You looked awful for a little while after I stopped playing with my junk, but after two weeks, it's 95% gone! However, I wish it were as simple as quitting popping or plucking them. I pick without realising that it's a compulsive behaviour. I'm on so many things like niancinamide from ordinary, spf from la roche posay, glycolic acid, picspot cream, moisturisers etc from highstreetpharma still I get pimples. Having said that, I can wear acne patches all day as they help me from picking at my skin. What do you guys do?

Goals: reduce breakouts, get rid of hyperpigmentation, reduce pore size.
Background: hormonal acne with scarring. Sensitive skin. My skin does well with gel like products, not creams.
I stopped using Tret for a while because I did not like the breakouts from it. However I now realize I was overusing the product. It wasn’t that the tret wasn’t working, I just should not have been using it every night for my skin specifically.
I recently used Dr. Dennis Gross extra strength peel and my skin liked that as well, but again I started overusing the product which resulted in breakouts.
I also want to have some sort of rest day from strong products. Maybe just an intense moisture focused day. Or find a very very gentle product that still assists with acne to use on this rest day. Any recommendations ?
Products I currently use: - Cerave face wash - Tret .5% - Dr. Dennis Gross Extra Strength peel - innersense green tea serum (moisturizer at night) - Beauty of joseon glow deep serum (moisturizer in the morning) - Beauty of joseon sunscreen
What’s a schedule that I can create for these products? I only want to use Tret 2-3 times a week. And exfoliate 1-2 times a week maybe?? I really need some guidance on figuring out the best way to use products in a rotation. Any products I should add in ??
Any assistance is greatly appreciated! :)

I've used accutane twice in the last two to three years, each time for a year. My doctor advised me to try spiro when my acne started to return after I stopped using it for the last time. After that, my acne grew really awful—like, in places where I've never had acne that bad. I informed my doctor that I suspected the spiro was to blame, but she stated that since I stopped taking accutane, my acne would have returned otherwise. Even though I never believed my skin was good enough, I am feeling really disheartened because it was so clear the last time I was on accutane and has remained clear for the past two years. Because of my scars, I would wear makeup all the time. and wouldn't be grateful that I wasn't pimple-prone. My skin is again back to being terrible, possibly much worse than it was three years ago. I'm so depressed right now, but I also know for sure that if my skin clears up, I will be overjoyed, even though I still have some redness and scarring. I've just begun with a different routine and am also on spiro. My skin is terrible right now, and because I have so many cysts, I believe that tret is causing some purging in my skin. My routine looks something like this: niancinamide from ordinary, spf from la roche posay, glycolic acid, picspot cream, moisturisers etc. I know this is really depressing, but even though I'm glad we have to wear masks, it still makes me very happy.I really hope my skin clears up quickly because I don't want to waste any more time hiding and being unable to be gregarious and everything. I go to school, and I'm not sure what I would do if I had to show my face. Anyhow, I sincerely hope that everything clears up quickly even if I am beginning to lose faith.

I've been thinking about getting into makeup, specifically the "dark fem" makeup look, but i know absolutely nothing. I want to know the absolute basics of what i could possibly need and what brands are good and cheap. I have acne prone skin and my nose tends to get VERY oily while the rest of my face is kinda dry. I have lots of texture and scarring from it being cystic. I dont know how makeup interferes with skincare products such as the Hero green cream or Vitamin C oil. I've never done my own makeup before so please explain this to me like I'm a 3 year old lol

Has anyone used tretinion cream while looking after baby? Im suffering from very bad hormonal acne and was prescribed with tretinoin cream but im a bit hesitant to use it as it might rub on to baby's skin. Any thoughts?

Hey everyone. I have vascular rosacea and mild acne. I’m an 18 year old male in a dry climate with dry acne-prone skin.
Right now my routine is:
AM
LRP Toleraine Hydrating Gentle Cleanser
Dermatica Azelaic Acid 15%
The Ordinary Caffeine EGCG applied to whole face
Vanicream Moisturizing Cream (tub)
Neutrogena Sport Face SPF 70
PM
(Same Cleanser, double cleanse)
Differin Gel
(Same Moisturizer)
I’ve done the above routine for about ~6 months minus the Azelaic acid. It all worked well against acne and puffiness/eyebags once I acclimated to using retinol every night after 3-4 weeks, but my rosacea has still been quite bad. So I added the Azelaic acid about 2 weeks ago, but now I’m breaking out with acne, especially in the mouth area, forehead, and between eyebrows.
Not sure if it’s significant but I’ll also add that the particular Azelaic acid cream has been left in my shelf for a 4-5 months without being used. I kept the cap on, and it’s been in a temperature controlled room in a dark shelf and is not past expiration date but still a bit unsure because it has a faint odor and stings very slightly upon contact but nothing significant and goes away fast.
I’ll also add that there hasn’t really been any significant life things like stress, dehydration, diet change or anything I’ve done to my face since that would contribute to a breakout.
Should I drop the Azelaic? Or go for a lesser concentration? Or how else can I treat my rosacea?
Any tips for my routine with stuff available at a drugstore or at Ulta/or online if budget friendly, would also definitely be welcomed.

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I, a 30-year-old female, started my tretinoin journey last August.My main concerns are hyperpigmentation on my nose and anti-aging.I use a 0.025% cream-based tretinoin. My routine is simple: I wash my face with Dot & Key Barrier Repairing Hydrating Gentle Face Wash, pat my skin dry, wait for it to dry completely, and then apply Dot & Key Ceramide Moisturizer followed by the tretinoin. I started using it once or twice a week and have gradually increased to every other day.I never had acne, so when I started purging, I considered it a normal tretinoin purge. However, I've noticed that the scars from the purging have not gone away. Moreover, I am now experiencing painful cystic acne in my chin area. Should I stop using tretinoin or change something in my routine?

(H, 26) Então, desde que comecei a namorar comecei a fazer skin care, no começo ela queria fazem em mim direto, até q virou um hábito e aprendi a fzr tbm. Hoje em dia faço skin care todo dia antes de dormir e ao acordar, normalmente te fumo um antes e faço o skin care, mt bom, namoral. Obs: n tenho a pele ruim n, eu n tenho acne vez ou outra mt perdida por ter tomado roacutan, fazia limpeza de pele vez ou outra com esteticista. Só faço pq é mt satisfatório e p n envelhecer rápido

I'M NOT OOP (Copy of text):
"My BF of 2 years has an 11yo daughter that just started her first ever menstrual cycle 3 days ago. He has full custody of her and they started making transitions to move in with me and my 8yo son about 2 weeks ago. Up until this point, everything was going fairly well. The kids got along and I thought Diane was a nice enough kid.
Anyways, she walks out of her bedroom 3 days ago and tells me she thinks she started her period and was asking me the general questions on how to wear a pad, what she can/can't do, etc. All is well. I let her stay home from school after calling my BF at work to confirm plans and give him the run down. She was crampy. I work from home so it was no issue. All day she interrupted my business calls to talk about her period. It was annoying but I just dealt with it because it's her first menstrual so obviously there's going to be a lot of questions. This wasn't even the problem. It was what followed it. She was in a great mood all day. But as soon as my BF and my son got home from work, my home turned in to a warzone. My son asked if she wanted to play with him and she screamed in his face "I'm on my period" and literally slammed him out of her doorway. He went flying, hit the wall. Bruised his shoulder and hit his head off the door frame. My BF went to talk to her and she starts crying. "I'm on my period, I don't want him near me". He gave her a pass for her behavior, which already pissed me off. The next day we planned a beach day (like a week ago planned it), Diane starts flipping out to a point of a full tantrum. Screaming AT me and my BF telling us that no, we would not still be going to the beach because she's on her period and she can't swim and since she can't, none of us can and she "doesn't care" if that bothers us. My BF cancels the trip, or tried. I told him I was still bringing my kid regardless. We get back home at 3pm. When I left, I had a pot of chili in the slow cooker for dinner. I find half the pot gone. Diane had been eating out of the slow cooker. My BF told me that Diane said the only thing she wanted was chili and that since she was on her period, he had to let her. He listened to her. There wasn't enough to feed everyone now. We send the kids to bed at 8pm. She comes out at 9, telling her father that she needed ice cream or she "was going to snap". He originally said no; she starts tweaking out. Crying, screaming. Wakes up my son. He ends up going and getting her the fucking ice cream instead of being a parent and snipping that shit in the bud.
Then this morning. My BF tells her she can stay home from school again because she's still on her period. I tell him no. I'm working today and she interrupted me all day on my last workday. She starts flipping out, screaming at me that I'm "not doing anything to make her comfortable when that's what she needs right now". My BF sides with her. "It's her first period, we need to learn to navigate it." I told him again that she was NOT staying here today. He gets angry with me and says I'm making his life harder than it has to be. His kid is still screaming at me. So, I snapped and told them to pack all their shit and leave and that I was fucking done. Said that I'm glad she started her period so soon in to moving in so that I could get a proper assessment of how it would be full time and I would be damned I put up with this bullshit every month. They both immediately calmed down. She starts crying, saying she was just "trying to make me understand". He's telling me I'm being ridiculous. I stood firm however and told them to get out. They are now gone and my house is peaceful. I don't want them back here. My BF has been blowing my phone up since, telling me this is just a bump in the road but I have never been so disgusted by anyone in my entire life. AITA for not letting them return and telling him I'm done?
I did speak to her about her aggression yesterday. I told her it wasn't okay to put her hands on people, to scream in my face, to demand we cater to her and break things. She says "I'm on my period, nothing I do right now can be held against me because I have no control". Which is enough to prove to me that she does have control, she's using this as an excuse."
(FYI, OOP says that Diane has never met her birth Mother, she signed her rights away at birth)
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