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Hey everyone, you all probably know me either by my melasyl thread or PN thread. (or just never heard of me).
im here now to inform with updates with my acne and acne scar journey.
So for reference this was my skin:
Well, it was after I got my acne cleared. When I had acne I didn’t really take photos of my self, so this is the best I can provide:
You can barely see anything, but it was bad to the point I was made fun of it everyday.
I fixed my diet, took probiotics and I got no response, so I knew it wasn’t cause of my diet or gut health.
I did skincare, did get positive response but it came back even worse.
Went deeper into the rabbit hole of skin and formulated a skincare routine for acne-prone skin, got in contact with a dermatologist, got prescribed 0.05 Tretinoin and then I asked for 5mg Isotretinoin. And guess what? it completely cleared my skin, only type of lesions I get are inflamed lesions due to ingrown hairs from my beard hairs (i swear i’m this close booking a laser appointment).
After that, I was left with acne scarring, and it was bad. extremely bad, I had tissue loss and it was a mix of every scarring possible. My dermatologist said that they can start treatment with CO2 laser on June which is extremely close to graduation so either I skip out or cope.
But, this is when I got into DIYing treatments.
I bought myself a microneedling device, got syringes, numbing cream and a pdrn based serum.
I microneedled 3 times with a pdrn serum, 1mm spaced out every week.
Then I did 2 sessions of mesotherapy with the PDRN serum where I directly injected under the scar.
I also did PDO mono threads to pull the scars and my lips to widen them via stretching.
this was during mesotherapy, pretty gross cause it raises the skin and forms a bump.
this was during microneedling, I probably bled a lot cause I drank a energy drink and then took ibuprofen WHICH YOU SHOULDN’T DO, especially caffeine which can inhibit enzymes and anti-oxidants needed for collagen 1 formation (the collagen responsible for wound healing).
I took this 3 days after microneedling, second session. I literally thought I was dreaming because of the substantial difference. (my face is red cause I swam that day and took a hot shower afterwards).
You can clearly see some scars are gone and some have been nicely filled in.
After I did one more session and then did 2 sessions of mesotherapy, all done by my self.
Now, this is what you all have been waiting for, my skin now.
If you think i’m frauding or whatever, I posted a tiktok video where it shows me in motion.
I’ll link it here…
I still have some little icepick scars which I will be doing TCA peels for as it can reach deep into those type of scars and i still will be doing CO2 laser since my dermatologist said that if the nose is treated it can tighten pores which can visibly make the nose smaller.
I instantly said yes as my nose is pretty large so this is a must for me.
Thank you for reading! (Hopefully the format is somewhat readable ).
im here now to inform with updates with my acne and acne scar journey.
BACKGROUND:
So for reference this was my skin:
Well, it was after I got my acne cleared. When I had acne I didn’t really take photos of my self, so this is the best I can provide:
You can barely see anything, but it was bad to the point I was made fun of it everyday.
HOW I FIXED IT:
I fixed my diet, took probiotics and I got no response, so I knew it wasn’t cause of my diet or gut health.
I did skincare, did get positive response but it came back even worse.
Went deeper into the rabbit hole of skin and formulated a skincare routine for acne-prone skin, got in contact with a dermatologist, got prescribed 0.05 Tretinoin and then I asked for 5mg Isotretinoin. And guess what? it completely cleared my skin, only type of lesions I get are inflamed lesions due to ingrown hairs from my beard hairs (i swear i’m this close booking a laser appointment).
After that, I was left with acne scarring, and it was bad. extremely bad, I had tissue loss and it was a mix of every scarring possible. My dermatologist said that they can start treatment with CO2 laser on June which is extremely close to graduation so either I skip out or cope.
But, this is when I got into DIYing treatments.
I bought myself a microneedling device, got syringes, numbing cream and a pdrn based serum.
I microneedled 3 times with a pdrn serum, 1mm spaced out every week.
Then I did 2 sessions of mesotherapy with the PDRN serum where I directly injected under the scar.
I also did PDO mono threads to pull the scars and my lips to widen them via stretching.
this was during mesotherapy, pretty gross cause it raises the skin and forms a bump.
this was during microneedling, I probably bled a lot cause I drank a energy drink and then took ibuprofen WHICH YOU SHOULDN’T DO, especially caffeine which can inhibit enzymes and anti-oxidants needed for collagen 1 formation (the collagen responsible for wound healing).
I took this 3 days after microneedling, second session. I literally thought I was dreaming because of the substantial difference. (my face is red cause I swam that day and took a hot shower afterwards).
You can clearly see some scars are gone and some have been nicely filled in.
After I did one more session and then did 2 sessions of mesotherapy, all done by my self.
Now, this is what you all have been waiting for, my skin now.
If you think i’m frauding or whatever, I posted a tiktok video where it shows me in motion.
I’ll link it here…
I still have some little icepick scars which I will be doing TCA peels for as it can reach deep into those type of scars and i still will be doing CO2 laser since my dermatologist said that if the nose is treated it can tighten pores which can visibly make the nose smaller.
I instantly said yes as my nose is pretty large so this is a must for me.
Thank you for reading! (Hopefully the format is somewhat readable ).