Try Olay's Revitalizing Eye Gel

Roaccutane will help but anyhow its not magic that would turn you inside-out within a short time. Patient is the key but due to the comments from public, I highly understand that it will definately affect your self-esteem, and most important - your life.

No short cut in dealing with acne. You can know it from most of the forumers that use the regimen that I have recommended. There will always be a period that you will have so many acnes pop out during the ongoing of the regimen. This is due to the completion of the acne cycle because before one has started the regimen, the acne was already beneath the skin. People tend to be pessimistic, claiming this regimen is not useful and effective. But, please be mindful that should you have the patient to wait for at least 2.5 months, you will see improvement that will change your entire life.

After that your skin has engaged by itself to function normally by its own. This is because you are using Cetaphil gentle cleanser which it did not irritate the skin and let the skin to work out by its own. Our skin has the function to heal and protect by itself, imagine did our ancestor use any facial cleanser?

The miracle word is - PATIENT. There is no point on switching from this to that although your current regimen does not work. Please give the medication a chance to proof its effectiveness. There's no shortcut. So, if someone offer you, please think twice.


Its normal for occasional acnes to pop out while you are in the regimen. Cetaphil is a great cleanser. Give it at least 2.5 months, you will not regret!

Congrat on that. Small acne is expectable. You will be clear should you stick on the regimen.

Isn't it feel good without needing to consume any medication or go for any facial treatment? Using the most effective, conventional and cost-efficient method, you can get clear skin.

Why spend money on Proactiv that cost you a bomb? Haha



Jinyee

This post has been edited by jinyee80: May 25 2007, 07:37 AM

After a year, u should apply when acne pops out.

Please continue the regimen as it will improve your skin perpetually. Therefore, the skin will by itself ease the problem.

You could gentle rub cetaphil on your nose. Nose area is normally a bit oily. Try Pure & Mild cleansing oil for blackhead problem.



Jinyee

Cetaphil usage is at most twice per day, which is morning and night. If you intend to cleanse your face more, use plain water only will do.


Jinyee

You can. A thin layer will do.

This is normal. It gonna turned normal after some time. You might choose to use it on alternate day so that it will at least let you skin rest some time in order to continually adapt to the product.

First of all, the intention of BP is to release oxygen into your clogged pores and hence kill acne bacteria. I believed, previously its either you have squeezed your pimple or you accidently encounter some situation which cause your pimple to open up. When this happen, and you applied BP to it, it will definately caused your pimple to burn. As per written in the manual, it should not be applied to opened wounds.

I believe this may be the reason why you encountered such situation.


Jinyee

I seriously have no idea!

Its normal and it gonna return to normal as long as your skin has adapted to BP. You may use sunscreen on day time to protect your skin as well.


Jinyee

I do not know whether Blackmore is mild or not. You need to provide me further information.

I have no comment on vitamin E application because from my understanding is that consumable vitamin E will really helps in healing skin tissue but application wise, I still need to gather more info to justify its effectiveness.

Tea Tree oil is not good. For Rosa E, I have no comment. Anyhow, just follow the regimen and it will heal by its own. Apply more thing sometimes will turn the result around. Please take note.

Astringent is not really recommended due to excessive alcohol amount that will dry out skin. Follow the regimen, it will helps not only pimple but blackhead as well. It went back to the fundamental theory, if your skin is ok, it should have its own ability to prevent skin problem.

You should use it once per 2 night, then after your skin has developed the tendency towards BP, you can use once per night already.

For me, I don't really have any good products for scar healing because its either too expensive or it will not work so soon. BP has the ability to shed off old skin tissue but it will take longer time. Therefore, should you have follow the regimen, you shall see improvement not only in acne but also skin texture as well.

Consistency is very important because we want to really stop the acne cycle. Please do apply BP on acne prone area.

Great, please keep me up-to-date on your progress.



Jinyee

You can replace it with liquid neutrogena. I do not have evidence showing eubos and sebamed work as well as cetaphil, so should you want to experience it, please do so and provide feedback, thank you first .

Though cetaphil did not lather, but its the best that I can recommend. Too mild and gentle? Thats the purpose wat.

For Panoxyl, its normal. You will get used to it soon. Please read previous posts for more info about panoxyl outcomes.

Proactiv system is okie but I do not recommend it to forumers. The underlying reason is that I think that you should not use active ingredient in your cleanser, because what you need is to gently cleanse your face and prepare it for the next step, but they incorporated BP inside it and do you think BP will work should it stays on your skin for not more than 10 minutes?

Revitalizing toner contains glycolic acid which this will cause sensitivity and irritation to skin. Though its alcohol-free but it might be too harsh for some people.

The only part that I like is the repairing lotion.

It gonna cost you a bomb on the price, you can get it at local pharmacy or at tvshopping.

Green Tea spot gel if I am not mistaken is not using BP, which BP is the core ingredient in the regimen(please read the 1st post for further info). You will have to massage your skin when you are cleansing your face as well. BP will get off easily and after that you need to reapply it.

For acne scar and post inflammantory hyperpigmentation, please follow the regimen as the skin has its own ability to heal by itself. In the 1st place, please ensure you are acne free before you start everything. You don't want to fill a pail that has an opening in the other end. Right?

Please read through the thread to get more info about scars.


Jinyee

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Added on June 13, 2007, 10:26 pmYou can but I do not encourage it. First, you have to ask yourself, why the blackhead is there? Because you did not manage to cleanse your nose area properly previously, after certain time, it got accummulated, and you got the problem. To perpetually counter this problem, try to massage your nose area gently when you are cleansing your face with cetaphil.


Jinyee

You can buy Proactiv repairing lotion seperately. However, it will still cost your bomb. Panoxyl and NOTS are designed for spot treatment but you can use it all over your face area. It really doesn't matter as long as it works.

The Glycolic Acid toner will irritate fragile skin and I do not think its a good idea to use it though it claims to be alcohol-free. Redundant is the word.

You can start this regimen as it was designed to be cost effective yet works in charm. I believed the moment that you read this thread, you have realised that some forumers have been benefited from the regimen.

It really depends. You should apply at one small area 1st before you try your entire face on it.

This is very rare situation because it happened in a period of time and it persists. Maybe you should have to look into what that cause this problem? Please do use BP as recommended as it stops the acne cycle from forming. I believe you shall see some significant result after 2.5 months, otherwise please do highlight to me and we gonna scrutinize on the root of the problem.

Patient is the key.
Blackhead appeared when your pores trapped dirt and oil. Did you massage gently your face when you are cleansing your face with Cetaphil. Please do so if you have not done so because with a little motion, it did really helps to get rid of dirt that are really sticky.

Normally blackhead appeared frequently on nose area, so please do let me know are this stuff happens on other area as well.



This post has been edited by jinyee80: Jun 13 2007, 10:26 PM

You could use your preferred Eubos liquid cleanser, provided its gentle and mild enough. What I meant is you have to check the ingredients whether there are any stuffs that will irritate your skin. I could not guarantee whether there will be side effect of applying BP on your whole face, but you may google around to gather information. What I meant is that it will not cause internal organ damage as horrible as accutane will cause.

I don't think moisturizer is a MUST for acne skin. But it is recommended should you are frequently exposed to air-cond environment. Sunblock is advised if you are frequently exposed to sunlight(of course everyone did, but I meant directly). A thin layer of neutrogena oil-free SPF moisturizer will definately help.

Yup, this situation does happen to some forumers. Why? Because as you know that Cetaphil is NOT a soap nor detergent, therefore it is a bit hard for it to cleanse of sticky sebum which these causes remaining sebum and dirt on your face. In long term, blackhead will appear. This is the current problem that I am facing in the regimen that I recommended to you people. Therefore, I would advise forumers to gently massage their face when they are cleansing their face with Cetaphil. The gentle force will help Cetaphil to lift the sebum away which this minimize the chances for blackhead.

I have in the middle of adding in a cleansing oil or mask in my regimen but I will have to work it out first before I recommend to you all. For the mean time, cleansing oil will help. However, please be advised cleansing oil should be used at ALL time without water. What I mean is that you don't apply water to your face first before you apply the cleansing oil. Apply the cleansing oil on a cotton and wipe it gently throughout your face or affected area. No water is needed in the whole process besides aftermath.

Try either TISS cleansing oil or Pure & Mild.

You are only few of them who is really patient enough to read through. You know some of the questions asked are repeated one because some of them did not know that the questions were asked before.

You could finish your sebamed, then swap with Cetaphil. Just use it as what the normal regimen does- cleanse and apply BP on your skin. Thats it, it will work because Sebamed is quite mild. No worries

You could use cleansing oil once or twice per week for the purpose of eliminating remaining sebum and dirt on your face. Its not recommended to be used daily anyway. Once you have use the cleansing oil, you do not need another cleanser anymore.

TISS is a brand, under SHISEIDO.

Please think twice before going for accutance because the outcome is significant. You may or you may not get clear face, but if you could, you will still face side effects such as kidney, liver problems and so on so forth.

Have you been following the regimen for more than 2.5months because as I have emphasized in previous posts that your acne will become worser in preliminary stage as its completing its cycle. The situation will improve as you have faith and patient to follow the regimen closely.

Keep me up to date on your situation. There is always HOPE.

I have no idea on where the moisturizer is positioned. Anyhow, you can also try QV lotion if you cannot get Cetaphil moisturizer. We really need alternatives when there is scarcity on supply.


Jinyee

Hooray. Finally you have clearer face. For scars, hmm...perhaps you should add the moisturizer in your regimen for skin preservation purpose.

Anyhow, you can try do some moisturizing mask to maintain the suppleness of your skin.


Jinyee

For sensitive skin, I recommend peel-off mask. You may try the shiseido's series. FYI, I am now trying out any good mask to be incorporated in the regimen to complement the result. Still searching, will let you guys know once I got it.

Continue with the regimen and you should see magnificent improvement not only on your acne but also to your skin texture.

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Added on July 3, 2007, 10:10 pmI was also anticipating those who has seen the result to post their updates so that other people will know whether the regimen is feasible or not.

A small portion of BP would not cause significant effect in long term because our body will dissolve and turn BP into Benzoic Acid and to be delivered out from our body through urine. Unless you are apply 30% BP, then you shall see side effect on your kidney, liver and etcetera.

BP is affordable because its one of the active ingredients in most of the over the counter prescription. Personally I think Panoxyl is better than NOTS in the sense that Panoxyl did not dry out so easily like NOTS. So, a small amount is equivalent to be applied the larger area.

You can find the 2.5. Please do ask for assistance from the sales person.
Perhaps you can ask your counterpart to ship it from the peninsular to you!

You will get sunburn eitherway you apply BP or not because it was so hot. Therefore, SPF is a must.

You will not see BP result in short or rapid time. You need to give BP sometimes to show the outcome. Please be patient.


Jinyee

This post has been edited by jinyee80: Jul 3 2007, 10:10 PM

For the mean time, I do not really have any good recommendation for scrub. But you could try shiseido or pure and mild scrub. I do not have their name with me now.

St.Ives scrub was famous but the cleanser was too acidic and it might irritate fragile skin. Therefore, its not recommended.



Jinyee

I have segregate the regimen in 3 tranches: -

1. Pre- treatment
- In here, I highly recommend CETAPHIL to gently cleanse your face while not stripping off essential sebum that protect our skin.
- Though some might not prefer CETAPHIL for its non-lathering formula, you could swap with other mild cleanser such as Liquid Neutrogena or etc, but bear in mind I did not ensure that by swapping the cleanser, you will still get the same outcome, perhaps you will, or you might not.

2. Treatment
- Benzoyl Peroxide(BP) is a highly recommended active ingredient in my regimen because it dried off existing acne while eliminate P.acne bacterias hence prevent further acne from forming.
- Since Neutrogena on-the-spot (NOTS) was stopped in Malaysia, we found an alternative - Panoxyl 2.5 which has equivalent BP as NOTS to counter acne.

3. Post-treatment
- Mask - still testing which mask is great for moisturizing purpose.
- skin-lightening( to ease out post inflammatory hyperpigmentation and mild scars) - For the mean time, you guys can search for Elicina which I think is a natural product for skin. Otherwise you guys can look for Palmers scar serum. However, Palmer's scar serum might be a bit oily so a little portion will be enough.


People, I still need you guys to provide me feedbacks regarding the result of this regimen. I was contacted by a local publisher that should the regimen works (more than 70%), I will be able to come out with a book to share with people on the acne comments and etcetra, just like what Dan has been doing in the States years ago.

Anyhow, thank you all for the time. I wish you all good luck and have a good day.


Jinyee
(in HongKong)

This regimen relies a lot on Benzoyl Peroxide. Unfortunately you are the minority people that develop sensitivity to BP. Perhaps you could change to either Salicylic Acid or other alternatives.

Please think twice before you consume accutane because as you said, the side outcome will be significant on days to come. Neostrata is not really a good product, in my opinion.

Google around then you shall know the danger of accutane. Perhaps you could try this regimen as I always emphasize on, mild and gentle then counter.

For body acne, you could use CETAPHIL soap bar to cleanse your body area, it will help. The main reason why one has body acne is due to hormone changes. Therefore, you need to make sure you cleanse your body as to minimize clogged pores which contribute to acne.

Good to know that your skin improved!

Everyone hopes that. Anyhow, do not be pessimistic if you face such problem. Life still has to go on.

Well, good to you as you have subsidy!



Love,
Jinyee

Try Cetaphil Gentle cleansing bar. There are only 3 reasons why you have body acne:-

1.) You did not cleanse properly, leaving dirt and oil on your body which encourage the growth of P.acne.
2.) You have been using improper shower gel/foam/soap. Perhaps its too dry which it encourages your skin to secrete more sebum to protect your skin. This will cause acne due to irritation, usually this kind of acne is larger in size.
3.) Hormone imbalance. During puberty, teenagers tend to develop facial acne and body acne. You just need to minimize the risk by cleansing gently.

No problem. I hope you can keep us up-to-date regarding the consumption of accutane for acne. Perhaps I will setup a subforum for accutane discussion.

You can use other moisturizer but I do not really recommend you to add in this and that while you are in the midst of settling down with your acne. Focus and patient are the word. Cleanse gently and apply BP. BP tends to heal the scars gently but it needs time as it sheds away the outer part of our epidermis little by little.

Heard of AHA peel? or Glycolic Acid peel from Neostrata or whatever brand. It will even worse the situation especially to those with sensitive skin as it really melt of the horny layer of your skin. Then, you will have to apply tonnes of SPF in order to go out. The side effect is significant.

You should re-phrase it. Wash face accordingly. Twice per day is sufficient already. Acne is sexy? Ahaha...mild acne but not severe one!

Toner is not encourage because it may contain excessive alcohol which tends to dry out the skin.

You can try Neutrogena products as its reliable but bear in mind to read the instructions and explanations 1st before you use it! I believe you don't wana risk your skin right?

Choose either Cetaphil moisturizer or Neutrogena sensitive skin moisturizer.

Good to know that. Thank you for sharing!

Its applicable to both sex. Except products, balance foods, sufficient sleep, exercise and other fundamental things help to prevent acne and not only that, also promote healthy life.



with love,

Jinyee

No problem. Keep us updated. Note: Sharing is caring!

Yup, you are right. You shall begin to see obvious result after 2.5months.



Jinyee

Because there are internal bleeding inside. Therefore, mild and gentle cleanser is important, it did not overdry the skin which it may cause bleeding. Once you have acne, apply a generous amount of BP and massage gently on it. BP will dry the so-called ' sticky content ' inside in maybe 1-2 days. On the 3rd day, the acne should be dried up.

p/s: don't press or squeeze acne, just apply BP.


Jinyee