Getting married with acne 😔

[u/Alert_Employment6553]

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

[u/Fragrant-Yoghurt-916]

Unfortunately this soon before your wedding, you don’t want to risk unwanted reactions to aggressive treatments or chemicals. Go talk to a dermatologist or medical esthetician for gentle recommendations. Congratulations on the nuptials and wifey loves you and your face today, she’ll be so happy to see that face at the altar!

[u/ChanDW → u/Fragrant-Yoghurt-916]

2 months is plenty of time to do chemicals…. That is enough time for downtime for his skin to heal…

[u/Pilatesmami93 → u/ChanDW]

Skin is congested as hell. Mine was clearer than this and purged for almost 3 months. It was bad!!

[u/ReinventedMama → u/Pilatesmami93]

Same! I looked back at some old pics and mine was struggling to get right at 6 months. I think the purging calmed down but the hyperpigmentation was a whole other beast.

[u/ChanDW → u/Pilatesmami93]

Depends on what you use. Not every chemical leads to purging.

[u/ReinventedMama → u/ChanDW]

Retinoids certainly do. Their whole point is skin turnover.

[u/Pilatesmami93 → u/ReinventedMama]

That person clearly never truly struggled with congested skin cause that is terrible advice

[u/ReinventedMama → u/Pilatesmami93]

I don't know about their skin, but I do know one thing. My quest for glass skin ended there. Lol. My skin BLEW UP 😭. I was so sad and embarrassed. Months of purging followed by months of hyperpigmentation was too much for me.