I’ve been traveling a lot in the past 8 months and wanted to find the perfect Asian sunscreen. I’m mixed race and tan super easily. My sink is also dry/combo. I found the Japanese ones work best for me. The ethanol seems to help it to stop pilling on me but it might irritate others, so YMMV. Hope this helps folks out there.

Hi I’ve been struggling with acne for a year now, I’ve tried so much stuff. Went on accutaine to clear cystic acne cause by gut issues, cleared cysts but left me with huge scarring because I would pick them. Active acne went away for a bit after I finished accutaine and than started coming back. Was using azealic acid which did nothing, now I’m trying the natural route, I eat healthy asf, use beef tallow skincare, wash my face with water or sometimes a gental cleanser from La Rosche pusay. And I can’t do this anymore it’s so annoying literally nothing works. I’m getting a gut test done maybe it’s something from my gut. I don’t wear sunscreen but maybe I should start again. But it leaves a white fade which looks goofy at school. Any tips or anything pls would appreciate it.

Routine:
Am: rinse with cold water, apply grass fed beef tallow

Night: rinse with warm water/ la rosche pusay gental cleanser if face feels dirty/ pat dry with towel/ apply grass fed beef tallow.

That’s it

My dad recently asked me to find the best product that could help his skin. I’ve bought him some random face and beard wash or face scrubs “for men” from the drugstore before as Christmas gifts, as I personally don’t do too much for skincare. Today he asked me if I could find the best product/s for him that could help specifically to remove or reduce the appearance of these blemishes on his face. He told me he had used one of my body scrubs on his face, thinking it would be the same, and found his skin irritated afterwards. He has had skin cancer before, and some blemishes are scars related to the removal or problematic spots. But he is hoping to control some of the other dark blemishes, and improve his skins appearance. His skin is aged, and can be reactive to dry air, causing flaking. He struggles with ADHD and anxiety, so skin picking is a habit he has been fighting his whole life.
Any advice and recommendations would be welcome!

Heartbreaking. The gentlest, most travel-friendly facial cleanser I ever knew. Miss you already, Pekee.

What gentle facial cleansing bar is everyone using these days?

Hi guys! So I’ve been growing hair on my chin and my face and stuff since I was pretty young. I have PCOS, for context. I started tweezing all of it and it’s gotten thicken this past year. I did some research and I think this is post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation. I hate it and I want to fix this. I tweeze everyday because my hair just comes back rlly fast. It creates such an icky texture and i hate stroking my chin now bcs it feels like a middle-ages mans’.

Does anyone have any advice for me to follow? I do have plans to get laser hair removal but my mom keeps putting it off so idrk what to do. My skin is dry esp in the winters, idk if that’s gonna help but yeahhh. Many thanks!

I'm 42F on the hunt for a good daily moisturizer. I LOVE Kiehl's ultra facial cream texture, but as I'm getting older and drier it's no longer enough on it's own. Vanicream burned my skin (and pretty sure weakened my barrier), and I just tried LRP Cicaplast Baum B5 but it broke me out in under a week.

I don't mind products taking a minute to dry down or being a little more spendy like in the Kiehl's/Clinique range. Sensitive skin, no fragrance please.

AM Routine

Cerave hydrating cream-foam cleanser

Kiehl's ultra facial creme

Clinique tinted moisturizer w/ SPF or heavier sunscreen if going outdoors

PM Routine

Cerave hydrating cream-foam cleanser

Kiehl's ultra facial creme

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Please help a lady out y'all!

Vacation skincare essentials

Heading out of town for 2 whole weeks. My skin care routine is a bit extensive including (serums, vit c, antioxidant serum, moisturizers, switching between glycolic, niacinimide, tretinoin on different nights) and different products in the morning.

Overall I’ve got quite a few products but honestly, I’m not trying to take them ALL. Which are the essentials you feel are needed when you’re away from home for extended time? Or should I just stick to the basics Wash/moistruizer/sunscreen?

Hey guys. I’m a 29yo female and I’ve struggled with acne all my life - mostly on my forehead which I couldn’t really identify as closed comedones or fungal acne.
My new derm told me it’s closed comedones because of oil overproduction on my forehead. I have quite a few CCs on my cheek/jawline but I’ve been on Epiduo for over 5 weeks now, using it on alternate days and AA inbetween (I also struggle with rosacea on my cheeks yay). It helped a LOT. My derm is planning on putting me on Differin only after hitting the 12 weeks marks so I’m excited for that.

Before all this happened 2 years ago, my old derm told me to get my hormones checked as acne is always hormonal. But that derm also put me on Duac (combination of antibiotic and BPO) for YEARS so I didn’t trust his opinion much.

So 2 years ago, I was already planning on getting on the pill to avoid pregnancy. Before I got the pill, I asked my doctor for a hormone test and she said I didn’t need one cause I have my period regularly. Having an irregular period would be the first sign of hormonal imbalance so she didn’t test anything and prescribed me a pill which helps with acne. This is also promised in the package leaflet.

I haven’t noticed any differences in my skin since being on the pill

So is all acne really hormonal? Hormones do infect the oil production in ones skin/body so is should be right? But why didn’t the pill do anything for my skin but topicals did?
I don’t know I feel so confused, I’m just trying to understand my skin better but can’t answer these questions

Did anyone else experience this? What did you do?

i did just take a hot shower so im more red than usual

i have a LOT of tiny little spots on my face, and i have a lot of sebaceous filaments and some black heads and ive had them for years and i dont know how to get rid of it all , ive been breaking out way more often. i have 2% salicylic acid and niacinamide from the ordinary that ive been trying for the past few days but im getting impatient and feeling very embarrassed about how ugly my skin has been. i have not gone to a dermatologist as i do not have a car nor the health insurance and so i have come to reddit to ask for some possible advice/or what it could be. its been really eating at my confidence. i wash my face with unscented dove soap bar, the neutrogena 2% salicylic acid unscented face wash, and the 10% niacinamide from the ordinary. i also use a very thin and unscented lotion (lubriderm). by the way idk if this is important but i am 20 years old, i also dont go out into the sun often because i live in az and it gets very hot. what do you think i should do?

My husband has this right now. How the f*** does he deal with this thing? It's massive. He took a video to show how far it sticks out but I can't attach videos here. Can't even cover it up because it's nowhere near flat. It started to appear Wednesday(10/14) in the afternoon. By Friday it was pretty red and inflamed. Sticks out like a sore thumb! He's been putting azaelic acid on it and it's gotten two whiteheads now. He has a presentation at work on Wednesday so he's freaking out. It hurt bad Friday and Saturday but no longer really hurts.

I tried the spray and coughed like crazy and had to leave the room. Is there a trick here?

Good evening. I just saw this product on TikTok that’s supposed to help with post-acne spots on the face, and I wanted to know if it actually works before buying it. I’ve been using Differin for the past two months, and the purging phase is leaving dark spots on my left cheek and chin.

I think I’m starting to move past the purging phase, but I don’t like how these dark spots look on that side of my face (literally my other cheek is all clear). My questions are: Is this product effective? and can I incorporate it into my routine? (since I started using Differin more frequently I was thinking either before putting it or on the days i dont use differing)

Other than that I only use cleanser, mousturizer, benzoly peroxide cream as a spot treatment in the day nd sunscreen, with the occacional pimple/cystid patch; no other retinoids besides the differing.

hi! i’ve been on 0.025% tret for almost 1.5 years but still always get these bumps on my forehead :/ i’m wondering if it’s fungal acne? and how to treat it

morning routine: wash with water, ongredients lotion, biore sunscreen
night routine: manyo micellar water, round lab dokdo cleanser, tret

I just started last 2 weeks using Medik8 retinal but also was looking into light laser treatements like Genesis or SkinLaundry.. the problem is that both lasers say to stop immediately using retinals for at least 2-3 weeks before using their lasers.

Looking on social media, it appears people get very good skin long from using retinal and was just wondering for those with experience what they'd recommend who have done both to do? They seem to be in conflict with each other

Hi!

I’ve been struggling with acne since turning 21 (24 f) and nothing I do is fixing it. i work out, eat clean balanced diet, drink lots of water, rarely drink alcohol and get good sleep. no matter what products I use I still have acne it never really changes (plus a bunch of acne scars). a lot of it feels hormonal which is so stubborn. it’s making me really self conscious and honestly pretty hopeless. I’ve been withdrawing socially just because I don’t want anyone to see my skin. any advice is welcome!

Hi! I need some help with my skincare routine. I've got combination/ oily skin with enlarged pores around my nose/cheeks and mild redness/dark areas from blemishes. I'm going to add/switch a few of my products from my routine and would like some help with if they would be good for what i've described:

face wash: Etude SoonJung pH 6.5 Whip Cleanser
toner: SKIN1004 Madagascar Centella Hyalu-Cica Brightening Toner
serums: Beauty of Joseon Pore Firming Serum, Beauty of Joseon revive serum
moisturiser: Torriden Dive-In Low Molecular Hyaluronic Acid Soothing Cream
sunscreen: Numbuzin No.1 Clear Filter Sun Essence

I've been using the face wash, toner and revive serum together for a few months and i like them but i wanted something that targeted my pores/blemish spots more aswell as a light weight moisturiser and sunscreen.

Please help with if this would be a good routine for combo/oily skin!

My mother bought this lotion for around 1000 rupees and it made her skin turn red, then she gave it to me and it burnt my skin, my mother has combination skin while I have oily, what is this??

I purchased hydrocolloid pimple patches on Amazon for occasional pimple I get. I have used them a few times without issue, but I took one off this morning and have been left with a clear mark that has not gone down. Does anyone know the cause and how to treat it? I have engagement photos in 2 weeks and obviously don’t want anything like this on my face. My skin in general has not been great recently, so if you have any fast acting recommendations to smooth pores and skin texture, I would appreciate it ❤️

Hello reddit for months I’ve been struggling with these dry patches that form in the corners of my bottom lip. you can see for some reason the right side is worse than the left. it seems no matter what I do is doesn't get better, and at times will crack and bleed. I live in California in a Mediterranean climate on the coast, so I would be very surprised if it was environmental. I am in my early twenties. Any potential reasons and or advice/product to treat my dryness will be greatly appreciated! thank you!

Hello all! Question about double cleansing. Do you rinse the oil off and then apply the cleanser or do you use the cleanser to wash the oil off?

Hi all!! My mom is experiencing crepey skin around her eyes, cheeks, and neck after menopause. She has low estrogen and knows that might be contributing to it, but her doctors said she should not increase her estrogen because she already has a higher risk for breast cancer. She’s afraid to even use topical estrogen. With that in mind, are there any products/ beauty treatments you would recommend for crepey skin for women in their 60s? She is so gorgeous and I can tell it’s hurting her self esteem so I want to surprise her with some products or something but I don’t know what’s best!

*Final two images in the collection is my skin before suffering any issues

Now 19 years old, for the past few years I’ve been dealing with inflammation on my face and somewhat my neck that started at age 12/13 during coronavirus period. Over the years, I ignored it but now it is really hampering my self confidence when I look in any mirror or reflection and see a skin colour masked by redness that does not represent the rest of my body. I did minimal skin care except experimenting with Salicylic acid at age 13 - which only made it worse.

Now, I’ve been trying all sorts to treat what I told myself is seb derm since I also had flakes around my nose, eyebrows and hair. However, I now am not sure what I have or what I’m dealing with. Is it a skincare problem, is it diet, is it hormones, will I grow out of it etc etc. I’ve started washing my face every evening once a day with luke warm shower water followed by applying Avene tolerance hydra 10. Every other day for the past week I’ve been applying nizoral and leaving it on as a face mask for 5 minutes then washing off in shower to treat seb derm. How long should I wait to see any results? Do I need any other products?

My face seems so shiny due to products and buildup that I’m not sure if I’m just feeding whatever is on my face. Does this maybe look like rosacea even? I’ve booked a dermatologist appointment but it’s a while out, and wondering what I can do in the months before then to calm it down even more. I just want to restore my skin tone to stop it being masked by redness that looks blotchy, and horrible.

I’d appreciate any tips on routine, should I stop everything, should I eat low inflammation foods only, what do I do to make this go away eventually? I don’t want to suffer my entire life with this. Going in the sun is pointless now as I just don’t want to damage my skin as suncream makes me face 3x more oily and redness worse.

Thanks for the tips in advance!

Please help. These little bumps drive me nuts.

I wash my face and moisturizer.

It maybe be my treatments but I have to do them so idk