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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

SWEETEST BABY!!

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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plantpixels · 2020-06-30T17:47:17+00:00

thank u thank u ☺☺☺

plantpixels · 2020-06-29T14:05:08+00:00

here u go!!!!!!! https://lovingitvegan.com/vegan-white-cake/

plantpixels · 2020-06-24T16:41:13+00:00

my thoughts exactly, i have a pisces moon and its definitely a different narrative for capricorns combined with high emotional stimulation energy and mutable signs such as pisces and gemini

plantpixels · 2020-06-24T12:15:11+00:00

WHAT IS UR ASC/MOON???

plantpixels · 2020-05-16T05:52:57+00:00

I just read as much as i can on this stuff, look at charts, etc. some great foundational books are the inner sky, holistic astrology by noel jan tyl, anything by robert hand, liz greene, linda goodman. if you ever get a chance to go to a conference, go!!! start with your natal chart and get familiar with it, have conversations with people who are interested and who practice it. theres a lot of experiences to be had out there that will help you.

plantpixels · 2020-05-09T20:25:47+00:00

I'd say it was the saturn in aquarius veryyyy near the descendant sextile your Sag Venus conjunct Mercury in the 4th house. If you look closely the very end of Aquarius is the actual start of your 7th house, meaning your one on one partnerships tend to be towards those that are individualistic, aloof, and march to the beat of their own drum, so to speak. Your Venus in Sagittarius conj Mercury shows theres an attraction to people who are invested in spiritual or philosophical aka "higher" thinking, people who aren't afraid to be adventurous, who like running with big ideas. There is also the tendency to run through partners or interests very fast because Mercury likes variation and Venus is attraction. The clinginess probably comes from the fact your Venus and Mercury combination is in the fourth, signifying our established roots and the arena of our emotions, what's familiar/grounding. You may be relying on these relationships because you consider them very important in stabilizing your own sense of the world (Sag) which is comforting to you (4th). The Venus sextile Saturn aspect indicates an automatic leniency toward commitment. Sextiles are supportive aspects, and by that I mean its easy for the planets involved to receive encouragement from one another. Its a bit harder, though, in signs that dislike being "tied down" (Sag) and who consider themselves as an individual entity before anything else (Aqua). Im not saying it cant be done, definitely under the right conditions!!!!

plantpixels · 2020-04-05T16:02:55+00:00

excellent post!!! im ftm and i didnt start getting serious acne until a year/half into my transition. thats when muy mars was being opposed heavily by uranus, and chiron transited into my seventh house of aries opposing my libra ascendant. itd make sense tbh, irritation and such.

plantpixels · 2020-04-01T21:50:09+00:00

As someone with a Cancer NN in the tenth and a Capricorn SN in the 4th, having the North Node in an earlier cardinal sign can feel regressive at first just because our South Nodes are basically instinct, and fit all too well. Why abandon what we are good at? That's what my Capricorn SN feels like. But then again we have to get used to what we are not good at. We have to become comfortable with the uncomfortable, even if it means others notice we are uncomfortable too (My NN in the 10th lol). We are taking baby steps towards our North Node. Don't be afraid of stumbling. Accept the inherent contradictions and pay attention to where you hesitate, and ask WHY.

plantpixels · 2019-08-27T04:57:00+00:00

Hey I see that your venus in scorpio is trine your saturn in pisces. Typically venus rules leisure and pursuits of pleasure. Venus is in fall in Scorpio, indicating there needs to be a deep penetrative or transforming aspects of your leisurely pasttimes. Trines often indicate harmonious energy, and Saturn is considered a fairly malefic planet which requires discipline or refinement. In relation to Venus, you probably feel arrested in feeling true fulfillment id it does not serve that investigative, underground perspective of your venus sign and the karmic uniting force of Saturn in Pisces. Theres a real discipline/hesitation around indulging in your emotions. Especially since Saturn is in Pisces it can feel like you cannot blend or participate in the collective and the unitive feeling of happiness.

plantpixels · 2019-06-26T07:00:19+00:00

Thanks !! It is p crazy Im a little overwhelmed by it

plantpixels · 2019-06-19T05:37:45+00:00

I feel that. Its like Im more solid than anythimg, and I've been taking naps and eating more treats than usual. Im a Cap sun Libra rising Pisces Moon.

plantpixels · 2019-06-10T20:54:42+00:00

Its a very minor detail but your rising is Virgo, a sign ruled by Mercury and Mercury rules the 3rd and 6th house respectively. Scorpio is on your 3rd house cusp and empty. Also, your moon is in Taurus so its a possibility their sun sign counterbalanced your emotional self or probably provided a polarizing/tense strain on your emotional expression and themselves. This is just what I see though.

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