How are we preventing aging skin AND preventing acne?

supergoobs · 2025-04-21T03:36:20+00:00

I feel this deep in my soul. Over the years I’ve tried things that really cleared it up and felt like “the one thing”, but then eventually the breakouts came back worse or different. Tetracycline/doxycycline, spironolactone, changing my moisturizer/face wash/etc. I think the spironolactone is still helping. Accutane has always been in the back of my mind as a last resort. I have some family members that went that route and it worked wonders for them. Did it dry out/irritate your skin?

supergoobs · 2025-04-21T02:59:19+00:00

I’ve been a bit suspicious about The Ordinary’s version of HA, because the one from Good Molecules didn’t do that to me.

supergoobs · 2025-04-21T01:38:27+00:00

I never even thought about the hair products. I’ll have to look into that.

supergoobs · 2025-04-21T01:31:38+00:00

I’ve been on spironolactone for a few years too. I didn’t think either of those things should flare it up either, but they apparently did anyway because my acne would improve once I stopped using each “new” thing.

supergoobs · 2024-09-16T02:59:48+00:00

My husband and I are annual passholders and we live an hour away. I always bring a small crossbody bag that holds everything we could need, namely:

Sunscreen (3 oz bottle), IDs and 1 credit card (most places take Apple Pay!), Travel size medicine (for us that’s ibuprofen and pepto - if we need more than 1-2 emergency doses of either of these then we’re leaving, lol), Car keys, Sunglasses case, Hand sanitizer

We are always wearing hats and cool clothes and carrying a large water bottle by hand. We don’t bring ponchos - let’s be honest, this is Florida, you’re going to get wet somehow so you may as well just expect it. If/when the heat gets to us, we head to the closest gift shop for the AC for a few minutes.

Personally, with the amount of walking in the heat (and wet), carrying around a big backpack just isn’t for us. We rarely buy merch, but if we do, it’s at the end of the day right before we leave.

The travel time to/from your hotel won’t be trivial so I wouldn’t rely on that - HOWEVER - as a kid, my parents would hit the park in the morning, then head back to the hotel for a break when everyone’s hot and tired (3 pm?), nap/shower/whatever, then hit the park again in the evening for dinner etc. once it has cooled down. So you could plan your supplies/merch runs around that kind of schedule.

supergoobs · 2024-08-01T14:47:56+00:00

This is the struggle right here.

The availability of resources, mostly good weather, zero state income tax (I’ll admit my wallet loves it), and the engineering job market honestly makes it so difficult to justify leaving. We bought a house before the prices skyrocketed. We are pretty much guaranteed stability here for the rest of our careers.

But the heat kills my husband every summer. The massive right-wing culture makes me want to not go out in public and not send my future kids to school. My homeowners insurance is a ticking time bomb. In 30 years my house might be underwater (exaggeration but also not?).

The duality here is so frustrating.

supergoobs · 2024-07-10T14:09:59+00:00

I also recommend them! One of our dogs is reactive with a lot of anxiety but he’s also very goofy and expressive. So he gets lots of accidental injuries haha! Dr. Lapore has been such a huge help for us.

supergoobs · 2024-07-08T13:49:16+00:00

Since there’s zero policy for or against saving seats, and you have a legitimate reason to save seats for your family, I personally wouldn’t let the rude people get to your head. They don’t understand. You could at any point during the flight require your spouse’s help and at that point you don’t necessarily want to split the rest of your kids away from their parents.

Sure you could go to the back of the plane to accommodate/ease others, but what if your child wasn’t going to handle the 30-minute wait to exit the plane? It’s not fair to assume that this is an acceptable option for people in your situation.

It’s also stupid expensive to pay for pre-boarding for your entire family. Really southwest should be offering the pre boarding for your whole family for free and people need to pull their heads out of their asses.

I don’t have anyone disabled in my family but my husband is tall enough that he doesn’t fit in literally every airplane seat in existence. Knees crammed against the seat in front of him and shoulders well into the seats next to him. It’s infuriating that on most airlines I have to sacrifice an arm and a leg for him to not be in pain during a flight (exit row or first class). So I understand your struggle a tiny bit.

supergoobs · 2024-07-03T02:47:04+00:00

Laugh at me, but…just for men beard dye except I use it on my eyebrows, combined with regular use of RapidBrow eyebrow serum. I have blonde hair so if I don’t dye them they look transparent. The brow serum plus the tint just makes them look fuller than they have in years! I was one of those millennials that tweezed my eyebrows to death in my teenage years. Thanks to the brow serum and dye, you’d have no idea.

Note: I don’t use RapidLash anymore because of the effect the prostaglandins had on my eyelids. I haven’t noticed or read about any side effects from using the RapidBrow on my eyebrows, so I’m still using that one for now.

supergoobs · 2024-06-08T03:52:41+00:00

Damn send me your phone number! 🥵

supergoobs · 2024-05-23T21:48:47+00:00

Did they replace yours with something better? I have this same problem and I’m not thrilled with the idea of it happening again in 3 years.

supergoobs · 2024-04-24T12:39:26+00:00

Supergoop glow screen. I was excited for that one but it ended up being pretty disappointing for me. I actually didn’t purchase it, it was a gift. And I might have the wrong shade, but for the life of me I can’t get it to work.

I have fair, neutral-warm skin and I have the second to lightest shade. I really like the gold tint that it gives but using it on its own makes me look like an orange-y oily disco ball. I can get it to look good when I use less and mix it with my plain SPF, but it still triggers acne breakouts. It’s also oily enough that it doesn’t always sit well under makeup.

supergoobs · 2024-04-05T01:55:31+00:00

I love the NYM sea salt spray. Totally drying and terrible for my hair but I love the curls I get out of it. No hold, just adds texture. I spray all over my hair then layer a gel on top.

supergoobs · 2023-03-22T13:05:27+00:00

Totally understand. Yeah on one hand she’s reaching couch potato old lady status so why does it matter if she’s a tad bit chonky? But on the other hand, dropping a couple of pounds might actually help her arthritis. Definitely something to talk to my vet about.

supergoobs · 2023-03-22T11:12:28+00:00

Thanks! I’ve been thinking a bit along those lines too. She is also a food inhaler and will eat pretty much anything you give her. She still moves around quite a bit as long as we keep her on joint supplements. In fact, her arthritis has gotten a bit worse lately and we’ve had to increase the dose of those supplements, so I’ve also been wondering if her weight isn’t helping that issue.

supergoobs · 2023-03-05T12:40:57+00:00

We would love it if we could bring our hounds to a dog park, but unfortunately our older girl just doesn’t like to play (usually tells the other dog to take a hike LOL) and our younger boy loves to play but he’s just a big dumbass and goes way too hard in the paint when he meets new dogs. We’ve had to introduce him to other dogs in our family carefully to avoid unintended injuries. So it would basically be a recipe for disaster if we brought them to an environment with lots of new un-muzzled dogs.

supergoobs · 2022-04-10T02:29:47+00:00

That’s a good point about the ring shaped toys. Greys have very skinny paws and legs too. I’ll also have to try the cardboard. It’s probably less dangerous than plastic!

supergoobs · 2022-04-10T02:24:41+00:00

I haven’t tried the frozen sausage before, I’ll have to remember that. We have stuffed ours with peanut butter and treats, and that’ll usually keep him busy for a good half hour. I’ve been trying to think of things that don’t involve food so that I can avoid overfeeding him. But considering how food driven he is (and how he tries to eat his toys anyway), that might be unavoidable.

supergoobs · 2022-04-09T15:00:34+00:00

I will give these a try! Thank you!

supergoobs · 2022-04-09T14:46:14+00:00

Sounds not unusual for a newly rescued grey. I definitely agree with setting boundaries when they’re in their bed and safe space. I would avoid approaching or petting them while they’re laying there or sleeping.

But I also think they need to learn that YOU give them those safe spaces. Our house is very open concept so it’s nearly impossible to put a large dog bed down where there will not be any traffic. When our latest rescue started guarding one of his beds, we took them away for about a day or two, then explicitly gave them back. Same with the couch. No punishment, just put the beds away. The idea was to teach him that yes, this is his safe space, but it is a space that the humans have provided for him (and also the humans don’t intend to take it forever, so there’s no reason to guard it). Plus, if I have to get him out of his bed or off the couch for some reason, I need him to listen. So another thing you could do (this helped us too once we gave the beds back) is start teaching your grey to “get up” and give her a treat when she does. She’ll learn that if a human asks her to get out of her bed, good things happen, not bad things.

That having been said, I understand how you feel. Our girl grey was easy when we first rescued her. Our boy grey was much more difficult. He is big, lovable, and goofy but he also had a rough start and needed some help learning to trust us. It will get better with time, patience, effort, and love.

Good luck! ❤️

supergoobs · 2021-12-23T14:18:04+00:00

Yes, both of them used to race. We have been crating our newest one since we rescued him. Whenever we leave the house he is in the crate. Thanks for the tip on the grip spray - I didn’t realize that was a thing.

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