Beauty Tips For Body Care
I'm really sorry for the long rant up ahead but please bear with me, I'm just really needing any form of advice or encouragement at the moment because I'm really at a loss about what to do next.So about two years ago I was going through a rough period of my life and I was diagnosed with depression during that time. The first year, I was so out of it that I just stopped caring and I'd completely stopped washing my face or taking care of my skin at all. I would only shower twice a week at most usually, and during showers I would just rinse my face with water, so I wasn't washing my face enough or properly at all. I didn't use sunscreen when I went out either, overall I just made so many bad choices and completely ruined my skin. I went from having minimal acne on my forehead, to having acne on my cheeks, to having acne all over my face, all over my shoulders and upper back, on my chest, and on my neck as well. Over the course of two years, my lack of self-care is now reflected in the fact that my skin sucks and I am covered in acne. I have so much acne now that I don't even feel frustrated anymore, just hopelessly distraught. It isn't even just my face, but my back and shoulders and chest. I have to avoid wearing low-cut tops and shoulder-exposing tops because the acne in those areas. My acne is not cystic, but there is so much of it all over these parts of my body, and it is very, very persistent. As soon as some of my acne gets better, more comes along. I am covered in acne scars and pimples and sometimes I wish I could just rip my skin off and have a new layer of skin grow back, like my hair.However, acne isn't the only skin problem that arose over the past two years. The skin on my face is hypersensitive, meaning that it's extremely sensitive to the extent that anything I use on my skin hurts a little bit or tingles. Yes, even Cerave's Hydrating Cleanser can make my skin sting a bit when I'm washing my face, and supposedly it's one of the most mild cleansers out there. Anyways, my skin is also very, very dry. I live in Washington State, which is a temperate rainforest climate, so a dry climate is definitely not the issue here. My skin is so extremely dry that any foundation I use clings to my acne spots and dries out completely in a very short amount of time. I use an expensive foundation that is supposed to have a dewy finish, finish it off with a dewy setting spray, yet in less than an hour, the foundation will completely dry out on my skin. It'll end up looking super cakey, dry, and overall horrid. My acne ends up getting exposed after the foundation dries out. It is the absolute worst feeling and my skin feels as if I have smothered dirt all over it instead of foundation. The dry foundation on my skin feels so unclean and like powder on my skin because it's so dry.Going on, I've been seeing a dermatologist about my skin issues for the past two years, and he's prescribed me Spironolactone + Birth Control Pills (tried several different brands as well) and topical solutions like Benzoyl Peroxide. He has also tried prescribing me several different types of antibiotics, but I had an allergic reaction to one of them and my body doesn't tolerate antibiotics well at all, so we stopped trying them. I did ask for Accutane, as it worked for my sister who had some very persistent acne in her late 20s that wasn't going away (although the severity was nowhere near as bad as mine), but my dermatologist refused at first as he said that my skin already very dry and that Accutane would make the dryness much worse. I decided to find alternative solutions and I found this subreddit about a few weeks ago. At first I went through plenty of posts trying to figure out some good products to try for my skin. I started out with Cerave's Foaming Cleanser, but it was too drying so I switched to the Hydrating Cleanser and used Cerave AM and Cerave in the tub for my AM and PM routines, respectively. None of it felt like it was absorbing into my skin, everything just felt like it was sitting on my skin, rather than being absorbed into it. I got some products that were relatively popular on r/AsianBeauty as well, hoping that adding some extra steps to my routine would help with the dryness of my skin. Same issue, none of the stuff felt like it was absorbing properly. No serums, essence, emulsions, or creams felt like they were absorbing properly, and my skin always felt sticky or had a film of product left behind on it. I found a thread where someone had the same issue with products not absorbing, and people suggested they use a hydrating toner to help absorb products better, which I tried, but even the toner seems to sit on my skin and not absorb. I've tried so many other things as well. For about a month now, I've switched to a very healthy diet where I've cut out dairy entirely. I don't eat any fast foods, junk foods (like chips, pizza, microwavable instant meals), or soft drinks/soda. I eat lots of fruits and vegetables throughout the day and only drink water and tea. I try to wash my sheets, pillowcases. and blankets once a week with a fragrance-free laundry detergent. I got the ventilation in our home cleaned. I have done so much to try and help my skin, both internally and externally, but none of it seems to work. My only hope right now is a proper skincare routine, which I just started about a week ago, but the fact that none of the products seem to absorb and my skin is still dry as ever is really getting me down.As stupid as it sounds, my skin makes me cry some days and I feel so ugly and defeated, not to mention hopeless. I really, really just want to give up on trying to make it better at times. I just feel like I'm at the end of my line and that there's nothing else I can try -except for Accutane- but I want to avoid drying out my skin even more if possible. My skin feels so unclean and dirty all the time, especially when I have makeup on because it becomes all cakey and disgusting-looking. I really just don't know what to do anymore. Is there anything else I can try? Should I keep going with my skincare routine and see if it works, despite all the other failures I've encountered trying to make my skin better? Is my skin just a lost cause? I feel as if my skin is really affecting my mood tremendously, as I've never felt so ugly and insecure in my life. It's affecting my daily life to me just actively trying to avoid going out, even if it's for groceries. I find myself more nervous than ever talking to other people throughout my day as I'm afraid they're going to notice how gross my foundation looks, or all the pimples that my makeup can't cover up.If you've read all of this up to this point, I'm grateful that you've stayed this long to hear me out. I would love to hear if you guys have any advice to offer, or any solutions that I can still try that might bring me hope for a resolution to my skin problems, because I'm really desperate at the moment. Thank you guys so much in advance.
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