ok so the wedding is almost a month away and i am breaking out like never before...my bff says it is from stress and the same thing happened to her. it is all over my chin my forehead my upper lip my neck. yuck so gross. the worse part is it is not all at once as soon as i think something is gone something else pops up. any advice? i have been drinking a ton of water and am going to try some new products i usually use desert essence organic natural face wash and cream. i am going to try aveenno clear complexion pads and daily mos lotion to see if that helps...ugh anyone also have a cure for red arms? my upper arms are red on the backs....i think it is from all the heavy sweaters and coats all the rubbing...this is so annoying
Definitely drink tons of water and get a really good facial ASAP. I say ASAP b/c a good deep facial can make you a little red and even break out more for the next week after that if you haven't had a facial in a while. The trick is if you break out, you go back about a week later and get another facial. Then your face should be amazing after that. You just need to make sure you have enough time between the wedding and now for the redness to go away (which can be a couple of days to a week). It's probably stress from the wedding, but just be proactive about it. I don't know if you go to the city, but I SWEAR by my aestetician. I believe Espo22 goes to the same spa as me too. My aestetician's name is Valeria, and the spa is Kimara Ahnert (www.kimara.com). I don't know if you work in the city, but they may be kind of a trek (Madison Ave. and 83rd Street), but they're amazing!! Even if you don't see Valeria, any of the aestetician's there are amazing. I hope that helps!!!
yeah and i was going before my wedding for regular facials so my face could be clear. They do a great job
ALso its real funny but i have used so many products, even all those big names, and tons of things dermatologists and aestheticians have given me, proactiv and the list goes on and on and on. Ive tried it all. They work great but also does get pricey, right now i am not in the position to spend that much on facials every month. Also all these products get so pricey. Proactiv and a few other things did work very well too but does dry you out and once you stop using it then it just comes back.
I had read a very simple inexpensive tip that somebody gave, it was some site about all about beauty secrets. I decided to just try it and the funny thing is that its working better than anything lol. It cleared me up right away, and not only that but my skin is look so much better and so soft. Even dh said to me recently WOW your skin is looking good lately. The best part is that you dont have to go out and buy anything bc you already have this at home.
I use soap foam mixed with sugar. You can use a liquid facial cleanser or soap. You can use dove, either the liquid facial cleanser, or i just take the bar of dove soap, just rub it on my hands until i get foam and then just add about a teaspoon of sugar or even a little more if you want. YOu'll know once you see it whether you need more or not. WHen you rub the foam and the sugar together it turns into a white paste. Put it on your face and let it sit for 10 mins then when you go to wash it off, just massage your skin with it for a little bit, and thats it. You do this 1-2x a week. Works great on your body too, i do olive oil and sugar for my legs.
BUT if you break out RIGHT before your wedding, just go get a cortizone shot that week and all the swelling of pimples will go done right away and your pimples will go away within 24 hours. Use this as your method if its an emergency case and you need it to go away ASAP
ETA: and i hate to say this but the things that didnt help me at all or just messed up my skin by burning me and other stuff, were all things given to me by a dermatologist. I went to 3 different ones, and they kept giving me one thing after another to try. One burned my skin it was bad, another dried me out so bad, worse than proactiv ever could. Its like they prefer for you to keep going back to try something new so this way you keep going back and they get more money. If they cured everybody the first time they went then wouldnt be good business lol. The cortizone shots at the derms office though were good, and i had to specifically ask for it and say THIS IS WHAT I WANT. Bc of that i doubt a derm will give you anything within a month to make it work. Not to mention they have given me things to test out that really messed up my skin. My skin had burned so bad that when i showered and water even touched my face i was in pain and you could see how red my face was
