Beauty Tips For Body Care
i [17f] made a post on here about a month ago, but ended up deleting it out of shame. i basically talked about my terrible skin situation and was told to try tretinoin among some other items. i went to the dermatologist, got the tretinoin and started using it. less than a week later, everything began to peel. even my cheekbone-deep eye bags began to peel, and i don't even put any of the stuff there. i had to stay home from school for a day because of how severe it was. that day, i went back to the dermatologist. the doctor told me that i should only be using it once a week, but that just didn't sound right to me. after moisturizing two times more than i already do (normally, i'm covering my face with lotion pretty much every 10 minutes), the peeling disappeared and things were alright for a few days. i kept using the tretinoin, but did what the first dermatologist told me to do: put on the tretinoin and moisturize on top of it.tomorrow night, it will have been be two weeks since i first applied tretinoin to my face. i've noticed that my skin looks a tiny bit brighter and some of the weird bumps on my forehead have become a little less visible, but for the most part nothing has changed. i was originally put on tretinoin for blackheads, deep forehead wrinkles and the aforementioned forehead bumps, but all three are still present.thus far, the only real effects of my usage of tretinoin consist of severely dehydrated skin and massive breakouts along my hairline (which i was told to expect in general during the first week, but not after). so, in my opinion, tretinoin has caused my skin to look even worse. i know it's only the second week and it takes 8 weeks for it to really work, but i'm starting to lose hope pretty quickly.i wash my face in the morning, after i get home from school, and at night with either a foaming facial cleanser or hydrating cleanser, both being by cerave. this is because i'm constantly applying lotion to my face, making it very slimy in the morning. i also wear foundation and concealer, so my only option to remove my makeup without turning my face into a desert is by washing it off. at night, i usually wash my face in the sink with colder water after i shower because i tend to take really hot showers. after this, i apply tretinoin to my forehead, nose, some blackheads on my cheeks and my chin, followed by neutrogena hydro boost cream under my eyes (hyaluronic acid) and cerave pm facial moisturizing lotion.as for the morning, i put the same creams on in the same places after washing my face. then, after it dries, i put on my makeup. when i get home, i do the same minus applying makeup and reapply lotion quite often.though my dark circles are deep, hollow, pitch-black in color and overall absolutely horrifying, my main focus is the rest of my face as i feel i will see results faster. i've had dark circles since elementary school as a result of insomnia, which i was properly diagnosed with at 9. insomnia-like symptoms have ruined every part of my life since i was 2. my diet is also chock-full of processed foods, meaning it might take years to get rid of them.i apologize for the immense block of text, but i seriously need help. my appearance is beginning to interfere with my daily life, and the main catalyst of my depression has shifted from problems with my family to my grotesque face and the social isolation that it has led to. i want to be assessed for body dysmorphia, but my parents don't understand. all of this is ruining my life. though suicidal ideation has been something i've dealt with since i was 12 or 13, i now think about killing myself every single second of each day. my partner and i have been fighting daily for months now, and even though i love them i can tell that they're going to snap very, very soon.if you've made it this far and can help me out, i have a few questions:how can i make my skin look like it belongs to a 17-year-old again? at the moment, i look like i have the skin of a 50-year-old. i have deep forehead wrinkles, random bumps all over my forehead, mortifying eye bags (pm me to see them and wonder how i'm still alive!), extremely dehydrated, lackluster and sallow skin and unexplainable patches of fat under my eye bags and in various places on my cheeks and chin.what should i change about my routine? is there any way to provide give my skin such a magnifying moisture boost that it'll start acting its age again? if so, what products should i use?will the tretinoin EVER work? does all this peeling just mean that my skin's growing a tolerance to the product? what about the recent surge in acne? should i be seeing can't-be-missed results by now or is it still too early?is it possible for someone with a face as terrible as mine to ever have clear skin and a pretty face? when i look around, all the girls i know have clear skin and symmetrical faces. i'm a senior in high school, meaning that the whole awkward stage thing should be over for me by now, too. will i look like a 50-year-old for the rest of my younger days? (pm me for pictures of my face if you'd like to be the judge.)what could be causing this all? i'm thinking depression and anxiety, insomnia, and poor choices in diet, but i know that can't be all. my life's too hectic for that to be all.is glossier a good place to buy products specific to my situation? though i'm completely open to just about any brand, i've been curious about glossier as their products likely work on people my age best. if they don't work as well as some other brands, though, i'd like to hear alternatives.should i go back to the dermatologist? i'll be going back next week, but what about after that? should i tell them basically everything i told you guys? also, are the products needed to fix my issues more likely to do so if they're products that require a prescription?what else should i do? if you know anything else, please tell me below. any help at all will have me perpetually appreciative. i wish that didn't sound so dramatic, but it's the truth. also, for the sake of my sanity, please don't say my face is probably not as bad as i think because it is. i am hideous and i am desperate to fix it, but i don't know what to do now. thank you.
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