Bad Skin

Zhane

anyone know how to get good skin on your face?

Stark

Rent out silence of the lambs, I think they explain how in that.

Oh you want your own skin to be good.

Pay attention to diet. What do you mean by bad skin? Acne, redness, puffiness, blotches?

Oriel

Water, water, water.

Zhane

sorry yeah...Acne is the main problem, but also black head, i dont have much but they always come up on my cheeks i get of one set, and another set just come up a few weeks later

Stark

Cut down on sugar rich foods especially chocolate.

Cream wise I find Quinoderm cream works great. It has the same active ingredient as panoxyl cream but in an non-alchoholic base so you don't smell like whiskey after using it

shifty sparrow

Make up a solution of tea tree oil and water.
About 10 drops tea tree oil in a cup of water. Dab it on the area sparingly after you wash your face.
it worked for a treat for me.
Too much will dry your skin so beware

Sleepy

Stop consuming the 5 C's

Coffee
Coke
Chocolate
Crisps
Chips

Drink lots of water. Wash regularly (maybe a bit obvious but it should be pointed out). Try to eat as healthily as possible, e.g. chargrilled chicken and salad/pasta as opposed to burger and chips/pizza...

Stark

Don't touch them, it's tempting to burst them, but with that quinoderm cream stuff the spot will recede in a matter of hours. Get out of the habit of touching your face as well. This spreads bacteria all over your face. Change your pillow case regularly.

cruiserweight

Depends on how bad your acne is???

If it is that bad you should go to the doctor, and if it warrants it you will probably be sent to a dermatologist. If your acne is bad then changing your diet or drinking lots of water will not help.

I am speaking from experience, I had very bad acne when I was younger, and tried everything and nothing worked until I went to the doctor who sent me to a dermatologist and the problem was solved.

Of course if it is just the occasional spot then changes in diet and water would help, and don't go a doctor it will only waste time and money.

Sleepy

Try changing your diet etc. before visiting a doctor. A lot of the time, they'll just prescribe something and advise you to change your diet. IMHO, most of the time, this isn't necessary. I spent a year on Accutane and it fairly fucked me up emotionally without actually doing ANYTHING for my spots. I gave it up and altered my diet and my skin has been reasonable ever since.

alienhead

try st ives facial scrub, best face wash i've used.

also, good diet and exercise, i believe sweating is good for the pores.

ravenhead

Try getting yeast from a health shop . take a teaspoon of it. add a tiny bit of water to it until you get a light paste & then apply it to the area before you go to bed - that will dry up the acne ... for the blackheads. start going to the sauna or steaming your face.. then just pop them ... after a couple of weeks of going to the sauna you'll see a huge difference.... Best of Luck;)

D

Hmmm, anyone know a good way to reduce existing black heads, don't suffer from acne but have blackheads around my nose?

alienhead

try st ives facial scrub, this got rid of black heads on my nose.

Originally posted by D
Hmmm, anyone know a good way to reduce existing black heads, don't suffer from acne but have blackheads around my nose?

D

Thank you, being a man (well liking to think of myself as one, when it suits me) and not knowing this where would i find these things and i assume there is a generic facial scrub incase i can't find those?

banquo

being a man and not knowing this

i feel your pain. try making a 'gay' friend, its worked wonders for me; he knows everything! much less beardrash on me since i got to know him...


that stuff? try Boots for hte St Ives stuff, and Quinoderm can be purchased at your local chemist (or, at the very least, my local chemist.

if that doesnt work, try 'Benzemin'. amazing stuff; its the paint stripper of face-care. should be able to get it in the chemist..

SprostonGreen

If you've got acne, then.............

Go to your doctor. He or she can prescribe antibiotics, the first of which is called Oxytetracylcline, speaking from experience that cleared it up only for it to come back again.

I went through a few other kinds(the names escape me now, except for Hostacycline) until I ended up taking Roaccutane.

That stuff cleared it and it has never come back. It has a reputation for causing depression, but it only did with me towards the end when I went from 20mg up to 80mg per day. I eventually had to take it at night, so I'd sleep through it.

That said, I've no hesitation in recommending it.

Feel free to pm if you'd like.

senordingdong

Not really...it was proven only a while ago that acne and spots in general are caused by hormones not diet. So you could live off chocolate and not wash your face ever and it wouldnt make a difference.

Sleepy

senor. Healthy diet will give you better skin. It's a fact of life. If you live on terrible food, your body will be in a bad state in general. Also, eating greasy foods will give you greasy skin which will increase the amount of spots you get. True, even eating a perfect diet you'll still get the odd few spots. Tis better than having a rake of them though...

cruiserweight

In general if you have very bad acne diet is not that much of a contributing factor, it is hormones.

Bad diet and not washing will cause one or two spots, and likewise in the majority of cases good diet and washing will only prevent one or two spots.

Speaking from experience roaccutane was the only thing that solved the problem for me. The same for my brother!!!

If you have any questions feel free to pm me!

Stark

From what I've heard there are new acne drugs that aren't as aggressive as roaccutane. Is that true?

banquo

i cant believe im being sucked into this, but are there any hard drugs that aren't aimed at clearing away acne, but will give you much healthier skin in general?

too_much

There's very little scientific evidence to link the likes of chocolate to spots, this is mostly media-hype to try to improve people's diets.

I suffered with spots for about 4 years in total - I still do, but nothing worth fretting over. What I do is drink plenty of water (Volvic is my personal preference ) cut down a little on soft-drinks, and also I wash thoroughly with Biactol 3-in-1 facewash twice a day. I never trusted products like that, I assumed it was all hype, but it's great stuff. Cleanses deep, keeps the pores clean and really freshens you up.

I used to squeeze the very bad ones, because otherwise they just go green and you look like a tramp - The trick is leaving alone the ones that are deep under the skin. I know how tempting it is to attack them, and constantly touch them - believe me I fell into that psychological trap many a time, but leave the deep ones, no matter how much they hurt!

For a while I was on tablets and a really strong gel cream stuff from the local GP. It's made with like 5% of some kind of bleach and worked wonders for cutting down on grease.

My spots gave me one HELL of a complex, so I know how it can get you mate... I used to wear a scarf over my lower face all the time, even in spring around school and my mates, because I was embarassed and ashamed.

Sounds crazy I know, but it's a real psychological beating for some people, and I've never had much self-confidence as it is!

Just persevere, push through it, and you'll be fine. As someone already said, it's mainly down to hormones. For example, I get most spots when I have tons of deadlines approaching, or exams; the stress produces extra... erm... grease? Lol, I'm no scientist, but trust me it will get better

Regards,
too_much

PrecariousNuts

Bit of a pain in the ass eh? I don't drink any soft drinks whatsoever ( I think the last time I had one was 3 years ago ) I drink an abnormal amount of water, no chocolate and yet I still get spots. They aren't too bad, and my skin isn't greasy its mainly just redness. Any suggestions?

too_much

How old are you mate? My worst were aged 14 - 17 and I'm 18 and a half now, and they're hardly a problem, which is what leads me to believe it was largely hormones, latter stages of puberty etc...

Plus some people are just plagued by them as a problem, like Cameron Diaz. If you're young though, they don't sound bad anyway so just hang in there and get a good cleanser - The gritty ones that rip the pores to pieces

regards
too_much

Stark

I'm 22 and I still get the bloody things, even though I diet well and exercise well. Quinoderm cream keeps them at bay. Also I make sure to wash my forehead well after using conditioner as conditioner blocks your pores. I used to get millions of huge fecking spots on my forehead before.

Flashling

I used to have really bad skin, and cover it up with make up, but that made it worse, but now I use quinoderm for fast, effective relif when I need it most!Soz, It does work though, the face wash is great, and that 5% bleach thing works too. Its called panoxol and comes in a 10%strenght too. But start on the 5%. I made the mistake of useing the other one, and I have sensitive skin, my face became bright red and then peeled and looked like dandruff. right before my school fashion show. Which I was in. Also moistureise. It might seem like the wrong thing to do, But it really helps.
Sudocream on bad ones clears them up. The possibilitys are endless!:D

banquo

heres a tip for those who get beardrash:

1. before you shave, boil a kettle of water.
2. leave the water to cool a bitwhile you're shaving.
3. when finished shaving, and before you've dried ur face, replace hte water in hte sink with water from the kettle.
4. dip the corner of a towel in the water (should still be real hot), dab it onto the red parts of face and neck.


the hot water will pull the blood out of hte skin. works wonders. do it regularly.

also, do not shave against the 'grain', it really pisses off your skin.

Zoton

Foods heavy in wheat are a contributing factor in acne. Cut down on foods such as pasta, bread, potatoes etc. Wholegrain wheat is okay apparently.

fitz

I've been washing my face and body with shampoo for years, and it's bloody great.
Might not work for you, but it's worth a try...