Beauty Tips For Body Care
http://imgur.com/a/RIoFs[LONG POST, SORRY!]Hello everyone!I decided to write a progress report, for my own sake as well as to encourage others to try out tretinoin as well. My skin has never been very bad growing up. I guess the only problems I had were redness around my nose and an uneven skin tone. The only products I ever used was hydrating toner and lotion. I thought my skin wasn't very nice at the time... I laugh at how ungrateful I was then.Fast forward to when I turned 19. My skin was starting to become more acne-prone. I quickly nipped that bud by starting AHA and BHA after discovering r/AsianBeauty. My skin was AMAZING for those few months. I started using more products such as essences and serums. Vitamin C was super important because although I occasionally got acne, it always left a mark that took forever to go away.Jump to when I turned 20. For some reason, chemical exfoliants weren't working anymore. I started getting more and more acne and it wouldn't go away. I was getting kinda depressed, so I asked a family doctor to give me tretinoin, after reading about it a bit on SCA. He brushed me off saying it wasn't a first line of treatment, and Biacna (or Ziana in the US) is all I probably need. He gave me a few samples to try. Well I had no idea how to use Biacna since it's not a super popular treatment, and I stuffed the samples in my drawer for a year. I continued to try using BHA and AHA, eventually sticking only to Stridex since that seemed to help a TINY bit. I tried chemical peels from MUAC, which helped the skin that didn't have acne, but only caused me to purge in my problem areas without making it better than pre-peel.My skin was only getting worse and worse, so I took out my Biacna samples (they had another year before expiry). I realized that it was EXACTLY THE SAME AS RETIN-A, except it has clindamycin in it as well and is %&ing expensive. The next morning, my skin was unbelievably smooth where I had no acne. I knew it would take longer for it to help with my acne, and there would probably be an awful purge. I quickly went to see my doctor at university (she's MUCH nicer and knowledgable) who gave me a prescription for generic tretinoin gel 0.025%. The pharmacy gave me Retin-A gel for some reason, but for the generic price?? Not that I'm complaining.WEEK 1 - Moderate purging, nothing makeup can't cover.WEEK 2 - Purging has mostly subsided. Light flaking around my mouth area and where my largest zits were.CURRENT/WEEK 3 - I think my moisture barrier got damaged. I never had sensitive skin, but everything I put on my face hurt, especially my HG Cerave PM :( Took a day break from Retin-A and went out to get La Roche-Posay Toleriane Ultra Fluide (received a deluxe Toleriane Cleanser sample as well) which was sooo nice for my face. I buffered with a toner the day after the break prior to Retin-A, and I think I will do that from now on since it barely stung.Right now, I'm very upset with the original doctor I went to see who brushed off my request for tretinoin. I could have avoided a year of frustration and low self-esteem, as well as comments from family members who told me my skincare was useless since it did nothing for my acne. However, I'm grateful that I finally managed to hop onto the tretinoin wagon. I'm eagerly waiting for the day where my PIH will clear up and I can go out with just a tinted moisturizer.
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