Friday, 24 June 2016

[Skin concerns] Feeling terrified and overwhelmed by skin care (acne, anti-age)

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I am literally on the verge of a breakdown when typing this.I'm 23F and my skin is driving me crazy. I am so scared that I'm doing something wrong now and it'll result to me turning into Mr. Grinch when I'm 30. I feel depressed and scared daily because of this. Information available is making me feel very overwhelmed - every site I read says to do something differently.A little bit of background. I never cared much for skin care or makeup when I was younger. I didn't use sunscreen (but I live in a very northern area with only a little sun and I'm not a fan of sun anyways so never spent much time there) or moisturizer. Nobody never told me anything and I couldn't care less when I was a teenager. Now I'm terrified these years of ignoring my skin will result to aging much earlier than usually and there's nothing I can do.Currently I have what one could call a baby face - I could pass of a 13-year-old if it wasn't for boobs. My skin is combination - dry with some acne in jawline, blackheads on nose, some white hard things that maybe were blackheads before and whatever those hard white things under your eyes are, acne scarring in the jaw because mom always told me to pop the zits. I have no idea what to do with this. I feel like I have so many skin conditions I don't know what to do. I have acne but also sometimes the skin on my nose is so dry it burns to apply moisturizer.Current routine: daily wash with mud soap and micellar/oil water. Daily moisturizing (Seacret Essential Moisture Face Cream). Occasional eye cream (maybe once a week, I should remember to do it more often). SPF30 for face and SPF50 for body when it's summer (and today I read it should be year round and I'm terrified I messed up that too). I use very little make up, usually just mascara.I have no idea what to do and where to start with this all. I've tried using Vichy Dermablend routine and antibiotic cream prescribed by skin doctor, none of which made a difference.1) How do I know what to treat first since I have so many different impurities on my skin (the blackheads, cystic acne, the hard under-eye pimples and the white, hardened "blackheads", acne scarring)?2) Is my skin ruined because I didn't know any better when I was younger?3) If I apply moisturizer it just rubs off my skin even hours after, like it's peeling if I touch my face. What am I doing wrong?I would appreciate any help. I feel so overwhelmed that I feel like crying over this multiple times a week.Thanks if you read this far.
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