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Wed Jan 28, 2015 4:09 pm  |
| I have closed comedones all over my face. They are really really small but visible with makeup and in good lighting. I have had them now for 4 years. I don't know why I have them all over I may have hundreds of tiny ones! Has anyone had experience with this and been successful in getting rid of them and smoothing out the skin? Any advice? |
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Fri Jan 30, 2015 7:07 am |
im going through the same thing! my pores are extremely tight and closed but seem to have clogged stuff under neath and its so visible in some lighting and makes my foundation look awful but they are really so tiny i dont exactly know what you could call them. Ive read about keratosis pilaris etc and dont think that fits to what these are.
Atm im trying out a urea cream from eucerin. And ultrasonic exfoliation as im scared of putting too many diff topicals on my skin and not knowing whats causing these clogs. |
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Fri Jan 30, 2015 7:56 pm |
| khaleesi wrote: |
im going through the same thing! my pores are extremely tight and closed but seem to have clogged stuff under neath and its so visible in some lighting and makes my foundation look awful but they are really so tiny i dont exactly know what you could call them. Ive read about keratosis pilaris etc and dont think that fits to what these are.
Atm im trying out a urea cream from eucerin. And ultrasonic exfoliation as im scared of putting too many diff topicals on my skin and not knowing whats causing these clogs. |
Hi khaleesi. Does it look like this or different than this picture?
http://i.imgur.com/68DN6WZ.jpg |
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Sat Jan 31, 2015 4:44 am |
yes thats what i have! i also have this with acne too  i had luck with AHA smoothing the appearance of them but by the next day my skin practically looked the same again. What skin products are you using? |
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Sat Jan 31, 2015 5:17 pm |
| khaleesi wrote: |
| yes thats what i have! i also have this with acne too i had luck with AHA smoothing the appearance of them but by the next day my skin practically looked the same again. What skin products are you using? |
How long have you had the bumps? I too wondered about keratosis pilaris, but don't feel it is the same thing. Do you have keratosis pilaris on your body anywhere?
I understand exactly what you mean about exfoliation temporarily helping. My bumps seem to go down overnight while I sleep and I awake to almost smooth skin because the bumps are much smaller, but they eventually poke out as time goes on. Same happens after exfoliation a few hours later. I find this aspect extremely weird and baffling.
Have you had any other sensations on your skin? Do you have an pink or redness where the bumps are?
If you don't mind, maybe we can discuss to see what products we have used or anything we might have done before these bumps formed to figure out what common ground we have....
Would you be able to tell me what products- skin care and make-up you can remember using before the bumps were noticed? Go back even a year or two before the bumps showed up and please let me know what products you can remember using. Also, if you took any medication and supplements or had changes in diet.
Current products I'm using is micellar water to remove makeup and then use as a toner by doubling up. And then I moisturize with a rich cream called Nivea COq10. In the day I use Eucerin Daily Protection Sunscreen Lotion on face under make-up.
I had been using a mild cleanser by Mario Badescu which is their acne cleanser and has a small amount of salicylic acid as well to do a better cleaning job. But I think the cleanser might be breaking me out! Which I guess means I have issues with BHA...
Otherwise, I noticed the best result from yogurt masks....and I've tried to figure out why. The bumps temporarily disappear and the skin seems happier but it doesn't last too long, but I think in the long run it helped die down the bumps a decent amount but it's just too slow of a process.
That's really it. I keep it super simple because I'm paranoid lol.
But I have tried a LOT or products. Most of them I stopped use after a week or so because I can read my skin very well. |
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Sat Jan 31, 2015 5:58 pm |
It's a bit up and down with when ive had more bumps and when i havent. Ive always noticed ive had slightly bumpy texture even before i started to look after my skin (and i had no problems what so ever so i left it alone to do its own thing lol) it was just when i started getting acne that things got worse at times with the bumps.
This week has been especially bad i think it may be something to do with a retinol product i used Indeed labs retinol reface its called and i used the cellular skin rx c+ firming serum. I believe this could be why ive had lots of recent clogs and also i tried out cerave moisturising cream last week too for a few nights (but it felt rather drying and i stopped). Stupidly i have gone in too fast trying to treat my sensitive skin, acne and antiaging all at the same time and using too many products to know whats really working! So this week ive gone back to scratch, no vit c, no retinol and keeping on with cetaphil moisturising cream, hydrating cleanser and doing ultrasonic exfoliation until i work out if those two products clog me or not.
All i can tell you is for over half a year since i believe ive noticed more bumps ive used a number of things, cerave hydrating cleanser, cetaphil moisturising cream, cerave pm, vit c serum, retinol reface, PC 5% aha, PC 1% bha, emu oil. Think that is pretty much everything and ive always been paranoid they are all clogging me i just cant work out if they are or not or if something else is making this happen to my skin!
As for the keratosis pilaris i used to get it bad and not too long ago (sometime this year) i got a spell of it on the back of my arms which suddenly went down all of a sudden but i still have very slight bumps and actually the other week my mums fiance said you look cold, he could see bumps on my arm skin and i was at that moment boiling hot! So there is something going on with my skin on my body and i dont really treat that with anything every single day. Some of them are a bit pink and red and some not.
As for makeup i dont wear it often at the moment and because my skincare has been hectic i cant really pinpoint when and where things got worse when using a foundation or anything I think im going to have to start writing a diary of what im doing.
Maybe its not the BHA you are reacting too? I have sensitive skin but when my skins feeling good i can tolerate the PC bha 1% lotion. I have been looking up alot to do with skin bumps its usually recommended aha's, bha's, urea, lactic acid...etc basically acids lol Do you believe something you are using now might be clogging you? |
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Sat Jan 31, 2015 6:02 pm |
| Oh also changes in diet. Well i became healthier for one thing! lol Baffles me. Drank alot of bottled water, i did drink alot of diet coke at one point but practically stopped now but the bumps are still there! I have been on antidepressants for a few years so im not sure if they could have contributed but im off them now so we shall see! |
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Sat Jan 31, 2015 6:04 pm |
sorry also i use argan oil at the moment to remove makeup and then use garnier micellar water to take off the excess of the oil, then on with my cleanser. Sorry its 1am here and bit tired think my mind skipped parts of your message  Woops x
just reading this http://www.skinacea.com/how-to/clear-clogged-pores.html#.VM18WGjkfRM |
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Sat Jan 31, 2015 7:36 pm |
| khaleesi wrote: |
sorry also i use argan oil at the moment to remove makeup and then use garnier micellar water to take off the excess of the oil, then on with my cleanser. Sorry its 1am here and bit tired think my mind skipped parts of your message Woops x
just reading this http://www.skinacea.com/how-to/clear-clogged-pores.html#.VM18WGjkfRM |
Hello!
I think I clogged my pores over years, over time. I used two make-ups that I think caused the issue. One of them has some interesting ingredients and also includes mineral oil. I'm not sure if maybe I have an issue with mineral oil but I'm trying to not use anything with it now that I realized this. Also, the other was Bare Minerals which I used only a few months ironically prior to breaking out with the bumps. I found out bismuth oxychloride can be really bad for some people.
Argan oil seems to break me out a little so I can't use it.
I think it's a bacteria or maybe even fungal or yeast related issue. Your old diet doesn't seem like it would cause the problems. What anitdepressants did you take? I have anxiety but didn't take anything for it. I did take birth control Yaz though and have taken antibiotics not long before I had these bumps show up.
I don't think anything I currently use is clogging my skin, but I'm not absolutely positive.
All the products you listed sound like a lot and a lot of exfoliation, perhaps you really dried out your skin and also damaged the barrier. Maybe you could try just using some glycerin based moisturizer, the micellar water, and some lactic acid mask for exfoliation once or twice a week. Maybe just keep it simple for a while?
How is the emu oil? I've thought of trying it. |
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Sun Feb 01, 2015 5:28 am |
I believe mine have built up too over time but sometimes looked better and sometimes worse and then something recently made more!
How do we know if its a bacteria/ fungal thing? I had read on i think acne.org someone putting some fungal stuff on their face for bumps but im really not sure if this would be a long term thing or what.
Yeah i think you are right, i did too much too soon to my skin, my skin definately didnt like the vitamin c the next morning parts of skin where my pores are larger around the edges of the pores the skin looked raised up like it was slightly swollen :S So not trying that again for a while. I think you are right keep it simple and see how it goes, im going to have a look for a moisturiser thats not got too many pore clogging ingredients if i can, might try a BHA product too (according to that site i sent the link of) it said to keep skin moisturised, take makeup off well, use less pore clogging ingredients and then try a BHA. What are you going to try?
The emu oil is good but it wasnt hydrating enough for me but i know alot with dry skin find it hydrating. It really does soak in well but i did think it clogged me and broke me out a little. I still use it on my stretchmarks i have i use with a little vitamin e |
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Sun Feb 01, 2015 5:17 pm |
I wonder if it is possible that the bumps are sebaceous hyperplasia especially since you mention that the "edges of the pores look raised up".  |
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Mon Feb 02, 2015 11:49 am |
| khaleesi wrote: |
I believe mine have built up too over time but sometimes looked better and sometimes worse and then something recently made more!
How do we know if its a bacteria/ fungal thing? I had read on i think acne.org someone putting some fungal stuff on their face for bumps but im really not sure if this would be a long term thing or what.
Yeah i think you are right, i did too much too soon to my skin, my skin definately didnt like the vitamin c the next morning parts of skin where my pores are larger around the edges of the pores the skin looked raised up like it was slightly swollen :S So not trying that again for a while. I think you are right keep it simple and see how it goes, im going to have a look for a moisturiser thats not got too many pore clogging ingredients if i can, might try a BHA product too (according to that site i sent the link of) it said to keep skin moisturised, take makeup off well, use less pore clogging ingredients and then try a BHA. What are you going to try?
The emu oil is good but it wasnt hydrating enough for me but i know alot with dry skin find it hydrating. It really does soak in well but i did think it clogged me and broke me out a little. I still use it on my stretchmarks i have i use with a little vitamin e |
I had tried a fungal cream once but didn't try it long enough. I guess I should maybe give it a shot again. Models I've heard use fungal cream on their face, it's a secret weapon of theirs I had read this online somewhere through a popular magazine.
My skin looks oddly better without moisturizer, but then it gets really dry and tight. I think I'm gonna look into the fungal cream again.
I was thinking to myself yesterday, this may be a farfetched thought but do you think mabye we might actually have trouble with glycerin? Which is in almost every skin care product. If you could list some products names you have use and makeup so I could check out the ingredients, that would help. |
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Mon Feb 02, 2015 1:49 pm |
What fungal cream will you give a try? I cant really see any for the face maybe i havent looked hard enough. Sure i can list some up tomorrow you could be right. I know my skin doesnt particularly like glycerin in larger amounts at least when i tried water and glycerin on its own in a spray bottle, it stung my skin!
I will compile a list of stuff and see if any of them have glycerin |
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Wed Feb 04, 2015 6:10 am |
ok so as of recently i have used...
cerave hydrating cleanser
Purified Water, Glycerin, Behentrimonium Methosulfate and Cetearyl Alcohol, Ceramide 3, Ceramide 6-II, Ceramide 1, Hyaluronic Acid, Cholesterol, Polyoxyl 40 Stearate, Glyceryl Monostearate, Stearyl Alcohol, Polysorbate 20, Potassium Phosphate, Dipotassium Phosphate, Sodium Lauroyl Lactylate, Cetyl Alcohol, Disodium EDTA, Phytosphingosine, Methylparaben, Propylparaben, Carbomer, Xanthan Gum
cerave pm lotion
Purified Water, Glycerin, Caprylic/Capric Triglycerides, Niacinamide, Behentrimonium Methosulfate and Cetearyl Alcohol, Ceteareth-20 and Cetearyl Alcohol, Ceramide 3, Ceramide 6-II, Ceramide 1, Phytosphingosine, Hyaluronic Acid, Cholesterol, Dimethicone, Polyglyceryl-3 Diisostearate, Potassium Phosphate, Dipotassium Phosphate, Sodium Lauroyl Lactylate, Disodium EDTA, Methylparaben, Propylparaben, Carbomer, Xanthan Gum
cerave moisturising cream
Purified Water, Glycerin, Ceteareth-20 and Cetearyl Alcohol, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Behentrimonium Methosulfate and Cetearyl Alcohol, Cetyl Alcohol, Ceramide 3, Ceramide 6-II, Ceramide 1, Hyaluronic Acid, Cholesterol, Petrolatum, Dimethicone, Potassium Phosphate, Dipotassium Phosphate, Sodium Lauroyl Lactylate, Disodium EDTA, Phenoxyethanol, Methylparaben, Propylparaben, Phytosphingosine, Carbomer, Xanthan Gum
cetaphil moisturising cream
Water, glycerin, petrolatum, dicaprylyl ether, dimethicone, glyceryl stearate, cetyl acohol, prunus amygdalus dulcis (sweet almond) oil, PEG-30 stearate, tocopheryl acetate, acrylates/C10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer, dimethiconol, benzyl alcohol, phenoxyethanol, methylparaben, propylparaben, glyceryl acrylate/acrylic acid copolymer, propylene glycol, disodium EDTA, sodium hydroxide.
PC bha 1% lotion
Aqua, Cetyl Alcohol (emollient/thickener), Butylene Glycol (water-binding agent), PPG-14 Butyl Ether (thickener), Salicylic Acid (Beta Hydroxy Acid, exfoliant), Allantoin (anti-irritant), Avena Sativa (Oat) Kernel Extract (anti-irritant), Alteromonas Ferment Extract (water-binding agent), Dimethicone (silicone slip agent), Dimethiconol (silicone slip agent), Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride (emollient/skin-repairing ingredient), Glycerin (skin-repairing ingredient), Cucumis Sativus (Cucumber) Fruit Extract (antioxidant), PEG-40 Stearate (thickener), Sorbitan Stearate (thickener), PVM/MA Decadiene Crosspolymer (film-forming agent), Neopentyl Glycol Diheptanoate (skin-conditioning agent), Polyacrylate-13 (film-forming agent), Polyisobutene (thickener), Polysorbate 20 (emulsifier), Sodium Hydroxide (pH adjuster), Benzoic Acid (preservative), Dehydroacetic Acid (preservative), Phenoxyethanol (preservative).
cellular skin rx c+ firming serum
l-ascorbic acid, butylene glycol |
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Wed Feb 04, 2015 6:13 am |
im certain its either the vitamin c serum or the cerave cream that had given me all these extra bumps last week though!
Think i will try exfoliate with my BHA again everywhere apart from my forehead and on my forehead try the Eucerin moisturiser with urea because apparently that works similar to BHA.
All those products do have glycerin in though you are right. |
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Wed Feb 04, 2015 7:18 am |
| http://www.skintactix.com/acne_&_essential_fatty_acids.htm i was just reading this...mentions too much oleic acid could cause drier blockages in the skin (and also cause irritation) which maybe could be causing our bumps? Im going to see what ingredients in the skincare are high in oleic acid. Im sure i read almond oil was and that is in my cetaphil cream. |
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Wed Feb 04, 2015 5:34 pm |
| khaleesi wrote: |
| http://www.skintactix.com/acne_&_essential_fatty_acids.htm i was just reading this...mentions too much oleic acid could cause drier blockages in the skin (and also cause irritation) which maybe could be causing our bumps? Im going to see what ingredients in the skincare are high in oleic acid. Im sure i read almond oil was and that is in my cetaphil cream. |
Being that the vitamin c serum has two ingredients, I doubt it's the serum. It might have caused irritation though if your skin didn't like vitamin c on it and maybe irritation exacerbated bumps. But I would lean toward the cetaphil for sure. Actually, I had more bumps occur from cetaphil cream I'm remembering now...I've tried so many products it's hard to remember sometimes! But I do remember that and when I checked the ingredients the one thing that stood out to me was the almond oil so since then I decided most oils are no bueno for me. Ok, I'm going to check out these products your posted and compare and do so research, will write back soon!
In the meantime, can I ask if you get frequent yeast infections? If you have ever had fungal issues. Candida? Taken antibiotics often?
Do you drink alcohol? Does your skin get worse after drinking?
Does your skin itch? Do you ever have any other type of sensations on your skin? |
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Thu Feb 05, 2015 5:56 am |
Not sure, i heard other's can get clogged up with vit c in it or at least cause blackheads and some of my bumps do look black and usually the bumps arent. Maybe it was the high amount of the butylene glycol this time around. I should have added the ingredients for the indeedlabs retinol reface but i had actually been for a while trialing it on my forehead with no particular difference in bumps so im wondering if it wasnt that.
Maybe it is the cetaphil! But it does a damn good job at keeping me less dry. Although not so good job of late i woke up today and my skin felt dry where as when i started it along time ago my skin felt plump and amazing! I always spray a little distilled water on my face before i put it on so it can sink into my skin.
And no i never get yeast infections or fungal. Never taken antibiotics ever (aslong as ive been able to remember anyway). Barely ever drink alcohol anymore.
I do have highly sensitive skin, i itch usually when i come into contact with water, not quite sure what exactly it is whether its to do with heat or not. Sometimes the trickling of the water over my skin sensation can start me itching(when i wash face with water and splashes then trickling down my neck can make my neck itch quite bad) I have recently a tiny bit of eczema on my hand that keeps on flaring up (haven't had eczema since i was a one figure number) im 25 now btw. There is obviously something changed in me that is causing these things. Recently i had come off anti-depressants too, but ive been on them for years and years and my acne and bumps have been present along time.
I have an egg allergy that's lessened over the years but i still cant tolerate it in food it just makes me feel sick and unsettled for alot of the day if i eat anything with it. Also very mild oral allery syndrome, fresh fruit and veg can make my mouth itch (sometimes not at all and sometimes alot) canned, cooked, frozen dont seem to bother me so i try stick to that mainly all though i am a sucker for a banana and i often do feel a bit of a sensation in my mouth with that. I should really try maybe cutting it out or cooking it instead to eat. It does worry me that in skincare products theres you know, cucumber extract etc...cucumber is definately something that irritates my mouth, so would cucumber extract for example actually be irritating to my skin? It's not like its all of the cucumber (apparently its the proteins or something that cause the reaction). I remember trying cucumber on my eyes as a kid and my eyes and skin around it becoming really sore and stingy! Also tried honey on my face a few years ago and it burned! Sorry maybe given a bit too much info but if anything springs to mind that any of this could mean then
How about you do you have any allergies ? I really do believe this must be an internal thing. Even the skin on my body is very slightly bumpy. My mum's fiance said i looked cold i had goosebumps on my arms other day but i was actually boiling hot and it made me realise they were actually big enough to be noticed. Although it had never really bothered me. I dont use anything on my body as of yet really i only use a bit of moisturiser every few days and exfoliate with a baiden mitten. I did have bumps and a bit of KP on the back of them at odd times in my life but it went away quick and is just very tiny bumps now. But obviously still big enough to be noticed!
One question what is your skin type? Mine has always been dry/sensitive its never changed. |
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Thu Feb 05, 2015 5:59 am |
| Oh and another thing with the almond oil...when i was younger my mouth would itch quite a bit eating almonds but it doesnt so much now but it does worry me that maybe my skin cant handle it though. Even if its a slight bit of irritation that you ar barely able to tell..its still irritation and could cause some problems right? |
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Thu Feb 05, 2015 12:59 pm |
| khaleesi wrote: |
Not sure, i heard other's can get clogged up with vit c in it or at least cause blackheads and some of my bumps do look black and usually the bumps arent. Maybe it was the high amount of the butylene glycol this time around. I should have added the ingredients for the indeedlabs retinol reface but i had actually been for a while trialing it on my forehead with no particular difference in bumps so im wondering if it wasnt that.
Maybe it is the cetaphil! But it does a damn good job at keeping me less dry. Although not so good job of late i woke up today and my skin felt dry where as when i started it along time ago my skin felt plump and amazing! I always spray a little distilled water on my face before i put it on so it can sink into my skin.
And no i never get yeast infections or fungal. Never taken antibiotics ever (aslong as ive been able to remember anyway). Barely ever drink alcohol anymore.
I do have highly sensitive skin, i itch usually when i come into contact with water, not quite sure what exactly it is whether its to do with heat or not. Sometimes the trickling of the water over my skin sensation can start me itching(when i wash face with water and splashes then trickling down my neck can make my neck itch quite bad) I have recently a tiny bit of eczema on my hand that keeps on flaring up (haven't had eczema since i was a one figure number) im 25 now btw. There is obviously something changed in me that is causing these things. Recently i had come off anti-depressants too, but ive been on them for years and years and my acne and bumps have been present along time.
I have an egg allergy that's lessened over the years but i still cant tolerate it in food it just makes me feel sick and unsettled for alot of the day if i eat anything with it. Also very mild oral allery syndrome, fresh fruit and veg can make my mouth itch (sometimes not at all and sometimes alot) canned, cooked, frozen dont seem to bother me so i try stick to that mainly all though i am a sucker for a banana and i often do feel a bit of a sensation in my mouth with that. I should really try maybe cutting it out or cooking it instead to eat. It does worry me that in skincare products theres you know, cucumber extract etc...cucumber is definately something that irritates my mouth, so would cucumber extract for example actually be irritating to my skin? It's not like its all of the cucumber (apparently its the proteins or something that cause the reaction). I remember trying cucumber on my eyes as a kid and my eyes and skin around it becoming really sore and stingy! Also tried honey on my face a few years ago and it burned! Sorry maybe given a bit too much info but if anything springs to mind that any of this could mean then
How about you do you have any allergies ? I really do believe this must be an internal thing. Even the skin on my body is very slightly bumpy. My mum's fiance said i looked cold i had goosebumps on my arms other day but i was actually boiling hot and it made me realise they were actually big enough to be noticed. Although it had never really bothered me. I dont use anything on my body as of yet really i only use a bit of moisturiser every few days and exfoliate with a baiden mitten. I did have bumps and a bit of KP on the back of them at odd times in my life but it went away quick and is just very tiny bumps now. But obviously still big enough to be noticed!
One question what is your skin type? Mine has always been dry/sensitive its never changed. |
Alcohol actually makes my skin look better, after I drink it the bumps seems to flatten out a lot, skin looks smooth but lasts like 1 or 2 days depending on how much I drank lol. I don't really have itching. No allergies whatsoever. If I have an allergy to a skin care ingredient, I really wouldn't know. I don't believe I do. I think I just have skin sensitivity or get irritation from certain ingredients in products. I have witnessed no correlation to what I eat with my skin. I seem to not have issues with anything I eat so I have for a long time thought it's not related to my diet.
My skin used to be oily and somewhat sensitive but I could do a lot to my skin and really beat it up and it would bounce back to normal. Then when it changed it became even oilier and orange colored almost, skin felt tight at the same time like it was dry, and I had a LOT of crawling sensations on my face like little bugs were walking around even in my eyebrows and lashes and scalp and little on rest of body. That oiliness went away and the crawling (although the crawling does happen once in a blue moon and i am not certain what causes it to happen) and now my skin is very dry and very sensitive to any new products I try.
You never took antibiotics in your whole life? That's pretty miraculous lol. I have taken very often. In fact I just took two in the past few months!
I'm in a rush to leave but I just wanted to write and then I will write again soon. The only thing we seem to have in common is eczema. I had a little small eczema spot on my foot before in the past few years, I think it's gone now. That spot would itch sometimes but I resisted scratching it and then the itch would go away for a long while and I would forget about it until something made me scratch it...I probably only scracthed it for a max of 5 mins like once every 3 months. I just had like this small little pink spot there most of the time. I think I recently had one near my breast too. My mom told me when I was younger doctor said I had eczema and told her to buy a soap from the store and it went away. That doctor was freaking amazing,he was a genius. He is not on earth anymore unfortunately, hasn't been for a long long time.. My mom also has had small bits of eczema here and there before. Is your eczema severe? Where do you have it? My hands also get super scaly and dry in winter, but that might just be normal for everyone. Happens to my mom too and we both blister and get cuts from the dryness on our hands. I was googling eczema bumps and saw pictures of babies with skin colored eczema bumps on their face...I don't know if there's a chance these bumps are a form of eczema? |
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Thu Feb 05, 2015 1:45 pm |
| Wanted to also quickly ask if you ever used coconut oil? On face or body? And ever eaten it? |
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Sat Feb 07, 2015 6:36 am |
Hmm wondering if the alcohol is maybe killing some kind of bacteria in your system? Interesting, i hadn't noticed about alcohol myself but i barely drink it anymore! Next time i do i will make note!
You know the crawling bugs sensation? Do you think that maybe have something to do with rosacea?
Sorry to hear that about the doctor, do you know what soap the eczema cream the doctor gave you was? I was thinking about this too, that eczema could be related to this. In which i was looking at eucerin products, they contain things like urea which is meant to help soften up keratin in the skin so its not scaley. I was thinking maybe this could help our skin stop building up dead skin if maybe thats what is being trapped in our pores do you think? Also its a humecant so keeping the skin supple and not allowing it to clog up so easily? I may try something like that on my arms or legs, the bumps on there are less dry but the bumps are still there. The other thing on my mind was maybe the bumps are just very tight pores and the sebum cant escape because its so tight and blocked (maybe because of stuck dry skin?).
My eczema flared up this year btw, and tbh ever since ive been looking after my skin better ( for a few years now, i was really lazy before but was because of my sensitive skin i didnt want to wash to bother it) my skin has generally looked worse (but then i have thought maybe i am starting to age too?). The eczema isnt severe or anything i just started to get it between some of my fingers.
I had seen those babies before and they do look very similar bumps to keratosis pilaris! Maybe we are onto something here.
Oh btw ive also come across a very gentle form of acid to try to exfoliate because i believe BHA and AHA's are inflaming my skin a tiny bit (the areas where i have larger pores the skin around it always looks raised up after use) so i thought maybe my skin isnt liking them and someone recommended me to use a gentler form of acid called PHA. Hadn't heard of it before but apparently aswell as being an extra mild way to exfoliate it is anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant. Im going to give this a go too although i dont think many products carry it as an ingredient, ive only found neostrata do it. I imagine it could be something like a urea cream where its very gentle and i think you can use it everyday! Maybe thats what we need gentle, ongoing exfoliation? |
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Sat Feb 07, 2015 6:44 am |
| pokerlady888 wrote: |
| Wanted to also quickly ask if you ever used coconut oil? On face or body? And ever eaten it? |
you just reminded me when i first started my skincare coconut oil is what i used as a moisturiser and i was breaking out still so i stopped thinking it was the coconut oil but ive had acne since so i dont think it was but could have been enhancing the problem possibly? |
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Sun Feb 08, 2015 12:08 pm |
| khaleesi wrote: |
Hmm wondering if the alcohol is maybe killing some kind of bacteria in your system? Interesting, i hadn't noticed about alcohol myself but i barely drink it anymore! Next time i do i will make note!
You know the crawling bugs sensation? Do you think that maybe have something to do with rosacea?
Sorry to hear that about the doctor, do you know what soap the eczema cream the doctor gave you was? I was thinking about this too, that eczema could be related to this. In which i was looking at eucerin products, they contain things like urea which is meant to help soften up keratin in the skin so its not scaley. I was thinking maybe this could help our skin stop building up dead skin if maybe thats what is being trapped in our pores do you think? Also its a humecant so keeping the skin supple and not allowing it to clog up so easily? I may try something like that on my arms or legs, the bumps on there are less dry but the bumps are still there. The other thing on my mind was maybe the bumps are just very tight pores and the sebum cant escape because its so tight and blocked (maybe because of stuck dry skin?).
My eczema flared up this year btw, and tbh ever since ive been looking after my skin better ( for a few years now, i was really lazy before but was because of my sensitive skin i didnt want to wash to bother it) my skin has generally looked worse (but then i have thought maybe i am starting to age too?). The eczema isnt severe or anything i just started to get it between some of my fingers.
I had seen those babies before and they do look very similar bumps to keratosis pilaris! Maybe we are onto something here.
Oh btw ive also come across a very gentle form of acid to try to exfoliate because i believe BHA and AHA's are inflaming my skin a tiny bit (the areas where i have larger pores the skin around it always looks raised up after use) so i thought maybe my skin isnt liking them and someone recommended me to use a gentler form of acid called PHA. Hadn't heard of it before but apparently aswell as being an extra mild way to exfoliate it is anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant. Im going to give this a go too although i dont think many products carry it as an ingredient, ive only found neostrata do it. I imagine it could be something like a urea cream where its very gentle and i think you can use it everyday! Maybe thats what we need gentle, ongoing exfoliation? |
That's what I thought about the alochol or maybe yeast/fungus is being killed. I really can't figure it out. I think the bug crawling is very odd and sometimes I feel a random bit on places on my body. It's like a light scurrying sensations I can't explain. I think perhaps it's dry skin related OR it's a bacteria or mite issue.
My mom doesn't remember now after over 20 years what the soap was called unfortunately. Believe me, I asked her and then I was pretty mad that she never even looked at the ingredients or anything. She said that she went back years later to the store to look for the soap because she had a bout of eczema and it was gone though. She said she remembered asking the pharamacist and basically it was gone, not being sold anymore. I've tried products with urea, in fact I've tried a Eucerin product with urea. It didn't do anything for the bumps but did moisturize my skin, though it had a funny smell.
The ideas you have about what is going on with us having these bumps are what I have also thought about myself. It basically would mean we need lots of exfoliation. I don't know how I could do that with sensitive skin arghhhh. I was thinking of trying a glycolic acid cream with 10% -there is one made by Glytone for beginners in glycolic acid on the face. Still nervous to even think of trying such a strength.
I've been meaning to ask you what acids you have tried and how long you stuck to using them and how it worked out for you? Glyolic acid? Lactic acid? Salycilic acid? Benzoyl Peroxide?
Those bumps the babies have are actually eczema bumps. It's a type of eczema. I think we have very dry skin....below the surface layer. I think what's going on is we moisturize but the moisturizer isn't getting into the skin and doing much because the hard tiny skin bumps are in the way not letting anything get into the pore and get into the skin layers. It just seems like exfoliation like you said ongoing exfoliation is the only way to make this happen or maybe we need to kill the bacteria that's keeping the pores clogged to get in there...
I find it interesting that bleach baths help with some people's eczema. Makes me wonder if something is being killed off.
I have not heard of PHA, let me know if you try this and Neostrata is supposed to be a great company.
About your skin looking raised up around the pores...that is interesting. I'm not sure what you mean and how that looks. Perhaps the strengths of the acids you are using are too much or using it too often.
Also, have you ever tried sulfur products on your face? |
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