Beauty Tips For Body Care
Before/After shots.Hi SCA! I've struggled with acne ever since I was a very young teen. My acne's been managed well at some points in my life and terrible at others. I'd always find one thing that worked and then it would just stop working for different reasons. The solution I've found now has worked well for me for a couple months now, so I figured I'd share it to help others who may not have heard about this product or are unsure about it. I came across this product in a super random way but it's been the most effective product I've ever used (and no purge!). Maybe my experience can benefit others as well :)For the past several years, I used topical clindamycin and it worked wonders for my skin. I seriously had no pimples for maybe 3 years. All of a sudden, however, seemingly out of nowhere, it stopped working and my acne came back in full force. It kept getting more and more severe over the course of about 6 months, completely robbing me of my self confidence. I cried a lot. I felt horrible about myself and changed plans to avoid seeing people. It was a really awful time in my life. The active pimples were one thing, but the texture of my skin was just so.. rough. There were tiny bumps EVERYWHERE all over my forehead. It seemed to cover every inch of the surface. It's hard to see in photos, but it was really bad up close. I hated looking in the mirror. I tried a ton of new products, desperately seeking a fix. I started retin-a without knowing about the purge and boy, did I purge. It took my already low self confidence to brand new lows. It was around this time that I started a new internship.At my internship, I spearheaded a research initiative regarding chlorhexidine gluconate. I worked tirelessly for several months researching the absolute shit out of this substance and trying to prepare a well-backed proposal to implement a policy its usage on patients with MRSA infections in the hospital setting. While researching it, I found countless articles supporting its powerful antiseptic qualities and others yet that made the substance appear safe on skin and highly unlikely to cause resistant strains of bacteria. I had suspected that resistant bacteria was the reason why clindamycin had stopped working for me some time ago so this piqued my interest. Since antibiotics had cleared my acne before, it seemed that my acne was caused by bacteria and chlorhexidine gluconate was effective for just that. I had easy access to this substance in the hospital, so I took about a week's worth home with me and tried it out. The results were instant. I went to Walmart and purchased a small bottle of hibiclens (main ingredient is chlorhexidine gluconate).Slowly over the course of 2-3 weeks, my acne resolved almost completely. I wear it like a mask. Once every evening, I wet my forehead slightly with water, put a pea-sized about of hibiclens in my hand, and just rub it on. It's quite watery and hard to manage so I just kind of slap it on there as quick as possible and rub it around. I then let it chill there for a couple minutes while I brush and floss and other nighttime things. I wash it off after a couple minutes when I'm ready for bed. This has been really effective for me in clearing my acne. Not only are the raised, cystic pimples gone, but the texture of my skin is infinitely better. I still have some scarring, but I know that will heal with time. I have continued retin-a to help with the scarring.The first two pictures in my album are barefaced/with make up now. When I wear make up, my skin is completely smooth and the scars are not noticeable. The other 3 pictures are at different points of the purge before I started hibiclens, over the course of several months. The purge never got better for me, not even after 4 months of continued use. The only thing that made it better in any way was the hibiclens. I still do get pimples, but they're never cystic and they're so infrequent that I don't mind at all.I hope this helps other people going through similar struggles :) acne is such a horrible bitch. If anyone has any questions about hibiclens, I'd be more than happy to help if I can :)
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