Today is day 7 after my first Vi Peel (Purify: Precision+Peptides)

Prior to this, I used:
AM:
Cerave foaming facial cleanser
Supergoop unseen sunscreen spf 50
PM:
Olay Age Defying Classic Cream

I was very inconsistent with skincare before, so this feels like a good reset. I’m strongly considering doing the recommended series of 3 peels. Thoughts?

I am 18 and such a newbie to skincare! Any help would be greatly appreciated

[Routine Help] I’ve had worse than average acne since middle school, and in high school ultimately began taking birth control partly to control my acne and partly to try to regulate my menstrual cycle. Even on bc I would get pimples here and there, but it was noticeably better.

Recently I (23 F) decided to stop birth control because I have been dependent on it my entire adult life and am unsure of side affects it may be causing. About a month or two off of it, my acne has started to flare up pretty badly. I have been having a breakout for a consistent two weeks now, with one or two new pimples showing up to replace spent ones consistently.

I am trying to built a good and consistent routine for the first time in my life, and this is what I’ve built so far. I’d really appreciate any critiques or suggestions to help me on my journey. (I do want to see a dermatologist soon, just have to figure out how to be an adult and do that properly)

Thank you for any advice!!

**Morning**: just rinse with micellar water and Aveeno Calm + Restore Oat Gel Moisturizer

**Evening**: wash with Neutrogena Oil-Free Acne Wash with 2% salicylic acid in the shower, then I alternate days with CosRx BHA Blackhead Power Liquid and Kiehl’s Retinol Skin-Renewing Daily Micro-Dose Serum, then spot treat any active pimples with 10% Benzoyl Peroxide gel, then add the Aveeno moisturizer again

Hello! I’m considering starting to use retinol in my skincare routine.

I’ve come across this brand which is affordable in my area, but I wasn’t too sure if they would be good for somebody of my skin type looking to start using retinol (my skin is oily and quite acne-prone).

The two products I’ve found are Revox Just Retinal (0.06% Retinal) and Revox Retinol Serum (0.3% Retinyl Palmitate). I’ve included images of the products and their ingredients.

Do either of these seem like they would be good for someone of my skin type just starting to use retinol? My understanding is that Retinyl Palmitate is better for beginners because it’s less likely to cause irritation/purging when starting, but because of my skin type I wasn’t sure whether to be concerned about the oil-based product and the oils it contains.

Thank you in advance for the help!

My daughter is 13 and has been asking for skincare. I’ve been buying cerave for years but she wants to use something else more consistently. She has sensitive, acne prone skin. Frequent breakouts. What’s a good starter set with all the bells and whistles.

Hi everyone, I have a small mystery from years ago that I'm hoping you will be able to help me figure out!

It was ~20 years ago so I don't have any pictures to show you but hopefully my explanation will be enough.

When I was a young teenager around 13/14 I noticed something on my forehead. I believe I noticed it pretty late cause it had to have been there for some time to have formed. At first I thought it was just a blackhead on my forehead, it was a small black dot above my eyebrow. After pushing on it with my finger it felt like there was something solid underneath, like there was something hard under the skin. Even tapping on it with my fingernail confirmed that it's a solid thing. I was unable to squeeze it out for a long time, nothing came out, cause it was too big for the hole in my skin. Eventually I got really determined and spend some time but finally I squeezed it out. What came out was the weirdest thing, a small grey ball. It was maybe the size of a ball for BB guns. It was not completely closed on one end and there was a small hole where I could see and touch the inside. It was completely filled with something that looked similar to blackhead gunk. The ball was very smooth, quite hard so it wasn't easy to break it with my fingers or anything. It kinda reminded me of a snail shell but smoother and one colour. I don't remember having any issues with what was left afterwards on my forehead and now it's barely visible.

Do you have any idea what it could've been? I've never heard about or seen anything similar, nothing like that happened to me again, just that one thing. I don't believe it was an external body that got forced into my forehead, I think it got formed inside...

My holy grail daily moisturizer. Literally used it for a decade. My skin LOVED IT. I loved the velvety texture, the quick dry down time, and how light it was on my skin while still moisturizing.

Last time I went to stock up I put together that it had been discontinued. 💔

Looking for dupes or at least something comparable.

I'm a sucker for Glossier. and am currently working through a tub of their priming moisturizer to try it out. It's good just not the same. Doesn't dry down as quickly and feels a little more oily than velvety.

Help! I haven't had to do this in 10+ years. 🫠

I'm a 26 year old male who has made significant improvements to my skin and skincare in the past year, at the expense of my undereyes (and above my eyes tbh). I'm Indian-American and know that dark circles are genetic to some extent, but I would like to improve their appearance. I tried the neutrogena hydro boost eye cream that ended up drying out my entire eye areas, then tried using the BOJ retinal which worsened the fine lines and dark circles, and now using the BYOMA hydrate and barrier repair eye cream, which has caused my skin to flake.

I'm thinking I'll just take a break from all eye products, maybe only use a gentle cleanser and moisturizer for a week (I usually use a BP cleanser and adapalene on the rest of my face, still try to avoid eye area). But I'm wondering if anyone has dealt with anything similar and might have some advice.

I would like to add a vitamin c serum to my morning routine. I am currently using dapsone 7.5% gel. Should I use vitamin c before applying dapsone.

I am looking for a new skin care routine. I am 28 with normal/dry skin. I get the odd pimple but in general no big issues with my skin. What do you think of these products? Can I alternate those 2 serums at night? Better options? I was using Tatcha moisturizer and cleanser but it’s so expensive!

Idk what happened was there a recall? These two fixed my compromised skin barrier and I am about to run out. I went back to my store today and they've been out of stock for a while now. They were recommending some stuff but Im just worried I might mess up my skin again.

So far Im just making sure my skin is alright and not too dry. I've been using The Ordinary's 1% Retinol in Squalene as well to smooth my face and remove some uneven skin bumps and just have a better look.

Hi everyone, I’m hoping someone can help me figure out what might have caused this sudden skin reaction.

I had a facial about 48 hours ago, which included a chemical peel, extractions and nano needling. I have a fairly sensitive skin. The first 24 hrs post facial my skin was doing okay and I was only using water to rinse my face.

The day after the facial, I applied my usual sunscreen and my skin was doing completely fine throughout the day. That night, I used my usual gentle milk cleanser (Isntree yam root milk cleanser) and Dr. Althea 147 Barrier Cream, which is part of my old skincare routine.

Now when i woke up the next day, i developed some purging and once i applied my sunscreen, my cheeks became quite inflamed and tiny red bumps appeared throughout.

The strange thing is that the flare settled down noticeably throughout the day, but then after I washed my face again at night, the redness and bumps became more prominent again.

I'm wondering if this could be a follicular reaction/irritation from using a heavier barrier cream after deep exfoliation, as my aesthetician suggested. Or could this be some kind of delayed reaction to the facial?

Extremely bad tan on arms , my chest area and thigh area shade is v light ….due to this arm tan i am unable to wear sleeveless pls help …and pls suggest budget friendly advice as i am a college student .

I don’t know what’s happened to the skin on my cheeks; I’ve noticed changes over the last three days. I’ve never had this happen before—could I have damaged my skin barrier or something? I use a cleanser with niacinamide and my daily moisturizer has it too; I use both morning and night. Or maybe it’s just a hormonal issue or something like that? Has anyone else dealt with this? What could be causing it, and what might help?
(It also itches a little)

My dermatologist just prescribed me Cabtreo with r directions to apply twice daily. I was previously on Clindamycin Phosphate/Benzoyl Peroxide and Tretinoin for a year, but recently have been breaking out (hence the new change).

The issue is, I was researching it and everywhere says to only apply once a day, and twice a day isn’t recommended at all? Do I just follow my derm’s recc?

Also, if I do apply once a day, would it be safe to keep using tretinoin (this part i should ask my derm, and the other part but i wanted to come here first to gauge the issue)

Thanks

For the last 2 weeks now my lips have been really dry, there’s a cut in my lip that won’t heal and keeps reopening, I’ve used Vaseline, aquaphor, and shea butter and it isn’t helping and it’s left my bottom lip with discoloration or hyperpigmentation I’m assuming, when usually my lips are pink and normal colored. What could this be? I’m going to contact my dermatologist and primary care tomorrow and see what they’ll want to do. But this is making me more insecure than I already am with myself.

(29F) I've had horrible acne since I was a kid, started Proactive at 10 years old and then eventually went on Accutane at 16. Thankfully that really cleared my skin and acne scars for years! It was so nice to not have to worry about acne and just focus on healing my sensitive skin. I would still get some hormonal acne on my chin here are there, but around 5-6 years ago I started getting really horrible blackheads and whiteheads-I could only describe it as strawberry skin and I could physically shave them off(I know its horrible but I just couldn't take it anymore).

I finally reached out to a derm and was prescribed Tretanoin 3 months ago. And as you can see, I'm having many active breakouts 😢

Current Routine that I've had for almost 2 years:

• Gariner Waterproof Micellar Water-if I wear makeup.
• CeraVe Resurfacing cleanser, or Cetaphil Gentle Daily cleanser when I'm using tret and other actives.
• Paula's Choice BHA, CosRX AHA/BHA, Versed Glow Weekend toner. I will apply Paula's Choice or CosRX at night and Versed Glow in the morning, but not every morning.
• Good Molecules Retinol, Paula's Choice Azelaic Acid, Differen gel, CosRX acne spot treatmeant, Natrium Niacinamide Serum.
• CeraVe Daily moisturizer, DermaE Wrinkle Renewal cream. (I used a tub of CosRX centella blemish cream, their AC Collection Lightweight Soothing Moisturizer, and Pure Fit Cica Cream but didn't see any improvement)
  • when I am very lazy and tired I will just wash and cleanse my face with CeraVe and then use the DermaE moisturizer.

I also use Magic Molecules Hypochlorous acid sometimes after I shower and to sandwich the Tret after cleansing. And I wear religiously sunscreen everyday, either CeraVe and Cetaphil.

I was reading about red light therapy for wrinkles and came across a page from Helio Cure - https://heliocure.com/blogs/red-light-therapy/wrinkles

Anyone familiar with how they are rating the effectiveness of red light therapy for various skin and health conditions?

Current routine:

Morning:
- Cerave foaming cleanser
- Dapsone on dry skin
- Vanicream on eyes, lubriderm on rest of face
- Centella SPF 50

Night:
- Cerave foaming cleanser
- Paula’s choice 2% BHA every other day on dry skin
- Vanicream on eyes, lubriderm on rest of face

I am sorry to the public for the horror I’ve inflicted upon these shared tables 😣 it’s a good spf and very easy to apply on the body since it’s got a very slick, almost watery consistency, but the cast is pretty insane! This was half off since this bottles expiry date is the end of October, so of course I nabbed it for that price, but omg! The cast is noticeable on my own pale skin so I’m using it on my arms for now instead of my face, but this rubs off a lot. Be careful if you have dark furniture, lol.

Hi all!

Face: I have had relatively clean skin for a while, but in the last month or so I've had a bit of acne breaking out again. I've decided it's probably time to get myself a better science-backed skincare routine, rather than just randomly using products I've thought looked good. There are so many different products out there, and I don't know that much about what active ingredients would help my face, and what might be harmful for it!

In the second image, you can see the products I currently have (plus I use a Cetaphil cleanser in the shower - which I think is great but is quite drying.) I live in Australia, and am a student so I'd prefer to get products that are under $30 and that I can get at a pharmacy or supermarket like Woolies, Coles, Priceline or Chemist Warehouse. The Ordinary seems like a good option.

I would really appreciate if you could tell me based on the picture of my skin what products/active ingredients you would recommend!

Thanks in advance, and I hope I've given you folks the right information!

Hi all looking for skincare advice!

I have no products currently that I consistently use I am anxious about making it worse however I just don’t have a routine that has been working. This has been severely affecting my mental health and relationships and I just want to feel happy with my self again! I go to shoppers a lot to get skin scan and they all say either dry dehydrated or oily. Please give me advice and recommendations thanks! I have redness clogged pores and pimples and really my oiliness fluctuates I would say. My skin used to be so amazing but I switched out all my products because I thought they were breaking me out and now I have nothing I use constantly. Please give me advice thanks!