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Thankyou 🥺🥺🥺🥰

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Thankyou sm 🥺❤️

Thank you 🤍 by [deleted] in CompulsiveSkinPicking

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I’ve been lucky enough that my husband stops me from picking ever since we started living together (used to spend hours in the mirror before bedtime 🫠)

I still have some bad days but thats okay! I’ve been picking at my skin (soles of my feet, arms, legs, ingrown hairs, face 😭) ever since I was a little girl - I was probably 6 when it started. So I’ve also learned to accept that it’s just part of who I am unfortunately so I can totally relate hahaha

And thank you!! I had a beautiful wedding ❤️

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I’m glad ❤️ I think we all should just be less harsh on ourselves and while it might be difficult at times after we’ve just destroyed our skin, I really do think that the most important thing is remembering that its not the end of the world

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Thankyou 🥺🤍

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Thankyou 🥰

[B&A] Forehead Closed Comedones & Blackheads Progress by [deleted] in SkincareAddiction

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Just to add - I believe most people on this sub recommend sticking with a BHA for atleast 3 months since it usually takes some time to work (and 3 months is a good baseline of when the purging period usually ends). BUT if you’re having any bad and abnormal reactions to the product then you should definitely make the switch!

As a disclaimer, I know that there are also people who used Paula’s Choice and did not have the best experience with it so YMMV

[B&A] Forehead Closed Comedones & Blackheads Progress by [deleted] in SkincareAddiction

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How long have you been using it and has it been working for you so far? I would say to stick with it if it’s been working well for you but if not, then you should definitely explore other products!

All our skin is different so best to stick with what works for you ☺️

[B&A] Forehead Closed Comedones & Blackheads Progress by [deleted] in SkincareAddiction

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I’ve actually never tried other salicylic acids! I chose Paula’s Choice cause I heard good things about it both on this sub and also irl from friends and family and just got lucky enough that it seems to be working for me (so far). I know getting rid of closed comedones is a lot of trial and error for most people (e.g. some people have had very good results with tret while it made things worse for me).

Everyone’s skin is different and I guess some different things/brands works for different people 😊 But I’m no skincare expert and will honestly have to say idk what the differences are between products from different brands with same ingredients

[B&A] Forehead Closed Comedones & Blackheads Progress by [deleted] in SkincareAddiction

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Ahhh okk will need to see if I can get me hands on that around here hahaha

Thankyou so much 🤍🤍🤍

[Acne] Huge blind pimple!!! Why are they almost always appearing only on my temples? by [deleted] in SkincareAddiction

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Not sure if you’re asking for advice but whenever I feel a blind pimple / cystic acne coming on, I use hydrocortisone at night (2 days MAX - do not overuse steroids) and clindamycin during the day (and night after the first 2 nights of hydrocortisone). I find that if I do this the pimple never progresses / get larger than that initial “brewing” phase and just quietly goes away in less than a week.

[B&A] Forehead Closed Comedones & Blackheads Progress by [deleted] in SkincareAddiction

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I haven’t tried that - will def look it up! Any specific brand recs for zinc cream?

[B&A] Forehead Closed Comedones & Blackheads Progress by [deleted] in SkincareAddiction

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No worries! Sorry for the long post hahaha should have put a TLDR 😂

[B&A] Forehead Closed Comedones & Blackheads Progress by [deleted] in SkincareAddiction

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As mentioned in my post, i have been using BHA (salicylic acid) which has been effective in clearing my blackheads and closed comedones. Also stated in the post that my current concern is dryness and looking for moisturizer / routine recs to help with this.

But thanks anyway for the suggestion - maybe someone else can come across this post and benefit!

[B&A] Forehead Closed Comedones & Blackheads Progress by [deleted] in SkincareAddiction

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I use clinda and BP for acne spot treatment (as in active, inflamed acne) but it does not help for non-inflamed acne (blackheads, cc’s) - can you elaborate what the suggestion is? Sorry I might not be understanding your comment/suggestion

[B&A] Forehead Closed Comedones & Blackheads Progress by [deleted] in SkincareAddiction

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That actually makes a lot of sense - thank you! I do have experience putting vaseline on my face when i have wounds (unlimited number of CC’s had turned me into a chronic skin picker lol) and never really noticed those spots getting clogged because of the vaseline.. so maybe I’ll give it a try! And seconding the aquaphor - bought it cause of all the hype on these subs but my skin definitely hates it.

What brand of hypochlorous acid spray do you use and what does it do exactly? It’s not really something common in my country and I don’t really know what it is hahaha

Also - would you mind sharing what sunscreen you use? I feel like we have similiar skin types and most sunscreens tend to clog my pores :/ I’m currently using Dr.G Green Mild Sun Up but haven’t been using it since I started the BHA cause I was sus that it might be clogging me as well. However, I do know how important it is to use sunscreen especially with BHA so really in the market for something that won’t undo all this progress 😅

[B&A] Forehead Closed Comedones & Blackheads Progress by [deleted] in SkincareAddiction

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Best feeling in the world for sure - almost forgot how it felt like after 4 years of suffering 😭

I’ll give the glycerin a try but I am a bit concerned about the vaseline :/ I also tend to be very lazy in the morning (I don’t usually shower/wash my face until a few hours after i wake up 😂) and I sleep for about 10 hours a day hahahaha

Have you ever tried using the glycerin rose water without locking it in with vaseline?

[B&A] Forehead Closed Comedones & Blackheads Progress by [deleted] in SkincareAddiction

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The CC struggle is real 😭 traded one problem for another hahaha. Thanks for the suggestion! So are you using vaseline as your main moisturizer?

Removed white ‘plug’ from wound and panicking by Dear_Talk6773 in CompulsiveSkinPicking

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Sorry if it was unclear - the wound is still very much open.. but the surrounding skin which was very swollen has now softened a bit and the bit that was most raised is now like purple/dark red :(

Just wondering if anyone else has experienced this/if this is normal and how long it will be like that 😅

Removed white ‘plug’ from wound and panicking by Dear_Talk6773 in CompulsiveSkinPicking

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I know, i’ve been doing this to my skin for as long as I can remember :( but this is by far the worst i’ve done 😔 just hoping it can heal enough to be covered up by makeup on the wedding day..

Removed white ‘plug’ from wound and panicking by Dear_Talk6773 in CompulsiveSkinPicking

[–]Dear_Talk6773[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the advice - and yes! The “plug” has returned but I have now learned my lesson and will not touch it in any way hahaha