>drink lots of water
>use sauna for 20 minutes daily
>use skin care products, mud masks, benzyol peroxide acne fighters, etc
>still a small but constant creation of acne
If I manage to get one under control, another one pops up. This is maddening. I'm literally about to move to Spain in hopes that the constant sun will fix my skin.
>>36459849
Stop washing your face so damn much. Skin needs natural oils but you're pulling them all out, so your skin overcompensates which gives a great breeding ground for bacteria. I wash my face twice a week. In the shower I get it very wet and lightly scrub with wet fingers, but none of that chemical shit.
Might be your diet? I've made a habit out of caring for my skin but now that I'm bulking and eating a bunch of eggs, milk, oil,... I'm having small outbreaks aswell.
>>36459849
>tfw ordered some benzoyl peroxide based fash wash online 11 days ago
>it still hasn't arrived
>skin is progressively getting worse
Don't even want to leave the house
Been washing with a Cetaphil gentle cleanser and doing the whole towel on pillow thing
Even cut out diary to see if it makes any difference
Fuck my skin 2bh, one the the few things I truly hate about myself
>>36459884
I have a glass of whole milk a day along with some greek yogurt maybe. Is that really enough to cause this acne?
>>36459981
I'm far from an expert on these matters so I can't say anything for sure.
Why don't you try cutting out the milk for a while and monitor results. Also pretty sure yoghurt isn't that big of a deal when it comes to diary induced outbreaks.
Also, try searching the sticky on /fa/ for their skincare tips, might be some useful info for you in there.
>>36459874
>>36459884
these
remove gluten and dairy from your diet. do no-poo and gently tap with the towel instead of pulling it across your skin when you dry yourself. change bed sheets at least once a week.
>>36459981
>Dairy
The moment I took dairy out my skin cleared, look at the acidity lvls of dairy food
>>36459849
Also try consistently washing and changing your pillow case
Youre using way too many products
use pic related to wash your face with a light exfoliation sponge 1-2 times a day
When your skin gets dry use 100% coconut oil before bed. It is usually unnecessary to use it daily
Stop drinking bottled water and eating anything that has exposure to a lot of BPA (canned beans)
Get more sun during high hours. UV damage is bad but you should see a big difference after doing this 2-3 times so do it in the spring time before the sun is way too strong
Change sheets every couple days
Drink some more water
Usually doing that should be enough. If you still have acne you need to see a dermatologist. People say change your diet and all that but it can take a really long time to figure out what in your diet is causing the acne.
Stop eating processed food.
>>36459923
Hey let me just give you some more bad news.... benzoyl peroxide takes a few weeks before it starts working effectively. It might even make acne worse the first few weeks untill it starts clearing up your face.
>tfw don't have that many pimples but LOADS of post-acne redness
how to fix brehs
>>36460047
>do no-poo
I know no-fap autists preach the benefits of semen retention but thinking about it there's zinc and stuff in semen so I can kind of see where they're coming from. How would fecal retention provide any benefit to your skin though, is it not just waste? Plus it's not about controlling urges or whatever like no-fap, when you need to shit you need to shit so I don't see how you could even do no-poo.
>>36460740
unless youre being funny, no-poo means no-shampoo
Daily reminder that post-puberty acne can be resolved quickly by a trip to a god damn derma and that hygiene is very rarely the route cause of the problem.
>>36460070
Do you supplement calcium?
>>36460268
I've also got red spots under my skin that won't go away. One of them has been there for like a year
>>36459849
- take zinc. 20-30 mg (organic bounded with histidin additive)
- see a fucking dermatologist. I started around 6 month ago and my problems are gone now. Still use halfe of the day washing my face but now the acne is gone. Soon I will try to reduce the amount of different washing treatments...
>>36460268
dude same
i was reborn the day i stopped drinking milk,fuck that shit.
The broscience levels in this thread are dangerously high.
>>36459981
Sweet foods makes me break out. No clue why, but it's like clockwork whenever I have too much soda, cookies, etc. When I can fight my damn sweet tooth off for a few weeks in a row, I have the skin of a newborn. Indulge and it's back to high school mode.
YMMV, but look for a dietary solution.
>>36459849
You're trying too hard. Only wash with lukewarm water, and replace all your soap and shampoo with Dr. Bronner's castille soap, preferably the tea tree or eucalyptus kind. It's a mild soap that won't dry you out too bad but the oils decimate bacteria. Also the labels will give you something to read next time you're in the shower or tripping balls.
Eat a shitload of vegetables and experiment with taking dairy and chocolate out of your diet. Cut all refined sugar from your diet.
Wash sheets weekly and cycle pillowcases more than that.
If your skin gets dry, try Lush cosmetic lad moisturizer.
If you must try something in addition to this, do a sulfur mask.
>1 go to target
>2 buy 7 fresh white handtowels
>3 drape one on your pillow each night before you sleep
>4 at the end of each week throw them in with your white laundry with a little bleach
>5 goto 3
This helped me immensely
Don't fucking touch your face or rest it on unclean surfaces. Keep your hair out of your face too.
Get some sun, but don't get burnt.
Change your pillow case every night. If you have body acne, you could change your sheets nightly but it's way easier to just sleep in a clean t-shirt every night instead. You can get packs of plain white tees for cheap.
Change your towel if it starts to smell like person. Drying in the sun would work if you can do that.
Don't use dryer pads because they leave pore clogging residue on your shit.
Use detergent without dyes or scents added, it will probably say something about being good for allergies or skin. That extra shit doesn't get your clothes any cleaner anyway.
Moisturize your face after you shower, especially if it was a hot shower. When you scrub all the oil away, your body goes overtime producing shitloads of oil to replenish your skin, which you then scrub away, etc. A vicious cycle. Get some moisturizer for acne and use it after you shower and whenever your face is feeling dry and itchy. This will work wonders.
Take colder showers. Anywhere between warm to cold is alright. Hot dries out your skin.
Eat a cleaner diet. Less processed foods, less simple sugars like candy, soda, white bread/rice, etc. Eat more vegetables.
Take vitamin A and/or NAC daily. This isn't necessary, but helps.
Don't wash your face so much. Once a day is plenty, or even every other day if you didn't get sweaty or dirty. Even less should be possible, but I haven't tried it. Remember, your body's oil production will adjust so if you scrub it away constantly, it'll produce more. If you wash it less often, it'll produce less. There is an adjustment period though before it balances out with your practices.
When you do wash your face, make sure to wash your hands first. Being fresh out of the shower works too.
Don't stress too much. Chronic stress and anxiety is terrible for your skin, and pretty much everything else. Shit will kill ya.
>no acne for 2 years
>but redness on forehead/under eyes (racoon look) + flaky skin
>not symptomatically similar with rosacea
Fuck me what do I do. All I ever use is cetaphil cleanser before I go to bed.
>>36461655
How do I know if I'm stressed?
>>36461917
Do you feel stressed?
>Yes
You are stressed
>No
You aren't stressed
>>36461917
you don't know if you're stressed...?
>>36462013
>>36462035
Is a low but constant existential angst stress?
>>36462129
Yes
>>36461917
Stress
>anxiety
>fear
>anger
>sadness
>pain(physical)
>tension(physical)
do you feel any of these?
if yes, you are stressed.
>>36459981
Yes. Dairy is a shitty food. Cut all dairy out. Eat more vegetables. Drink more water, drink more tea, drink more coffee, drink especially more tea. Wash your face every day with a saliycic acid wash and benzoly peroxide wash in the morning and then before you go to bed.
Stop eating junk food like chips or cheetos or doritos. Stop eating shitty food like hot dogs or fast food of any sort from anywhere. Eat leaner meats, fresh meats every day.
Eat lowfat foods. Stop eating bread. Just a little bit of wheat or grains is fine in rice, pasta or croutons for salad. Eat more salad, skip the dressing. Skip condiments in general. Don't eat too much salt.
Basically be healthy. Stop smoking. Stop drinking.
On the topic of acne, what does /fit/ have to say about derma rollers? I've seen them posted here before, and I'm curious.
So what can you do about old acne scars?
>Work out 4 times a week
>Still won't drop the shirt because my back looks fucking terrible
kill me
>>36460268
Laser treatments work really well. It's about the only thing that will, besides just waiting.
tfw breakouts aren't awful but still there, especially around lip/neck
Bad bacne
Huge pores and awful skin all around
It's what I'm most conscious of, I can't fucking stand it
>>36462668
Don't...
>>36462659
Where am I supposed to get my calcium then?
>>36463611
>It's what I'm most conscious of, I can't fucking stand it
Same here
My body is making it, but my skin seems like it never will
>>36463611
brush teeth better, floss
clean your sheets, dont wear dirty shirts
change soap, moisturize after showers
Seeing OP and other people go on about cleaning their face 2x a day with multiple chemicals makes me cringe because i did the same stupid shit for almost a year until i learned that i was literally destroying my skin by not letting it do its thing and repair itself. Wash your sheets every week and wear clean clothes and only clean your face 1x a day with a gentle cleanser. Moisturize your whole body with quality moisturizers every time you rinse your body with water and soap. Keep a seperate towel for drying your face and make sure it is always clean. I cannot stress enough how important it is to keep your face moisturized.
>>36460902
He fell for the milk = calcium meme.
>>36459874
Oh great now the go to normie "bee yourself" advice for acne has gone from "just wash your face bro" to "wash your face less". Yeah I'm sure that will solve it...
>>36462659
Don't consume any dairy, but also eat lowfat and little carb?
So just eat over 500 grams of chicken and fish, and like 800-1000 grams of vegetables a day?
Cottage cheese is heaven food. It's perfect.
>>36464417
It means if you blow up your face 2-3 times a day with chemicals or exfoliates, it will destroy it.
Once is still more than never, which is what some people do.
>>36460122
How do i stop drinking bottled water, I buy a 1 gallon of Sparklets TM, go through one a day.
Try to be chill, stress can cause acne.
Let me guess, you are under 25? Your body is producing too much oil for your skin because you're basically still going through puberty. Once you are done, your skin should be fine.
Compare your oily skin to the oily skin a guy taking test gets. You still have a lot of hormones flowing through you and you just have to ride it out until your body is done.
>>36460764
>top kek
>>36462659
>cut all dairy out
Shoo shoo gains goblins
>>36465249
How exactly am I still going through puberty at 21?
>>36459849
Op I suffered from bad acne for a long time. You don't need so many damn products
All you need is a good soap, moisturizer, sun block, and an exfoliator.
I use cerave foaming soap, carave moisturizer in a tub, stridex red and any sun block that's not so greasy.
Mornings
>soap
>stridex
>15mins
>moisturizer
>15mins
>sun block
Same thing before I go to bed minus sun block.
That's it, only twice don't over do it. Drink lots of water, dont touch your face and stay out of the sun. You're face will clear up in 2-3 weeks.
>>36461658
What you have is eczema
Go see a doctor, get perscribed this cream, in less than a week itll be all gone
>>36464489
But that would mean either going out in the day with a greasy face or sleeping through the night with a dirty/greasy face.
>Tfw super clear skin, never had a real outbreak some acne here and there years ago
>all gone
>beautiful skin
>tradeoff is im a manlet
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im using proactive+ for 2 months and it helped with the break outs. now i have to wait for my skin to heal from scars
>>36464479
Cottage cheese is dairy.
>>36464346
>Seeing OP and other people go on about cleaning their face 2x a day with multiple chemicals
Some people need to do that to get rid of the infection on their face. Once you get rid of the infection you just maintain.
It's not done indefinitely, and some people need to start it like that. Dick.
>>36463983
Are you retarded? Kale is an excellant source of calcium, so are a bunch of non-dairy products.
>>36459849
I'm in the same position as you. Always have 1-3 zits on my face no matter what. The red marks stay for months. Be careful combining the sun with benzoyl peroxide though, it will leave a brown mark where the zit was which stays for a long time.
>>36465176
I found that when I had a gf and a satisfying sex life I had no facial acne without even trying. Now I'm full of rage and sexual frustration that I try to let out through physical activity.
i finally went to a derm after 3 years of acne and instantly got prescribed accutane, because all this "don't wash your face" and "towel on pillow" shit just doesn't work if you have more than moderate acne and the more time you waste with all the bullshit products the more suffering and scars you get. it's just better to get on accutane asap, the sides really aren't that bad if you moisturize well.
>>be me
>>drink beer
>>eat junk food and shit load diary
>>no bs skin care product
>>perfect skin
>> used accutane
>>36459849
Stop being 16.
>>36460740
>no-poo
>takes it literally
1. NoFap (NoPorn etc.)!
2. Only cold showers!
3. Exercise
4. Only use bodywash when really dirty
5. Use sufale & silicone free shampoo (shampoo-bar)
6. Don't touch your face
7. If you shave, use a safety edge razor with good soap, brush, (aftershave), moisturizer
8. start sleeping on your back (don't use a pillow for your head but under your knees)
9. Eat well (check for allergies)
10. Drink enough (mainly water, no sugar, no/little alcohol)
11. Get enough sleep and have a good sleeping pattern
12. Go outside and get some sun (but not too much)
13. No stress
14. Wash your face at most twice a day
15. Change your sheets/towels when they don't seem clean anymore
16. Be happy
>op does retarded batesian psycho girls face care routine
>still gets acne
>not realizing it's just because you're 19 or even maybe underageb&
Stop acting like a fuccboi and it will go away in a couple of years on its own when you're through puberty
>>36465297
Because you aren't fully grown yet.
>>36467253
I'm 29 and no matter what I do I have it.
>>36462835
You could try on of those microneedle rollers supposed to be good for acne scars, but I haven't tried one.
>>36462659
I disagree on the lean meats. Fat is good.
>>36466730
All that shit dries out your face and the issue will come back as soon as you stop using it.
That's the point of those programs, to keep you dependent on them indefinitely. Good money.
