Need help with skinmaxxing (descriptive about my skin)

[Ocelot]

I don’t have anything I can give you if you help me, but if we meet IRL I will suck your micropenis.

Products I Currently Use (Useless): Neutrogena Visibly Clear Fine and Matte Cleanser, Himalaya Light Hydrating Gel Cream (moisturiser).

My Skin Issues:
- My skin gets oily (especially on the forehead, nose, and cheekbones) within a few hours of washing it.
- My skin texture is royally screwed. In certain bright lighting there are a million small pimples on my cheeks and forehead (thankfully they aren’t visible in normal room lighting jfl). A few of the pimples on my nose are ones that were way bigger before, became smaller, but never went away, some have been there for over a year (wtf?). I don’t have any scars. My skin in general just looks like shit.

My Habits: No dairy, I drink approx. a gallon of water daily.

So I plan to skin whiten too, so if anyone could recommend a skin care routine with products to make sure my skin doesn’t gets oily quickly, make me get Chico-tier skin, and skin whiten, I’ll be very appreciative.
@benignice

 

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[eduardkoopman]

Some thoughts

Products I Currently Use (Useless): Neutrogena Visibly Clear Fine and Matte Cleanser,

My Skin Issues:
- My skin gets oily (especially on the forehead, nose, and cheekbones) within a few hours of washing it.

Alot of washing products. Washing face with these products, make the skin temporairy dry. Triggering even more oil production, then you already have. Because that's how oild production work.
I would suggest. Only lightly wash face, with a little bit of soap. Not to much. Hopefully that will cause less oil production

- My skin texture is royally screwed. In certain bright lighting there are a million small pimples on my cheeks and forehead (thankfully they aren’t visible in normal room lighting jfl). A few of the pimples on my nose are ones that were way bigger before, became smaller, but never went away, some have been there for over a year (wtf?). I don’t have any scars. My skin in general just looks like shit.

Retin-A 0.025%
Made my skin very smooth. Great for pimples and unevenness.
Then you need to add sunblock though, daily.

 

[Ocelot]

Some thoughts


Alot of washing products. Washing face with these products, make the skin temporairy dry. Triggering even more oil production, then you already have. Because that's how oild production work.
I would suggest. Only lightly wash face, with a little bit of soap. Not to much. Hopefully that will cause less oil production



Retin-A 0.025%
Made my skin very smooth. Great for pimples and unevenness.
Then you need to add sunblock though, daily.

Yes, planning to go to a derm and get retin-a but soap? I’m pretty sure soap shouldn’t be used on the face.

 

[StuffedFrog]

I don’t have anything I can give you if you help me, but if we meet IRL I will suck your micropenis.

Products I Currently Use (Useless): Neutrogena Visibly Clear Fine and Matte Cleanser, Himalaya Light Hydrating Gel Cream (moisturiser).

My Skin Issues:
- My skin gets oily (especially on the forehead, nose, and cheekbones) within a few hours of washing it.
- My skin texture is royally screwed. In certain bright lighting there are a million small pimples on my cheeks and forehead (thankfully they aren’t visible in normal room lighting jfl). A few of the pimples on my nose are ones that were way bigger before, became smaller, but never went away, some have been there for over a year (wtf?). I don’t have any scars. My skin in general just looks like shit.

My Habits: No dairy, I drink approx. a gallon of water daily.

So I plan to skin whiten too, so if anyone could recommend a skin care routine with products to make sure my skin doesn’t gets oily quickly, make me get Chico-tier skin, and skin whiten, I’ll be very appreciative.
@benignice

We must give blood offerings to summon benice

 

[Gengar]

Yes, planning to go to a derm and get retin-a but soap? I’m pretty sure soap shouldn’t be used on the face.

ive been washing my face with antibacterial soap often and my skins gotten all dry and flaky. indeed, dont do that.

 

[Cope]

I would suggest. Only lightly wash face, with a little bit of soap. Not to much. Hopefully that will cause less oil production

Soap will dry out the face even worse

So I plan to skin whiten too, so if anyone could recommend a skin care routine with products to make sure my skin doesn’t gets oily quickly, make me get Chico-tier skin, and skin whiten, I’ll be very appreciative.
@benignice

To whiten the skin I would take oral Gluthianone (reduced form) and maybe Hydroquinone although I'm pretty sure it would be overkill.

 

[benignice]

Neutrogena Visibly Clear Fine and Matte Cleanser

If this is the pink grapefuit one then it is notoriously drying, so yes your skin will overproduce oil after washing to try to compensate.
Yes, soap (for the most part) is also going to dry the hell out of your skin. Try a more gentle cleanser.

Himalaya Light Hydrating Gel Cream

I've never tried this but from looking at it it looks like a decent basic moisturiser.

My skin texture is royally screwed. In certain bright lighting there are a million small pimples on my cheeks and forehead (thankfully they aren’t visible in normal room lighting jfl). A few of the pimples on my nose are ones that were way bigger before, became smaller, but never went away, some have been there for over a year (wtf?). I don’t have any scars. My skin in general just looks like shit.

Have you ever tried any AHAs?

 

[eduardkoopman]

Yes, planning to go to a derm and get retin-a

cool. I skipped the dermatologist, and got it "black-market", because here it's only in prescription. Recently a forum member from the same country as I, tried to get it through dermatologist, he got denied. And they tried to sell him some other stuff. LOL

but soap? I’m pretty sure soap shouldn’t be used on the face.

I dunno. I never read up on cleaning face. As long as it's little, so you don't trigger you oil production.
I wash with a little bit of soap, and alot of water. My skin is doing very well on that.

 

[Ocelot]

If this is the pink grapefuit one then it is notoriously drying, so yes your skin will overproduce oil after washing to try to compensate.
Yes, soap (for the most part) is also going to dry the hell out of your skin. Try a more gentle cleanser.

I've never tried this but from looking at it it looks like a decent basic moisturiser.

Have you ever tried any AHAs?

I’ll try CeraVe foaming cleanser because that’s recommend a lot. I’ve never tried AHAs. I guess I’ll include that in my routine. Any specific products for acne or whitening you’d recommend?

 

[eduardkoopman]

Soap will dry out the face even worse

Then what wash your face with?
These clensers don't dry out your skin?

 

[Uglyandfat]

Some thoughts


Alot of washing products. Washing face with these products, make the skin temporairy dry. Triggering even more oil production, then you already have. Because that's how oild production work.
I would suggest. Only lightly wash face, with a little bit of soap. Not to much. Hopefully that will cause less oil production



Retin-A 0.025%
Made my skin very smooth. Great for pimples and unevenness.
Then you need to add sunblock though, daily.

Does retin a make the skin flat (like all the tiny pimples n shit?) how long does it take to work?

 

[eduardkoopman]

Does retin a make the skin flat (like all the tiny pimples n shit?) how long does it take to work?

It's the greatest skin care product I have ever used. It's rediculous how great it is, imo. You only need to use little of it.

Does it make it flat?
Yes. It clears up all pimples. I never had much pimples. Once I started to apply skincare stuff to my face, I started getting pimples now an then. Not anymore, and it's 100% due to the retin-A.

how long does it take to work?
That's the difficult part, for most. It takes a long time for the skin to getused to.
I started it, because of anti-aging/collagen maxxing. So i was in it for the long run, from the get go.
For pimples and acne, it takes months.
This is like 1 month progress

 

[Uglyandfat]

It's the greatest skin care product I have ever used. It's rediculous how great it is, imo. You only need to use little of it.

Does it make it flat?
Yes. It clears up all pimples. I never had much pimples. Once I started to apply skincare stuff to my face, I started getting pimples now an then. Not anymore, and it's 100% due to the retin-A.

how long does it take to work?
That's the difficult part, for most. It takes a long time for the skin to getused to.
I started it, because of anti-aging/collagen maxxing. So i was in it for the long run, from the get go.
For pimples and acne, it takes months.
This is like 1 month progress

Image was deleted but could it close up pores and fix up wrinkles or is that too much of a stretch?

 

[eduardkoopman]

Image was deleted but could it close up pores and fix up wrinkles or is that too much of a stretch?

Helps with pores smaller and wrinkles.
Why?
RetinA =. Collagen maxxing. More elastic, youthful skin also

 

[je3oe]

imparator ibrahim tatlises. love it.

 

[diggbicc]

Some thoughts


Alot of washing products. Washing face with these products, make the skin temporairy dry. Triggering even more oil production, then you already have. Because that's how oild production work.
I would suggest. Only lightly wash face, with a little bit of soap. Not to much. Hopefully that will cause less oil production



Retin-A 0.025%
Made my skin very smooth. Great for pimples and unevenness.
Then you need to add sunblock though, daily.

can you tell the order of steps, with moisturizer, serum, retin a and sunscreen? which comes before the other

 

[eduardkoopman]

can you tell the order of steps, with moisturizer, serum, retin a and sunscreen? which comes before the other

Retin A, is only for the night. Not daytime. So retinA should only be part of the night/bedtime routine. i prefer "buffereing" for the night. So first mositerizer, let is sink in for like 15 minutes. And then RetinA

For daytime skincare order, I would make such.
1. serum first (needs to be absorbed in skin, deeply as possible)
2. moisteizer (to keep skin hydrated)
3. sunscreen (protection layer, thus needs to be on outside)

 

[diggbicc]

Retin A, is only for the night. Not daytime. So retinA should only be part of the night/bedtime routine. i prefer "buffereing" for the night. So first mositerizer, let is sink in for like 15 minutes. And then RetinA

For daytime skincare order, I would make such.
1. serum first (needs to be absorbed in skin, deeply as possible)
2. moisteizer (to keep skin hydrated)
3. sunscreen (protection layer, thus needs to be on outside)

oh and do we need to apply sunscreen indoors? I heard some people saying this

 

[eduardkoopman]

oh and do we need to apply sunscreen indoors? I heard some people saying this

IF youn use RetinA for the night,
Then use of sunblock every day (even indoors) is highly advised.

If you don't use retinA. You can be bit less carefull.
But as a basis, I agree with sunscreen use actually always.
Sunscreen use = collagen maxxing

Influence of sun exposure on the cutaneous collagen/elastin fibers and carotenoids: negative effects can be reduced by application of sunscreen - PubMed

Resonance Raman spectroscopy and multi-photon tomography were used in vivo to analyse the influence of sun exposure on the cutaneous carotenoids and collagen/elastin fibers. Comparing Berlin (low sun exposure) and Monegasque (high sun exposure) volunteers, it could be demonstrated that extended...

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Anti-aging and Sunscreens: Paradigm Shift in Cosmetics

make sure you get your Vitamine D. In other ways,. Or sun with other skin parts a bit. Like leggs orso.

 

[Deleted member 6113]

I’ll try CeraVe foaming cleanser because that’s recommend a lot. I’ve never tried AHAs. I guess I’ll include that in my routine. Any specific products for acne or whitening you’d recommend?

dermatologist recommend against "foaming" cleansers.