Acne/pimple whatever!

Hi Maech! You see, I'm kinda hesitant to make this as I am not a pro in curing acne myself. I still frequently get pimples or acne especially whenever I'm stressed out or before I have my period. But I say I have a better way to treat them now than before and hopefully it may help you even a little bit with your problem.

Whenever I have some breakouts on my skin what I usually do is pop them. Yeah it's a bad thing, I know. I just try to remove the pus to stop the abscess from stinging, swelling and reddening. I don't scrape it with my fingernails or anything cause it's more prone to scarring than my other alternative. In my way what I do is I sandwich the abscess with my point fingers and push them to the center where the abscess was until the pus comes out and let some blood flow until the bump subsides. There are times it's very painful to do that it can even put you in tears but I don't stop in the middle of the process regardless cuz I bet if you do then you'll irritate more the pimple and will cause you big-time troubles ahead. So if you intend to do the same you have to be prepared. In the end if you put away the pus from the abscess you'll feel much better cuz the stinging, swelling and reddening will be gone. But note that it will not guarantee you that it will make you pimple-free, in fact if you didn't disinfect or make urgent treatment to the pimple you forcefully touched then the bacteria will only spread. To keep that from occurring what I do is I put isopropyl alcohol or mild cleanser to the affected area right away. Next I put Benzoyl cream. I don't just put the cream on the pimple that I pricked, I actually put it all over my face. And of course I don't let myself forget to drink an antibacterial capsule for acne cuz it will help you obviously fight the bacteria from spreading. In other words, it hinders the pimples from multiplying on your skin. Now I suggest that you don't wash it with water cuz it'll make the pimple darker after you just popped it. It happened to me, and it's ugly. It's alright to finally wash it with water after awhile, maybe after the popped pimple finally looked dry. And that's it. You just have to continue using mild cleanser, if possible choose a pimple fighting cleanser, and benzoyl, and the antibacterial capsule. Do them until your pimples are gone or you lose its severity that you think you finally have to pause for now until they breakout again, or if they have already served its purpose.

There are still times where you get dark spots from your previous acne, and I think it's harder to treat than when it scarred. Like even now I still have those dark spots although it's not as dark as way back. There are skin products that promise to even your skin tone and remove dark spots but most them would do no good. But when it comes to that I just exfoliate two times a week. Exfoliating not only removes dead skin cells, it can also brighten your skin especially if you pick the one that has whitening ingredient like Peeling Day (White Jewel) from The Faceshop and the one I'm using right now is a L'Occitane brand. When you exfoliate, the dark spots will gradually lighten up and if you get scarred from acne it may also aid in smoothing the scar to kinda conceal those so-called, "potholes" on your face. You may also like to put a whitening moisturizer to remove those dark spots, as for me, I stopped trying and only use an emulsion with ginseng such as the one from Missha. On the other hand, another option in treating those potholes is to use scar removal gel or cream. I use Contractubex gel, it worked but not absolutely. There are also other brands you may wanna try for yourself. Another is the use of collagen products. Any products that has collagen in it will do for that ingredient says that it rejuvenates the skin. Not only it's use to fight wrinkles but also plumps the skin which is also good for treating scars, or might just work as an aid I'm not sure though. Actually the collagen thing I said where some information I read from all types of sources. I haven't tried using collagenic products yet since I have tons of facial products at hand, maybe soon after I empty one or two of them. Ah! I have a reminder that never ever exfoliate with a broken skin, you'll just make your case worse. If possible if you feel like exfoliating yourself and you think you're still prone to pimples I think you should ready your antibacterial capsule just in case you need immediate treatment.

Now if you're the type who wants to make your skin be back to how it was when you haven't encountered acne before then you should see a Dermatologist for fast treatment.

By the way, the measures I use to treat my pimples were applicable to me and can't guarantee you have the same effect. But from my Dermatologist's prescription she told me to use Benzoyl, antibacterial medicine for acne (Tetralysal), sunscreen, and skin care products that is hypoallergenic and non-comedogenic. She in fact suggested brands such as Neutrogena and VMV Hypoallegenics to name a few. I haven't tried the latter cuz their products are expensive, but the previous is alright so I went for that brand instead. My favorite and tested Neutrogena product is their Deep Clean Foaming Cleanser. I haven't used it for awhile but it's really something.

There. Good luck! : )