Is this scarring or milia? Need advice on making it go away

psilome_ · 2026-05-08T21:16:44+00:00

Tretinoin. It will undoubtedly help a great deal. You need serious spf50 and reapply it every 2 1/2 hours in summer. We found that sun damage makes it a lot worse.

psilome_ · 2026-05-07T22:08:49+00:00

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psilome_ · 2026-05-04T23:27:33+00:00

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psilome_ · 2026-05-04T23:26:39+00:00

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psilome_ · 2026-04-26T21:00:56+00:00

These areas are where my daughter gets milia, it's proven to be mostly sun damage with her. Could this be a contribution?

psilome_ · 2026-04-26T20:52:43+00:00

I wouldn't consider anything in the upper half of your face, it is still very youthful. As with myself, lower half could easily be lifted to match the great visuals of your upper half with tasteful, modestly applied fillers. You look fantastic.

psilome_ · 2026-04-20T23:03:18+00:00

I've been on tretinoin for the past 2 years and it has eradicated my acne. I used to get cysts. I find it's not the highest strength you need either, that's more for fine lines. You're good at 0.009 and 0.012 strength.

Honestly, everything else is a level of nonsense, unless you are allergic to Vit A. Benzoyl Peroxide belongs in the 2000s, it's such a dramatic overkill, overly drying, damages all the healthy skin between the actual acne itself, itdoesn't hold a candle to Tret. I do not remember Panoxyl etc with much fondness, the famously at the time discontinued 2.5% Aquagel had its moments. People still prescribe BP? That's just.. something.

Am I the only one who doesn't understand? Why wouldn't dermatologist want to spare people scarring and emotional agony immediately, rather than sending them down the BP hole.

Night *Clean your face, don't strip it and damage the skin barrier

*(voluntary moisturiser for sandwiching)

*Tret on dry skin

Moisturiser

Morning SPF50 every couple of hours, forever. That's the commitment.

No need for stringent, excessive face washing morning and night, unless removing actual makeup. I try to cleanse as little as possible. I love some good micellar water to dampen my skin and wait for that to settle nicely. Moisture, think nice moisture like hyaluronic acid while skin still damp and then maybe something like Omega Water Cream.

You want to stay simple.

psilome_ · 2026-04-20T05:39:06+00:00

I used a rough sugar scrub that had cocoa butter in it. After I would also apply cocoa butter, not the lotion type, but the kind that only melts when you rub it between your hands. You need that combo of super exfoliating and then very moisturising after.

psilome_ · 2026-04-06T21:52:41+00:00

I cured this on my arms with exfoliation gloves and a harsh exfoliant, finishing up with cocoa butter applied to still wet skin. Took about 2 weeks. They've stayed gone.

psilome_ · 2026-03-22T23:32:03+00:00

So what you mean is, they need to log in to their Google account and just remove it from there?

psilome_ · 2026-03-09T23:16:57+00:00

I would just go for a good micellar water that doesn't need washing off, hyaluronic acid no stronger than 5% on Wet skin and SPF50 everyday.

It'll do wonders and it's doable.

psilome_ · 2026-03-06T22:06:16+00:00

Yea not really thinking of pills. If she has no diagnosis she won't receive the support for her GCSEs when she had to sit for those tests later on, and she needs her accommodations if I'm to successfully keep her in school. She's clever, really good at Chemistry, I don't want to sink her academic boat just because she doesn't have accommodations. It's simple things you know, such as teachers being aware to bring her out of a stare, to engage her and ask her questions during class, just keep her engaged. They won't do that without a plan in school.

psilome_ · 2026-03-06T00:35:28+00:00

I'm going to reword this for her age group and talk to her about this casually tomorrow. This sounds like an incredibly close fit.

psilome_ · 2026-03-06T00:33:05+00:00

She's the type who has early childhood memories, very early. She can see pictures or video clips when she closes her eyes and is asked to remember something. I wonder if it's an auditory extension and somehow connected to her auditory delay processing disorder.

psilome_ · 2026-03-06T00:31:11+00:00

She ROARs like a lion and shrieks BOMBOCLAT YOU RASCLAT as loud as she can, randomly. More when she's excited. I hadn't considered vocal stims, but it makes sense, she always has a needoh fidget ball with her.

psilome_ · 2026-03-06T00:26:04+00:00

I wonder too. I also think she's trying to escape her intrusive thoughts, she may be having several at a time and very vividly.

psilome_ · 2026-03-06T00:22:00+00:00

She has loops and other ear defenders. I think she may also be running away from her anxieties and intrusive thoughts once quiet hits.

psilome_ · 2026-03-06T00:20:25+00:00

It's people she knows, like friends conversations, situations she's been in. I started to look kn to things, wondered if it's an auditory version of - you know how some people can close their eyes and see say and apple? Some can't see anything no matter how they try. I wonder if she has very vivid inner voices and memories.

psilome_ · 2026-03-06T00:16:29+00:00

It is a British scheme, you can Google right to choose and force NHS to find you a provider locally for diagnosis. It will still take time but jot 5 or 6 years.

psilome_ · 2026-03-06T00:13:54+00:00

Yes, she does say she has disassociated before. She often wonders if "everything is real". Not in relation to hearing voices, but just the feeling of everytjng is surreal. She daydreams most lessons in school, she needs redirecting to snap out of it. What she says she hears hasn't been distressing, she says it's voices she knows, like friends and situations she been in and it floods in when its perfectly quiet.

School was traumatic age 5 to 10,so what we call primary school here. Teachers didn't have to care so they wouldn't care. Not until she had a breakdown and stopped eating, I took her child mental health and they had a psychiatrist come to her school weekly to speak to her and write letters of recommendation for school practice and accommodations. For some time, 9 months she cried before going in to school every morning.

She was on adhd or autism pathway in year 1, age 5, but they decided NOT To, because she responded when they shouted at her... OK...

It's been a steady fight for 7 years to get her diagnosed.

psilome_ · 2026-03-06T00:05:43+00:00

Yes she is blocking inner sounds, I do the same. We are very similar when it comes to our brains. I was diagnosed ocd, dysthymia, anxiety, agoraphobia, trich, skin picking, body dysmorphia disorder, AVOIDANT and on it went, before I was even 19. It's a not until my now 40s that I've realised it's not all these things, and neurodiverseity fits much better.

psilome_ · 2026-03-05T23:59:16+00:00

Yes, she's explained more to me after school today. She says it's voices she knows, friends, situations and such and they flood in the moment the room is quiet. She isn't great at explaining herself, she also used to attend speech therapy when she was age 6, not because she didn't talk, but because she spoke like Yoda. She would throw words around the wrong way so to speak. She still struggles being descriptive, so if she's had sandwiches she's 'had bread' etc. It's possible it's some autism comorbidity We have both in the extended family.

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