Beauty Tips For Body Care
I am a 27 year old woman who had general t-zone acne in adolescence. It cleared up with age and the addition of Yaz (started at 19 due to PMDD), and even when I stopped taking it at 24, the acne stayed away.... until sometime this past spring.Since then, every two weeks (coinciding with ovulation and menses, as tracked by my Clue app) I am greeted with flare ups that can go from four to twelve new breakouts a morning for two to four days. They range from small whiteheads to big, bullhonkin' cystic devils that hurt just when I think about them, let alone the idea or accidentally brushing against them when washing/getting dressed/pulling back my hair/whatever. They're located from the bottom of my jawline all the way up to my cheekbones, and I actually have a picture of a line of breakouts that you could put a ruler to, that's how perfect the line was.My routine has been tweaked and tweaked to address them, I've enlisted the help of pocketderm, I've added zinc supplements and evening primrose oil, ive tried a whole host of suggestions from other SCA'ers who were looking for help....sometimes it does help and sometimes my face just doesn't even care. My pillowcases are changed every other day so I don't sleep on the same surface twice... I've bought new pillows hoping that would help... and it does, as long as my hormones aren't in swing.I have an appointment with a derm in mid-january, since that's the earliest I could get in, and I have a script for BC that I've been holding out on for multiple reasons, the biggest one being that BC tends to make me anywhere from eeyore-depressed to suicidal. I've got finals and holidays-in-service coming up, and I really need to be on top of my game. I'm sure I'm also feeling a whole host of other hormonal affects as well as the acne (exhaustion for no reason, body aches, etc, etc) but I'm unwilling to chance the depression. I guess it's a "known evil v. unknown evil" kind of thing.Is there anything you wonderful folks have to suggest as far as something that might help as I wait out the next eight weeks? It seems like an eternity at this point and I'm losing my mind. Even my Pocketderm NP'S suggestions are echoing what I've done.Right now my routine looks like this:*Am: *splash water, every other day (especially when breaking out) I'll wash with clean&clear continuous control 10%BP face washLaFresh Good day day moisturizerWhen i wear makeup, it's Garnier Miracle-something bb cream (w/salacylic acid for acne prone skin) applied with clean hands and/or clean brushes.pm: OcM with J&J Baby OilNeutrogena Naturals face wash/makeup removerStridex Red Box PadPocketderm cream (4% niacinamide, 1%clindamycin, 4%axelaic acid)LaFresh Good Night night creamCold pressed, unrefined coconut oil over moisturizer (which, surprisingly, helps with the inflammation of the budding breakouts)Any suggestions on routine, or methods or really anything would be appreciated. I can also post pics later when I get home.Thanks in advance!
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