Beauty Tips For Body Care
Hello Skin Care Addiction! A little background about my skin problems: I have combo skin - it's oily in the T-zone but gets dried out if I don't use moisturizer everyday. Up until may my routine was fairly simple and I'd only ever develop acne in my t-zone (almost never on my cheeks) and it was usually small whiteheads that I could gently pop without scarring. I used the oil cleanse method, witch's hazel as toner, salicylic acid spot treatment and cetaphil lotion. November- May my skin was the best it's ever been.Then in the beginning of May I developed severe mono, my spleen ruptured and was removed. I spent a week in the hospital. During that time (and the two weeks recovery after that) I couldn't take care of my skin and it got pretty dried out. At the end of may I was careful to rehydrate it with moirturizer and I thought it was all better. Towards the end of June I started to develop acne on my cheeks. There was one particular spot just below my jawline on my right side that developed a bunch on deep, red pimples that hurt terribly, took forever to heel and left red scars. That then spread to my right cheek and then eventually to my left cheek. Now I get deep, painful cystic acne on both my cheeks that leave horrible scars so it constantly looks as if my cheeks are covered in acne even if I only have a couple pimples at any one point in time. Since June I've done a couple things to change my routine, all gradually and one at a time but none of it seems to be working - if anything it just seems to be getting worse! My routine is as follows: Am: Rinse with water, sebamed care gel, biore UV aqua rich. Now days I don't wear makeup 6/7 days a week because I'm trying to let my skin breathe. I used to be able to wear makeup everyday and be fine thoughPM. Oil cleanse method (1/3 caster 2/3 Almond), salicylic spot treatment, CeraVe in the tub. 1-2 nights I use tretinoin cream 0.05%A bit more info: The beginning of February I switched from the combo pill to the Mirena IUD. While in the hospital in May I developed a kidney infection so I was on very strong antibiotics for about 3 weeks. I've been on tretinoin for about a month, since seeing a NP at my school clinic. I'm having trouble with it. I only use 1-2 times a week. I make sure to wait 30 min after washing my face to apply it, only use a pea size amount and moisturize but every time I use it all of my skin peals over the 5 days after I use it and my acne gets worse immediately after use. Even after a month I haven't been able to increase how frequently I use it.I'm wondering if my new acne could be from one of the following? - The Mirena -Could I have picked up some sort of skin bacteria in the hospital? - Could being on very strong antibiotics for so long have somehow messed up my skin biome?I've attached some photos to show you whats wrong: http://imgur.com/a/r3wKCSorry this post is so long! Any and all help would be much appreciated!
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