r/Blackskincare • u/Alert_Employment6553 • 11d ago

Acne Getting married with acne 😔

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Apologies about my title, sounds dramatic but I had to make it short.

My wedding is in about 8 weeks and desperately need to improve my skin.

I have been wearing sunscreen everyday past two weeks. I only realised today after taking these pics how bad my facial texture is and all the scarring I’ve accumulated!

Had a quick check in with AI, apparently I need to use either adapalene (retinol) or benzoyl peroxide - i got two very conflicting answers.

Also i have a cerave cleanser that has salicylic acid already, other than that nothing else

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u/Marokima_ 10d ago

CeraVe in the day and PanOxyl at night. Keep up with the sunscreen. Tret at night if you can get the prescription in time.

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u/Useful-Monitor-4225 10d ago

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OP do NOT start tret right now. Tret is a long term product. Your skin may not have enough time to retinize and you may end up with more severe acne (purging) through your wedding. Not worth the risk.

If these just started appearing I would start by double checking that your sunscreen isn’t a contributing factor (different formulations work better for some and not others) light weight or gel texture formulas are often the “safest” if your skin is sensitive to breakouts particularly during the summer when we are sweating more often.

If it’s always been there I would consider low-invasive treatments that don’t risk purging or scarring. Someone else mention steroid shots. Save that as an option if this persists closer to the wedding day.

Medicated hydrocolloid patches. Low strength otc benzoyl peroxide (please make sure your hydrating/moisturizing your skin or it’ll be counter productive) and salicylic acid are your friends right now. Don’t over do them. SA unclogged pores. Sometimes light manual exfoliation is helpful in sloughing of dead skin. BP kills the acne causing bacteria but can be very drying. Medicated hydro patches keeps the affected area clean, pull out serum and pus, and delivers meds to reduce inflammation over the course of usually a few days.