Skin Regimen...

My skin has usually been very easy to take care of but recently it started going a bit crazy..I blame it on the facial I went to get, but oh well. I found this website:

Acne.org

Even though I don't consider myself to have acne, just the occasional breakouts on my forehead --my breakouts did start worsening so I decided to do something about it before they got too bad. I tried many natural remedies which do work, but they didn't seem to be preventing new breakouts for me just helping get rid of old ones.

Acne.org is a free website with support forms and pictures galleries that document the progress of acne sufferers that follow "the regimen" or that use other forms of treatments.

The regimen:

Wash
Medicate
Moisturize

It's really that simple. You wash gently with an unmedicated wash, medicate with 2.5% benzoyl peroxide, and moisturize with an oil free moisturizer.

But if you have sensitive skin like me it's really not that fun for the first two weeks while your skin adjusts to the bp. I decided to stick it out, however, when it got rough and I really wanted to give up but it is great at reducing pimples and breakouts overnight and preventing future breakouts.

bp is a mild drying and peeling agent so while it is good at drying out pimples and peeling off dead skin to even skin tone it is verrry important to moisturize well. Even when I thought I was using enough moisturizer my skin was still extremely dry in the beginning, but it does get better.

I am only going to do this regimen for probably another couple of months and then go back to just washing with noxema. I have seen lots of improvement in two weeks (no sign of breakouts and I'm pretty much back to having clear skin with a sign of a tiny blemish here and there) so I'm sure two months will be good enough.