I would like to share my story on my acne journey for oh-so-many years! OMG!!

During my teenage years (during junior, middle and high), I had no acne problem at all. I have fair skin too. I still remember many friends during that time suffered great lots on acne and they have had always commented on how envious they are for my skin.. fair and flawless. Smooth and etc.. Even my own sister suffered a lot of breakout during her teens and I felt so blessed!! I thought maybe I was one of those who got lucky that will never get acne in her lives!!

During that times, make up is a no no for me.. I mean I am already pretty vain back then but make up has never came into my thoughts at all. Only did it when taking photographs for fun. Also, most of my photographs back then were bare face and I don't need make up!

As I slowly stepped out of my teen and got into young adulthood, that was when my hormone gone hay wired. It all started from my forehead. I got really bad small breakouts on my forehead. After a while, it's gone and I can't even remember when the nightmare started. It then went to my cheeks and this time, it wasn't those small pimples anymore.. it was those huge red acne!! I had it gradually on my cheeks. Every time of that month, I will get at least 1 or 2. Before the old acne able to fully recover, new ones popped out. Post acne marks had always been dark purplish.

So, this was when make up started to come to mind. I need concealer! While I was still green in make up, needless to say, the concealer was badly and horridly applied to my spots. When I looked back the photos back then, i was LOL at my poor skills. It looked like patches of skin fungus. haha!

I started to search for products that can heal my acne marks faster and stop new ones from popping out!!

I went to pharmacy to look around. Tried so many products! Too many that I have even forgotten most. LOL!

Eden of garden, oxy, anything benzoyl peroxide or salicylic acid.. skincare.. i will always use their range for blemish skin such as kose (green packaging), Dr. Ci:labo's acne serum, eucerin, HABA's and etc.. really can't recall much. While perhaps some skincare is able to hydrate my skin but it didn't stop my new acne from coming out. My cheeks back then were really dark purplish around the spots area.

I was really really desperate (yet seeing a derm didn't come into my mind on that time, not sure why.) and i came across kojic acid soap. that person showed her before and after pic and I was thrilled!! I straight away went to ebay to buy it. After 2 months of using it, I have to admit that my post marks got lighten up so much!! Overall, my entire face was whiten (back to my original state..i mean the fairness). So, I was like.. this soap works!! Soon, I felt that my acne had reduced its breakout as well. I was so thrilled that i shared it with a friend of mine whose acne was way worst than mine. However, after a month of using it, it gave her skin irritation but it didn't give me any irritation at all.

Soon, I went to Taiwan and I found that vitamin B moisturizer that everyone was raving about! So, bought a tube and use it in combination of kojic acid. I felt that ohh the marks were further lighten??? However, I still get new acne and I started to wonder why am I still getting it?!! Am I not too old already? LOL! But then I realized there are people who are still getting acne in their 30s and 40s. I was like =.="""

After that, I came across azelaic acid, which is skinoren. It worked for my new acne to heal faster! Azelaic acid can help to lighten marks too; hence I started to apply skinoren like a moisturizer as my last step to lighten my marks and to prevent new acne. After months of doing so, felt marks did get lighter but I still get acne. Grrrr...

After months of applying skinoren, I have stopped. Here comes the snail's trend. Good for blemish skin, helps to rejuvenate and etc etc... hence good in lightening acne marks. Again, I jumped into it. Bought snail's street. Used it for 2 months. Saw little result.. however, still get acne albeit it's more controlled.

I wanted to buy a clarisonic as I read it's good for cleansing and helps to shrink pores, lighten acne marks and all. Good for blemish skin. Too expensive and so waited and waited until my sister said she will get me one for last year's Christmas. I was so excited!! Anyhow, while waiting for X'mas last year, I came across MooGoo.

Read reviews and what's this products all about. Suddenly, I felt so convince! I was again like.. I gotta buy this!! Straight away went to buy their acne cleansing cream from watsons. read more from here.

http://moogoo.com.au/acne-cleansing-cream.html

I wasn't used to their cream.. it's not like those light weight lotion or gel type of moisturizer that I have always used. LOL! However, now I got used to it. Not sticky and absorb easily. During my first week of usage, I find that my post acne marks have lighten as in not so reddish anymore. Calm a bit. After the first month, I thought.. not any drastic changes it gave me.. anyhow I introduced moogoo to my 2 teenage cousins. One cousin has crazy breakout and one has big blackheads like comedones. It looks like black head but on her cheeks and they are big ones. Not like those on our nose. After a month of usage, the one with crazy breakout, those acne on her face have subsided so much! She is very happy too! Her acne is under control now albeit she still breaks out but not as crazy as it used to be. Another cousin, I saw her today, her black comedones were gone!! She is happy too when she noticed that.

I thought.. well at least it works wonder on them. Maybe it's just my skin that it didn't work as good. I still persist in using it anyway because I shouldn't waste. haha! Luckily I did. After 2nd month of using it, I realized changes. My face's oil production is controlled. I don't feel my face is as oily as before. Fine lines around my eyes as well as laughing lines are soften too (due to the anti aging ingredient of MSM). I don't use any eye cream for now as I used to before. I just use this cream on my eyes too. Surprisingly, didn't cause me any oil seeds either. Acne is under control and to my surprise, I didn't even breakout during my recent menses. I do get 1 acne every now and then at the area near to my ears due to I accidentally slept on my side way. So, acne could be caused by the pillow case.

Nowadays, I don't even need concealer anymore and foundation, I only need tiny bit from my foundation stick. Of course, when there is no foundation, I can still see those marks albeit they have gotten lighter. I just wish that it could get to a point where I don't really need any foundation anymore. Hence, I plan to use PMD soon.

Oh yeah! I told my sister that she doesn't need to get me clarisonic anymore because it's not cheap! I told her that MooGoo is doing good for my skin. But I still want a PMD. haha! I hope it can help my skin further.

So, for now MooGoo is my love product! I didn't even finish my snail cream. LOL!

You guys can try out MooGoo too! Will update again as time goes by to see how far the effect of this product can do for my skin's condition.

Thank you for reading. Any question, ask away.

Photos of before and after? I used to have it but when I showed my friends, some of them said there is difference and some commented "not the same angle, not the same lighting and etc etc..." sigh.. really hard.. so, after a while, got fed up of taking pics.

hi oatkrunch~
hope you still remember me..
nice review u have here..im also thinking of using moogoo as it used natural ingredient..
but i wonder if i should buy their acne cleansing cream or lightening cream..
my face kind of oily,uneven skin tone plus scar,sometimes got pimples(but not much just 2-3)..
well,need time to think more..will post here later after decide,buy and use

HI. Nice post up!

Im interested in MooGoo. Where can i purchase it and what products that work for you from this range?

Best if there is pictures as well. Thank you!

you may get it at watsons, caring, vitacare and AA pharmacy. AA pharmacy is the cheapest you can get. i am using their acne cleansing cream.

just to let you know that, i still do get occasional breakout like this month. >_<

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*recalling the time when pimples/acne started becoming part of my life*

It started during my high school time and there were continuos breakouts on my forehead initially then i made sure i pin my hair up (our high school's rule is to keep bangs at all time above the eyebrows) and things got better as my bangs was really thick.

No longer then breakouts started to shift to my chin and they told me it was caused by constipation and i was really really an unhealthy person i never gave a shit about what i consumed at all. No one taught me so and going out to school and stuffs it was really a tough job to get really 'healthy' food. We just eat what our friends eat. Thats how a teenage girl rolls ><

OILY T ZONE has always been my struggle. Its gross at times and i used tissue paper to absorb the oil away but again hygiene problem? Stopped doing so after being 'advised' by people.

I started to put on make ups at the age of 16 and oily T zone wasn't pleasing at all. I used a few brands of skin care products from drug store such as Biore etc and they didnt affect much on me.

I started to do some research and I tried KIELH'S until today im still using their cleanser it has been 3 years + I tried their toners etc they caused redness on my face Some said that bcs Khiel's is us based skin care so they might not suit asians' face type?
Toner: Nuetrogena Alcohol Free Toner (blue packaging)
Moisturizer (only before makeup): Clinique dramatically different moisturizing gel
Foundation: Benefit hello flawless oxygen wow

I applied oxy/clean n clear/ any other drug store brand of pimple cream and i realised that JUST LET IT POP ALREADY dont try to apply pimple cream and stuffs to let them disappear in a way that they might just breakout on somewhere else nearby

I visited many famous skin doctor and their medicines give were either too strong that they actually hardened my pimples and left a weird popup on my skin or they just burnt my skin and now my skin got so sensitive and so thin. =(((

I go to facial once in a month and for sure right after facial treatment my skin will get super irritated and at super big pimples popping out I REALLY CANNOT UNDERSTAND and thats when i have to stay home for 3-4 days to wait for all the breakouts to be done messing with me and the rest of the day i dont really get breakouts anymore.

TRY EATING A BALANCE PH DIET!

have more fruits like carrot and tomatoes (Vitamin A)
and more alkaline forming fruits (acidic in taste) such as lemon (lemon water for daily consumption is really a good habit), kiwi (i've been eating them at least one in days; daily and so many ppl realised that my skin is so much fairer), cucumber, broccoli, oranges. Those food are all high in Vitamin C. For people who dont have time you can still buy supplement too but of course raw fruits are always the best.

There's one night cream that i tried and it works really good on me but recently i came across to a beautician she told me that there's one ingredient in this night cream that is constantly removing the outer layer of the skin (metabolizing the skin) and at the same time preventing breakouts because the cream prevented them to pop out and this is not a right thing to do. Then i started to ......... think for day and night because when you thought you've finally met the perfect PIMPLES PREVENTING + BRIGHTENING + WHITENING skin care then professional came to stop you

=((((

So i decided to cut down the usage of the night cream </3
and start eating as healthy as possible

Constantly reminding myself YOUR FACE IS WHAT YOU EAT

HEALTHY TUMMY = BEAUTIFUL SKIN

xo

So how much is the price if buy from AA pharmacy and others like Watson/Caring?

Listed price RM 69.00 but promo prices could dip as low as RM 48.30, 30% off.

Best to check with their FB page as they regularly update their collective promotions in all retails there.

This may be hard to believe but I do not use FB so I can't check their page Thanks for giving me the prices, I now can estimate my monthly budget for it. To get that promo 30% off discount, do I need to join a membership or is it a season sale?

Eh, no lah. I'm not selling or anything. Its on sale at RM48.30 in Watson's today probably walk in or Watson's member. I didn't check the promo period.

Well, I have FB and I took a peek but I don't see any promo running except for selected store/area/concourse.

BUT! You buy online from Watson's online site:
http://www.watsons.com.my/Product-Categori...e:MOOGOO&text=#

or even their own site:
http://moogoo.my/acne-cleansing-cream.html

Edit: Ooops. I didn't see properly. It's out of stock at the moment.

This post has been edited by BlurSotong: Aug 6 2014, 01:21 AM

Nooooo.... out of stock! Well, I will have to try buying it offline then for the discounted price. Thank you for all the info. It was very helpful. You're not so blur, sotong! Gambateh!

hi, can i know how you apply it ? toner > moogoo cream?

and is that suitable for male too ?

Hi all, I had acne problem too during high school and my skin is very sensitive. I tried many products but my skin didn't get better. Finally I decided to stop using the existing products to let my skin take a break, I used baby soap to clean my face, and didn't apply anything for a week. I was thinking when skin is irritated, I should use something more gentle to avoid making the skin to be 'angry', haha ... and I think whatever can use on baby's skin, it should be fine for our face. Surprisingly it worked!! After taking one week break, I started to apply hazelline snow which I kept in fridge after cleansed on the dry area and acne spots, it has cooling and soothing effect.
I suggest that when skin started to have problem, we shouldn't use harsh chemical products to treat it, it will burden our skin further.

Hai ladies is this MOOGOO ACNE CLEANSING CREAM to prevent acne or help heal acne scars??? What to use to get rid of acne scar???

hihi.. i love kielh's cleanser too! i have been using ultra facial cleanser for the past 2 years but now i am using their latest calendula cleanser which is abit too dry for me. The calendula toner is also okay for me as i have.. complicated skin type! i have oily t-zone, sensitive and flaky(sometimes) cheeks.. /. \ i am not sure my skin type is oily, dry or sensitive or all of it!

And, yes totally agree with u. HEALTHY TUMMY = BEAUTIFUL SKIN! and dont forget beauty sleep too!