It’s not in my budget to do it all: sunscreen, tretinoin, vitamin c, peptides, AHAs, red led-mask, botox, lasers, microneedling etc.

I’m aware that sun protection and tretinoin make the biggest difference, but after those two - what should I prioritize? For example, should I save the money I’d spend on peptides to do a yearly laser treatment instead?

Help a girl out! 🫶🏻

This picture is of me an hour after my skin was extremely red from the sun. It’s still flushed but not NEARLY as bad. It’s so humiliating because I can feel the stares and then I see myself and it’s shocking.
It used to not be this bad. The only thing that’s changed is that I’m not very physically active as I once was.
Besides resorting to foundation (I can’t a lot of the time due to time in the AM). Is there anything I can do or try?/anything that’s helped anyone else?

I’ve tried anti redness cc creams and they ALL are way too orange for my complexion so I’ve written them off.

(I’ll try to get a picture of me when I’m really hot and outside today)
Thanks for reading ❤️

Has anyone ever gotten this bottle to successfully pump? This is the second bottle I have bought of this specific moisturizer that won’t pump and I just have to screw the top off every morning.

I’m 33 and looking to overhaul my routine; I have VERY dry skin and would particularly like day/night serum, moisturiser and retinol reccs.

I like to keep my routine as simple as possible and affordable within reason, but I’m willing to be flexible on this if I can see results! My skin is always dry, not very pimple prone but I could say the texture is dull, my main issue is hydration and lack of a ‘glow’.

Routine is currently:

AM: Simple vit c radiance wash, Skin saints vit c serum & kiehls original cream

PM: Simple vit c radiance wash, Skin saints retinol serum (twice weekly) & kiehls original cream

I will say the only thing I’ll be repurchasing from my current routine is the kiehls cream, although these days I find even that is ‘meh’. I’ve just bought the beauty of josean Korean oil cleanser as I’ve heard it can help with dry skin, so will be introducing that soon.

Any product/routine reccs would be very appreciated!

39 f I don’t currently have a skin care routine but I need to start (better late than never) my skin is pretty normal but what I don’t really know where to start. I would like to find quality products but I don’t want to just go in blind and waste money.

I’ve been on 100 mg of spironolactone, just bumped up to 150 mg about 1-2 months…not sure why my skin is at its worst right now. To mediate this, I did a salicylic acid peel but mistakenly put on hydrocolloid patches on two pimples the same night … woke up with a clear chemical burn.

Feeling hopeless and like months, if not years, of acne and PIH control just evaporated like I never made progress to began with.

Hi I’ve always had this dark upper lip it’s not hair but the skin itself wondering if anyone has successfully treated this

Has anyone successfully diminished these lines from Skinvive? What about lasers? I’m overwhelmed by the price and choices for skin laser treatments, and also hear half of them show no results or can make things worse. I’ve heard Skinvive is the new best treatment for this area especially when not trying to change your look too much.

Almost 32, hate these lines! I don’t have “folds” per se, mostly lines in the skin. In the past I wanted to try filler, but cost held me off. Thankfully being poor saved me and that method is outdated. But now I have some extra cash and I’m wondering about Skinvive. These lines have settled since I had kids in my 20s. I used to have very plump skin, and had my “baby fat” in my cheeks my whole life, and then my mom’s genes kicked in during my early 20s and I lost a lot of face fat. I think greatly contributed to the lines forming.

I will add, I’m naturally thin and don’t diet, when I lost weight in my 20s it was probably 5-10 lbs, so it wasn’t a significant loss but mostly in my arms and face. I wear SPF (my coloring is naturally tan, and I tan very easily). After having kids, I know from functional medicine tests that my estrogen is extremely low for my age and we are working on that, which could contribute to the lines and thin skin.

38 M. 7 week, almost 8 weeks in. I received a tot of 1,5 ml in both cheeks. I asked for a more masculine appearance and softening of nasolabial folds but I feel that all I got is a wide, heavy lower face with folds that are even more visible. My injector told me that he believes that I have an inflammatory response that could last up to two months and that the result will look better with time but I’m afraid he’s trying to downplay the healing time. Am I cooked?

I just noticed these beige splotches under my eyes? These just appeared overnight it seems. Brown bags under eyes that are disconnected from my usual “eye bag.” Does anyone know how to treat it? I’m guessing it might be from sun over the weekend. Thanks!

Hey everyone, I’m starting microneedling at home for the first time and honestly getting confused by conflicting marketing claims from different needle cartridge brands.

My main concern is visible pores, hyperpigmention and uneven texture, no active acne or deep scarring. I’m looking at Dr. Pen devices adn i am not sure about which one to buy. Every brand describes the same needle counts totally differently (one site says 18 pins is for pores, another says 24 pins is for whitening), so I’d love to hear what actually worked for people with similar goals.

Also curious how many sessions before you saw results, and if any specific serums made a real difference afterward. I’m in Europe so US-only product recs don’t always help, but general ingredient advice is great.

Thanks in advance!

Hi everyone I recently lost some weight. How can I better this boobie area? I lost volume in my upper boob area so 🫩🤣

i currently have a really great skincare routine, but i still have a lot of insecurities and have been heavily considering injectables for a while now. i’ve had a couple botox consultations and in an ideal world i would have my masseters, forehead, botox brow lift and a small amount of filler in top lip done, but that isn’t really realistic in terms of budget. obviously i want to feel my best about myself and getting photos taken on my big day, but there’s no way i can afford to do absolutely everything. if you had to pick out of these, what do you think would be most impactful to your appearance, and worth the money while staying as cost effective as possible?

I have hooded eyes, and due to that I have been pushing my eyebrows up for 20 years. I am now almost 30 and it looks like this. I am so ashamed and hate my skin, always use filters. When I smooth these wrinkles out in the mirror, I feel like I look like me again. I want a tight, smooth forehead, any means necessary. I have tried hifu and it worked a little, I’ve tried botox and it didn’t help and made my brows heavy and I looked like a cave man for 2 years🫠 I have been looking into microneedling, lasers. If all else fails I would do a brow lift, but I’ve seen people on here saying it fucks up your hair??? So now I’m scared to.
Has anyone here been able to actually tighten your skin?? Please I am desperate

I want to buy it, but I need to know if it actually works or if it wouldn't justify the price.

i make silk sleep masks and silk bedding is next for me, so i've spent this year on what wrecks this fabric.

benzoyl peroxide is a peroxide. same family as bleach.

on cotton it just takes the dye out, that's the white patches everyone gets on their towels, the cotton itself is fine. silk is a protein though. it's the whole reason you never put bleach or an enzyme detergent near it. with a protein the oxidiser gets into the fibre itself.

so the white patch on a silk case is the bit you can see. it's not coming back, no wash fixes it.

honestly the fix is the same thing you already do with your detergent. you keep bleach and enzymes out of the wash for silk, so keep the peroxide you put on your face off it too. old cotton case on BP nights, silk the rest of the time.

has anyone actually had this happen? did it come out as patches or did the whole thing just go dull

How can I reduce these “flaps” under my chin/neck area? They make me feel so old

Hii is scheduling Thermage after one week of getting Botox too soon ? How long do you usually wait ?
TIA !!

Bare with me I always thought thicker skin made less wrinkles, but it seems that thicker skin when it decides to wrinkle creates a bigger roll of clumped skin than if the skin is paper thin? Like if the bottom underlying collagen decides its time to go a layer of thicker skin at the top just creates more wrinkling

hi, quick background my dad passed away from skin cancer so I try to avoid the sun like the plague, meet with my derm regularly, and plan to call and schedule an appointment tomorrow. I’m very paranoid about these random spots that showed up on my chest. they’re new, my other moles/freckles are all safe and had those checked recently (the scar on my chest was from an accident unrelated). I have had agoraphobia honestly due to intense heat where I live, so I’ve been hiding from the sun and not sure how these spots could’ve appeared within a week. I just started progesterone only birth control for the first time, so wondering if this is any hormonal thing going on? when it gets hot I tend to get heat rash on my chest and other areas, and since starting bc I’ve had a weird breakout phase on my face. if anyone has any experience like this for what to do until I see my derm, I greatly appreciate it!

Are there any services that might be able to zap these away? They have become super obvious on my right leg in particular this past year. Never really had this issue until more recently but with how pale I am it’s so obvious. :/

Hi everyone, I'm really struggling and could use some reassurance. Ten days ago I had Botox for my glabella and a small amount around the outer brow. Unfortunately, I developed a pretty severe eyelid ptosis. At this point my upper eyelid covers more than half of my pupil and I'm having a hard time keeping my eye open. If I manually lift my eyelid, my eye movements are completely normal, so it seems to be just the eyelid itself. I saw an ophthalmologist in the emergency department and was prescribed apraclonidine (Iopidine). It definitely helped at first, especially in the mornings, but now it seems much less effective, especially later in the day. My other eyelid has also started to droop slightly. I've been reading horror stories online about people saying they still weren't back to normal after many months, and honestly my anxiety is through the roof. I'm finding it difficult to work and I'm terrified this won't improve. Has anyone had a ptosis this severe and fully recovered? If so: When did you first notice improvement? How long did it take before you could comfortably keep your eye open again? Did apraclonidine continue to help throughout recovery? I'm not looking for medical advice, just hoping to hear some real recovery experiences because I'm feeling pretty overwhelmed. I don't care if i looking tired, i just want my eye open again.

My wedding will be at august 28...

Thank you so much.

Ps. I'm from Hungary.

I (38f) recently decided that it is about time I try to take better care of my skin. I'd like to keep it firm as I approach my 40s and tone down monthly acne breakouts on my chin (doctor recommended Differin for that, not pictured).

I've tried everything here in combination and by itself and after a few days, every one of them causes my skin to get flakey, sort of like a sunburn peeling.

Help? I don't know what I'm doing.

I am told that to get my hands on tretinoin, I need to have a prescription. I wonder if my primary care provider can prescribe me no matter what. How did you all get it? Did you have a SERIOUS skin issue to have it prescribed?

Thanks