Beauty Tips For Body Care
I've taken meticulous care of my skin since I was ~13. As a result of that I've had good skin most of my life. Perhaps this is not the best but I do place some of my self worth on my skin's condition. It feels nice to have strangers tell me I have good skin, to have my friends compliment my skin, to wake up in the morning and see the efforts of my work in the form of a nice complexion.But lately I've been having to deal with whiteheads and scarring because almost every time I hang out with my boyfriend I will wake up with whiteheads. It got better when he started shaving before seeing me (he has super thick hair and his stubble can lead to face skin rashes). I also changed my skin routine from:Past AM: Toner (Witch Hazel), Vit C, CeraVe moisturizer, PA+++ suncreeenPM: CeraVe foaming cleanser, toner, curology, moisturizerAnd a face mask 2-3x per week.Present AM: cosrx low pH cleaser, toner, vit C, ceraVe moisturizer, PA+++ sunscreenPM: hada labo oil cleanser, cosrx low pH cleanser, toner, cosrx AHA, moisturizerSo I changed from cleansing 1x per day to 2x per day double cleansing. And I added AHA. My skin has improved. I also now bought another set of bedding because he enjoys lounging in my bed so I'll discreetly change the bedding before he comes and change back to my bedding when he leaves.But it still remains that after I see him and I get at least 1 white head. And we hang out almost daily. This adds up.I treat them by lancing them and putting on a hydrocolloid bandage through the day and during the night.Honestly, I don't know what to do. Obviously his skin chemistry does not go well with mine. I know he is the cause of my acne and I like him but I've spent so much time, money, and effort of my skin. It's distressing to see that effort be thrown away by something I can't control. I feel like I can't tell him to change his skin care routine and monitor that he's doing things correctly. I think he's struggled with acne for a while now. It's a sensitive issue and I wouldn't be okay with him telling me to change my body for him so how can I ask that of him?We talked about this and he did start shaving before seeing me as I mentioned. He also washes his hands now after he eats and tries to be careful of not touching my face skin so much.I just don't want to nag. I hate having to tell him to remember to wash his hands, to shave, not to put his feet on the head part of the bed. I've accumulated so many habits to keep good skin and I realize it's alot. And those are my choice to keep, he doesn't have to do them. He is open minded but we just don't think alike or have the same skin habits.I think it can be simplified to we place different values to our skincare routines where I place a very high value on putting in the effort for good skin and he does not care about his skin enough to put in that level of effort but he tries since we've been together.I have dry-combination sensitive skin and he has oily skin.TLDR: My boyfriends skin chemistry is causing me to break out. I don't feel like it's right to tell him to change his body for me because I do accept him but I know he's the cause of my breakouts.
Girls Blog 2015
Submitted by in_treatment
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