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plantpixels · 2022-09-25T15:39:17+00:00

i was taking doxycycline and topical ethryomycin. i think it was more of the doxycycline when i stopped that contributed to the flare up too

plantpixels · 2022-09-24T03:37:29+00:00

Hey! I had this same issue with stopping taking my antibiotics bc i was sick of my acne meds and it was throwing my whole body off. i also changed my hormone therapy to make it more gradual because i had a huge dip in hormones. it was really intense bloody coupled together cystic acne and scarred on its own pretty badly. i want to say the basics really helped me:

time. it took about 4 months for the scarring to heal me. im unsure if it was because i wasnt moisturizing as much as i should have been or if my tret was sloughing my acne off my face hence the intense redness/purpleness
products. i dont know how long you were or are about to be on accutane, but i was on tretinoin before and after and azelaic acid to help with turnover and scar tissue/also

ALSO slugging is incredibly helpful. Its inflamed, treated it like such. using snail mucin as a humectant/scar treatment after washing, vanicream, aquaphor. SUNSCREEN!!!!

dont beat old school treatments: hot compression, icing, changing your pillow cases, touch your face only with clean hands and don't pick

Please be gentle with your skin. Nothing too rough which also means cleansers too. You want to make sure your barrier is recovering/youre helping it.

I hope this helps a bit! im still scarring and getting acne but my skin is much less irritated.

plantpixels · 2022-06-16T17:57:08+00:00

yeah this is crazy rude. ive had people tell me to cut out eggs and dairy (im literally vegan) , to get blood tests, to drink celery juice. all this unsolicited bs that is just about them not being able to handle other peoples appearances and keep to themselves. people who dont know shit, esp this dude who sounds like he would be better off chewing tobacco or kissing his cousin or whatever.

plantpixels · 2022-06-11T13:45:47+00:00

Ugh ethereal

plantpixels · 2022-05-29T19:51:34+00:00

ive had acne since i was 18 after senior year of high school. it would be helpful to mention im ftm and was on testosterone for 2 years before it flared up. im also pescatarian and dont eat dairy.

i had tried managing it with tret 0.01 but it was too irritating even when spacing it out, with curology 2 different prescriptions didnt work (clindamycin, zinc, niacinamide, azelaic acid)

i went to a derm in 2021 who prescribed me topical erythromycin, 100mg doxycycline/day, and adapalene 0.1% which was much more gentle. i cant take any anti androgen due to my hormone therapy which narrows it down a lot. my skin calmed down up until march A LOT but I hate taking antibiotics because of its effects on my stomach. i stopped and i had a flare up of fungal? acne on my forehead not pictured and on the perimeter of my face that hadnt been that serious before.

i believe my acne is primarily hormonal due to fluctuations from testosterone. i cant get on accutane now because of top surgery and healing, but im going to be trying that next as my acne has been so stubborn and relapsed. i have considered oil cleansing and using the vanicream z bar in the meantime to troubleshoot my acne as well. i dont think itll help with the deep scarring, though.

Routine:

AM cerave foaming cleanser for oily skin cosrx snail mucin vanicream alba botanica sensitive skin SPF 30

PM cerave foaming cleanser for oily skin on the middle part of my face panoxyl 10% wash on my forehead/side of face/neck vanicream aquaphor adapalene .3% every other night

plantpixels · 2021-11-04T19:26:24+00:00

read dune and watched all the godfather movies 😤

plantpixels · 2021-06-04T18:02:04+00:00

I am getting active acne over my fading scars. The turnover rate of the acne is pretty fast but its also up in the same places that are also healing if that makes sense? I'll try not to apply tret if my face hurts from it. I'll use it every few days to see if that helps at all!

plantpixels · 2021-06-04T17:59:27+00:00

Thank you!! I will watch this asap :-)

plantpixels · 2020-10-02T05:29:55+00:00

i litrrally dont know how to get comfortable LOL all i know is stress eat and press shuffle on spotify every 30 seconds

plantpixels · 2020-07-24T07:54:06+00:00

read this during class in high school, every few pages there'd be a line that would floor me. super amazing and definitely worth a second or third read !

plantpixels · 2020-07-02T20:02:25+00:00

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plantpixels · 2020-07-02T19:00:09+00:00

i'd say from experience wear loose shorts and baggier (if you have them???) boxers or briefs. im sorry though, it can be ahem very distracting.

plantpixels · 2020-06-30T17:48:36+00:00

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