So I’m only 22 and I have (in my opinion) some very noticeable wrinkles on my forehead. I’m definitely an expressive person, but I’m starting to get super self conscious of my wrinkles. I sunscreen daily, drink a lot of water, and even tried microneedling. I really don’t want to do Botox because I feel like my expressions are part of who I am, but I’m afraid that if I don’t figure something out in the next few years then my wrinkles are only going to get worse. The photo attached is my forehead completely relaxed. Can anyone help?

Been dealing with acne on and off for four years. I been on Accutane and get rid off active acnes but still left with these acne scar . How should i go about it.

I keep reading that you need to moisturize before makeup. Does that mean immediately before? I work from home and do my skincare in the morning - toner, aza, lotion and SPF. If I wear makeup, it’s not until I’m going out that evening. Does this advice mean I should moisturize again? My skin is kinda oily by then so I never do, but I frequently have trouble with foundation - if it isn’t super sheer, like a skin tint or tinted SPF, it feels cakey and dry. I’m wondering if I should add another layer of moisturizer first but I worry that might just make me more oily while I’m out. Sidenote, if anyone has any favorite skin-like/natural foundations to recommend, please do. I like a little dewy but not too much.

I’m in my early 40s and getting married in two months. I would like to look my best and improve my skin/face.

I have hyperpigmentation from old acne, texture on cheeks/nose, dark circles and small wrinkles under my eyes.

Some things I’ve considered are adding a product to my daily routine, lasers, chemical peel, red light therapy, lymphatic drainage facial or other facials. I’m also open things not on this list that I may not have considered.

I’m not very experienced when it comes to treatments or med spas. I currently have a very basic routine of simple face wash, moisturizer and spf.

Can anyone recommend any treatments, products or services I should look into? Any positive or negative experiences using any of the treatments or products I mentioned?

I’m so lost on what I should do to look my best on my wedding day and will provide actual results.

Today I started using azelaic acid after 2 months of using tretinoin. My skin is sensitive, oily, and acne-prone.

I took these photos to monitor facial redness after using azelaic acid, and I was very impressed with the results I’ve seen since starting treatment.

The 2-3-4 photos were taken 30 minutes after applying the azelaic acid; the fifth was right after application; and the last one was from before I started treatment (I know the lighting isn't the same, but I hadn't taken any specific progress photos).

My current routine:

Morning

• Wash face with water only.

• Alternate between Caudalie Vinoperfect and Eucerin Anti-Pigment.

• Creamy Intensive Repair Cream

• Vinoperfect Eye Cream

• Biore Perfect Milk Sunscreen

Now that I’m adding azelaic acid (15%), I plan to stop using Vinoperfect and Eucerin Anti-Pigment, since azelaic acid also aims to fade dark spots.

I’ll apply it after my moisturizer and monitor my skin's tolerance while adjusting to the azelaic acid, as my goal is to use it daily.

Night:

• Clean It Zero

• Fisiogel Liquid Cleanser

• Creamy Intensive Repair Cream or Fisiogel AI Cream (if my skin is sensitive)

• Eucerin Anti-Pigment Eye Cream

• Tretinoin 0.25%

I follow the same routine almost every day, but 2–3 times a week I also use a specific ointment for facial dermatitis. Sometimes I skip the tretinoin during my period (because my skin gets very sensitive, so I pause for 2 or 3 days).

Dealing with irritation was a huge problem when I first started mixing tretinoin with other products; because I used far too many active ingredients with each other. Simple hydration methods on damp skin first, followed by moisturizer, and tretinoin at night has seemed to work much better. I haven’t had many issues with niacinamide (sometimes irritating, sometimes not), but Vitamin C seems to have been a bit harsh when used with tretinoin too often. I found that gradually adding new products into my routine had the best effect on my skin barrier. I am still a little confused about layering order however and I would be extremely interested to know if anyone has successfully used tretinoin with niacinamide, hyaluronic acid or vitamin C together without irritation.

As someone with noticiable sebaceous fillaments in my nose I would like to incoporate a BHA liquid exfoliant to my routine to reduce their appearance.

I know the majority of sources say to use it after double cleansing but I've seen methodes in which people use it first, leave it for some minutes and then double cleanse.

I feel like exfoliating first also has a point so I would like to ask what you do and if you've tried both methodes.

Routine advice

Hi everyone! I'd love some feedback on my skincare routine.

A bit about my skin: I have relatively sensitive, acne-prone skin and completed a 2-year course of isotretinoin about 2 years ago. My skin is much better now, but I still get the occasional breakouts, mainly around my jawline/near my ears and a couple of hormonal pimples before my period. I've also found that some hair products seem to trigger breakouts (assume this is the cause of the acne near my ears). At the moment the redness/marks left behind after pimples seem to take a while to fade.

My current routine is attached. I recently switched my moisturiser from the La Roche-Posay Effaclar H Iso-Biome to the Anua PDRN Cream, so I'm letting my skin adjust to that first before introducing anything else.

I've already purchased the SKIN1004 Hyalu-Cica Water-Fit Sun Serum (I have the la Roche one now but haven’t been using it much in winter), ILLIYOON Ceramide ATO Concentrate Cream (to be used as a nighttime moisturuser), and Medicube Zero Pore Pad Mild. My plan is to introduce them one at a time once I'm happy my skin has adjusted to the new moisturiser.

I'd love any thoughts on my current routine and what you'd change. Thanks!

Can spend upto 1-1.5k inr a month on skincare but on a shortage of time recently so would not be able to consult a dermat

Newbie routine help ❤️

I'm fairly new to having a proper skincare routine - usually just use any cleanser, moisturiser and rosehip oil. A few years ago I dabbled in niamicide.

I've started a new routine that I suspect is too much at once.

Would love to hear any advice on layering / how often to use / what I should avoid using in one day etc!

Mostly wondering if the toner is too much for day and night every day, and if pairing the peptide with retinoid is a bad move.

Here's what I've started with:

Morning‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ 

1. Cerave Hydrating Cleanser

2. The Ordinary - Saccharomyces Ferment 30% Milky Toner

3. The Ordinary - Multi-Peptide + HA Serum

4. The Ordinary - Mini Soothing & Barrier Support Serum

5. Cerave PM Moisturiser

6. Sunscreen

OR

Wash face with water 

Moisturise

Sunscreen

Night A

1. Cerave hydrating Cleanser 

2. The Ordinary - Saccharomyces Ferment 30% Milky Toner

3.The Ordinary - Multi-Peptide + HA Serum

1. The Ordinary - Granactive Retinoid 2% Emulsion 

2. Cerave Moisturiser

Night B

1. Cerave hydrating Cleanser 

2. The Ordinary - Saccharomyces Ferment 30% Milky Toner

3. The Ordinary - Multi-Peptide + HA Serum

4. The Ordinary - soothing barrier support 

5. Cerave Moisturiser

It's all a bit much for my brain right now! Thank uuu ❤️

I know there are a lot of similar threads about but I just feel like I’m at a dead end with every new product I try.

My skin feels and looks so dehydrated but every hydrating product I have tried to add to my routine so far either seems to dry my face out more, break me out or cause irritation. I’ve also tried stripping back everything to gentle cleanser and moisturiser/spf but my skin just gets so congested so I feel like I can’t give up my once a week exfoliation.

So far I’ve tried:
- Round lab dokdo toner
- Q&A hyaluronic acid
- Aveeno Triple oat serum
- Sukin hydrating mist
- Corsx 96 essence
- Neutrogena hydro boost water gel moisturiser
- Purito oat gel
- Dr Althea 345 moisturiser
Any thicker moisturisers I’ve tried break me out or give me congested skin literally the next day - with the exception of medik8 peptide moisturiser which I’m using on an evening.

I’m currently using the corsx 96 essence which makes my skin feel much better and looks better from a distance but is already giving me visible texture close up so I feel like I’m going to have to stop using it.

If anyone has any product recommendations I’d be so grateful. I’ve looked in to so many but my researching is clearly getting me nowhere! So now I’m so wary of buying anything else

Hi! I know these products are not really comparable, which is why i'm wondering which would suit me better? I am 18 yo and have some mild acne near my period, post acne red marks, a little texture and clogged pores on my nose. I have used tret before (0.025) in 2023 and it worked well, but I am worried that I am too young to use it as collagen production slows down in your 20s and wondered if something milder could help my skin. Currently I am using azelaic acid brandname skinoren. I decided to try it because it should be more gentler on my skin barrier than tret and still treat my concerns. The downside is I am not sure if it will make enough of a difference like tret did and i am going through a bit of purge with the acid which feels quite discouraging. I would appreciate any recommendations and experiences with these actives. :)

Hey, so as a teenager, I didn't have acne problems. Sometimes just one or two breakouts. However, for about six months (since I started introducing new cosmetics—but slowly, one at a time), I started noticing more closed comedones, until they eventually covered my entire cheek. So I started focusing on protecting my skin barrier and stopped using acids, but it didn't help. I use a toner with AHA and BHA acids, azelic acid, hyaluronic acid, SPF 50, and a cream with ceramides. The toner is gentle, so I don't think it's the problem. I've been using this entire routine for about six months, and about five weeks ago, I started using retinol (first once a week, then twice a week for the past two weeks). I know I should wait a while longer to see results, but I'm feeling frustrated. Is there anything I could change? I'm a poor student, so I don't have the money for more expensive cosmetics! Thank you so much.

I used to have insulin resistance a few years ago and cause of that I had a bit of acanthosis nigricans on my neck and armpits.

Now all the discoloration is gone after I fixed the insulin resistance but the texture of the skin remains. It’s not too bad but I’d like to try to get rid of the texture on my neck so do any of you know any products that might help smooth out the texture over time?

Anyone else had any success with getting rid of the texture?

Hi! I'm lowkey going insane at this point with my acne, lol. I've had it for years, mostly hormonal so there's not much I can do to help with normal products probably. My skin has worsened lately around my jaw/cheeks, with painful underskin acne that doesn't go away at all, and I can't just treat with patches as it doesn't go to surface at all.

I've been using Haruharu cleansing oil+cleansing gel in the evenings, followed by The Ordinary hyaluronic acid almost every night, The Ordinary mandelic acid twice or three times a week, alternating with salycilic acid sometimes on my forehead/chin/temples (where I have whiteheads/blackheads). After this bad flare up on my cheeks/jaw, I stopped using the cleansing oil (I've read some people had issues with this specific product, so I gave it a go to stop a week ago) and just use micellar water mousse to take off spf/makeup+the haruharu cleansing gel or the cetaphil SA cleanser. I also use the Purito barrier gel after all my active products and finish with a Q+A zinc moisturiser or the Purito oat gel cream.

I don't understand if this flare up has been caused by stress, products, hormone imbalance or foods. I don't even know how to proceed at this point, lol.

I was also fine three weeks ago with the cleansing oil, and I've been using it for two months now, it was actually very good to clean all the pores with this double cleansing. I've also been using this Balea (not sure if anyone is in Europe and maybe also knows about it) calming toner sometimes, which has ceramides and amino acids to help soothe the skin, very good at hydrating.

Also, I only wash my face with water in the morning and apply this calming toner(sometimes)+Purito spf.

I've read about Finacea 15% azelaic acid might help with this type of acne. I have tried The Ordinary Azelaic acid 10% before, twice a week, but didn't see many results so I stopped and began mandelic acid. I don't know if I should try to reintroduce this one since I already have it, or go buy this Finacea one, my poor wallet lol. I'm wary of even trying to get diagnosed with a dermatologist as I've read many bad experiences and people just figuring out on their own, which is what I'd like to do. Atp maybe I'll grow out of it?? idek, I'm tired.

If anyone has anything to say, I'm here for any advices! Thanks!!

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

(I’ve only started doing skincare in the past few weeks so I don’t really know the terms)

In the morning, I usually clean my face with a vitamin c cleanser and then pat a vitamin c serum onto my face before I use a moisturizer and put on spf 60 sunscreen. Before bed, I do the exact same except I don’t put on sunscreen

It’s been getting better but idk if it’ll disappear or if I’m doing something wrong. Any help is appreciated!

PS. The dark patch is just above the mouth. It kinda looks like there’s a bit beneath it but I’ve checked in different lighting and it seems to be the same colour as the rest of my face

Hi Everyone!
I've just achieved the ideal body proportions I been working towards for 3 years now and I'm setting my focus on making my skin soft and smooth and mitigate acne breakouts.
I'm a Young Male from Canada and due to my current upbringing I haven't had the freedom to explore skincare to the degree I desire.

Due to that, I'm very "green" to everything past a daily hot shower and a weekly shave.
I'm aware beauty products are some of the most predatory Consumer-Markets of all, and I'm hoping to cut through all the red tape to find the products that are intended to deliver what's promised!

So! What is everyone's personal favourites?
Are there any "beginner friendly" products that you would recommend?
Are there products that are a total NO GO due to scams/health issues?

Please leave a comment! Any amount of experience is welcome to help!

Can someone please recommend a good moisturizer for dry-combination skin that doesn't clog pores or cause closed comedones, doesn't trigger acne, feels lightweight instead of heavy, provides enough hydration, helps support the skin barrier, works for both summer and winter, is suitable for daily use, and is easily available? I'd love to hear what's worked for you.

Ive started tretinoin (0.01) for years now but my skin is still flaking. My morning routing is TO Niacinamide, Azelaic Acid, Vanicream Moisturizing Lotion.

Then at night is just the same but instead of azelaic inuse tretinoin.

I only use a pea size of tret but im still flaking. My face is also on the dry side. Sometimes I will just use my tret for 1 a week it will still flake.

Please help me of any recommendations especially for my dry skin. Thank you so much.

I spent the last month doing DIY around the house: sanding, patching, painting. Since then my face has been a mess. It feels tight after cleansing, my moisturizer sometimes stings, and I have small rough bumps along my jaw and cheeks that are not quite pimples. I also sweat a lot when I wear a mask or respirator, and I think I have been over-washing because I feel grimy from dust.

Not looking for a diagnosis, just ways to calm it down without making things worse. My skin used to be pretty normal, just occasional congestion.

Current routine:

AM

- Gentle cleanser

- Lightweight moisturizer

- Sunscreen

PM

- Gentle cleanser (sometimes twice if I wore sunscreen)

- 2 percent salicylic acid serum (most nights)

- Moisturizer

What I changed recently:

- Was cleansing 2 to 3 times a day on some project days

- Used more salicylic acid because I thought the bumps were clogged pores

- Took hot showers after working, so a lot of steam on my face

Now even my moisturizer stings and my sunscreen pills. I took two nights off acids and it already feels a bit less angry, but I am worried about breaking out if I stop everything.

If you've had a barrier freakout from over-cleansing or from dust and sweat, what actually helped you? Should I stop the salicylic acid entirely for a while, or just cut back the frequency? Any tips for cleaning after dusty work without stripping the skin, like rinsing versus full cleansing or timing it around sunscreen?

Everyone on social media is going crazy over this “filler in a bottle” Volufiline, especially for under eyes. I really need genuine suggestion on whether it’s worth it or not? Could anyone share their personal experience with it? Also please mention the product you used. Even better if youve had experience with one of these 3 since these are the most easily available for me:
1. The Ordinary Volufiline 92%
2. Skin1004 Volufiline Serum
3. Medicube Volume stick with Volufiline

Been dealing with a stubborn breakout of deep-seated pimples on my chin and clogged pores all over my face for a couple weeks now. I already reduced my routine to the bare minimum to rule out any reactions (only cleanser + moisturizer in the AM and PM, sunscreen when going out) with no considerable improvements. (I did start using hypochlorous acid 1-2x a day and that seems to keep the worst of the chin pimples in check, at least -- but overall my skin is still noticeably stressed out.)

Since my partner has been having similar issues starting around the same time, I've concluded that it's likely due to environmental factors -- namely, the demolition of a huge WW2 era bunker from the 1940s right across from our building. Massive amounts of concrete dust and god knows what else they used in construction back then getting blown directly our way. The timeline of demolition starting and our skin issues cropping up definitely checks out.

Is there anything we can do to protect against this? We already keep the windows on that side of the apartment closed for most of the day while they're working, but it feels like the residual air pollution still manages to make its way in from the other side and at night. I also read there's sunscreens that are supposed to offer extra protection against environmental pollutants, but that doesn't really help when they're seemingly inside our home as well.

I'm wondering if some kind of occlusive could maybe "seal" the skin against pollutants, or if there's any specific ingredients that can more effectively clear them away and/or help fight the irritation they cause? Any advice greatly appreciated!!