting married, no less! Of course, this is just my luck, but I’m hoping that it’s going to be fixed by then by applying a host of intensive moisturizers and natural healers for the next several days. Here’s what I did, the genius that I am. I had a pretty bad acne lesion about 3 weeks ago. It popped up thanks to stress about the wedding and a host of other issues that were causing me stress that I couldn’t...
Why Duo Cream Concealers May Be Better
Tweet If you have had acne for a good part of your life, or you have suffered with the skin condition on and off since your teens, like myself, then you know how much of a Godsend a good concealer can be, and a great foundation for that matter too. A good concealer can really camouflage the redness, bumps, scabs and scars that are leftover from when an acne lesion goes away, or even when it’s still there, so that you don’t have a giant shiner standing out for all to see. There’s definitely an art to applying it...
Just Did a Light Peel and Home Micoderm
Tweet Ahhh, sometimes I love these rare days when I can pamper my skin a little bit in this hectic world and hectic life we sometimes find ourselves muddling through without time for ourselves. I always have a lighter peel around that I like to use once in a while when my skin starts to look a bit dull and I’m not really using self tanner on my face since the rest of my body is pretty pale, and it just matches my neck better. Let’s face it, we all look a little better with some color, which is...
Glycolic and Lactic Acid Peel Seemed to Melt Away Some Zits
Tweet I use a combination glycolic and lactic acid peel once every few weeks on my skin. It had been a while since I had done my initial 5 treatments five weeks back to back, so I figured my skin needed a little freshening. By the way, I would never recommend doing these fairly serious peels when you have large, open acne wounds on your face,as they will burn like a you know what, so make sure your face is relatively free of any large acne sores before you do any sort of peel. I had a few little...
Interlesional Corticosteroid Injections for Acne
Tweet I mentioned last time that I has been to my dermatologist to get my twice annual checkup for basal cell carcinomas (a cancerous growth that is not generally invasive, but it’s a good idea to get it removed), and she had noticed that my face happened to be breaking out. I told her that I usually break out when under stress, but that I was going to begin taking a supplement which usually worked for me to clear my skin up – Dermacleanse. By the way, it’s already clearing me up after about one week of use, more...
Protect Your Skin from Cancer
Tweet Today’s discussion isn’t really so much about acne, per se, but more so it’s about protecting your skin from getting skin cancer, as I’ve just been to the dermatologist a week ago to get my bi-yearly checkup since I have melanoma skin cancer in my family (my grandfather on my dad’s side actually died from a melanoma skin cancer), and also since I’ve had a few basal cell carcinomas taken off already myself, no doubt due to my sunbathing habits years ago and poor sunscreen choices for my face, even when I wasn’t being directly exposed to the...
Buying Dermacleanse Pills Again..
Tweet Well, I’m at an ultra stressful juncture of my life, planning a wedding with very little time to do so to my boyfriend of seven and a half years, and my skin is definitely showing the stress in the way of new acne lesions, as it always does and always has for the past twenty or so years. But I know something that always works for me in that arena, and since I have a little over one month until we get married in Las Vegas, I can use the Dermacleanse capsules to ensure that my skin is...
Anyone Tried Aveda Skin Cleansers?
Tweet I was at the Aveda salon where I always go to get my hair cut and highlighted today when I overheard the chatterbox customer behind me talking about how much she loved Aveda skin care products, and she was specifically talking about a product that Aveda makes for acne prone skin. The Aveda acne product line is called Outer Peace, which is aptly named since acne is a combination of inner and outer stress on the skin, and requires hormonal balance to be clear again, which is part of what is achieved by taking internal medications or supplements...
Sugar and Baking Soda, Dirt Cheap Skincare
Tweet Since there were so many comments on my baking soda for acne post, I figured I’d follow up on it and say that I think I may have jumped a rush judgment, or at least I think I may have left it on my skin to long, which resulted in the red, irritated mess of a patch of skin that I ended up with after trying it. So many others have said that using baking soda here and there as an occasional acne clearing remedy has really worked for them, that I wanted to get more comments from...
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