I wasn't blessed to have a flawless skin. When I was in highschool, I used to have a very oily skin, upto the present. The difference is that I only have very minimal pimples that time and major break out never occurred. When I finished highschool, I have to move to Manila to continue my studies. The first two months of my stay in the city was a hell of experience. Zits started to appear on my forehead, temples and cheeks. Cystic acnes and pimples with pus were all over my face. My mom was shocked when she saw my face, she was like "Anak what happened to your face!?". Just told my mom that it was normal, I'm on my teenage years yah know. I was at the denial stage for months. I always tell myself that it was just normal and there were just few pimples but in reality, it's close to that "no more space for new pimple" thing. Yes, that's how terrible my skin was in college. I didn't do anything to stop those pimples from invading my face. Until one day, I stared at my 2x2 picture and realized that my face was really covered with lots of pimples. People stare at your face and have that disgusted expression. It was really heartbreaking. From then on, I consulted a dermatologist. She gave me lots of topical meds but nothing worked. So she suggested that I should go to an OB-Gyne to have checked because my break outs are caused by hormonal imbalance. She advised me to take a contraceptive pill, Althea was the brand I took for months. It calmed my skin. Regulated my cycle. Lessened my breakouts but pimples still pop out every now and then. those break outs left my face with scars, mostly on my temples.
To help get rid of those marks and scars desperately, I tried so may products. Chemically based, OTC topical meds and different variant of soaps. When I finished my degree, and started to earn my own money I invested more on my skin. Hoarded bunch of skincare products. And just last year, I started using organic products. It helped my skin in a very good way. But last December 2015, a MAJOR breakout occurred again that even my mildest organic goodies haven't done any good to cure my breakout. I was really frustrated that time and then I saw this online derma in instagram, @skintologie360 ; I sent them the photo of my skin condition that time and Dr. Mendoza prescribed me a set of topical medications and oral if they didn't work.
The set includes SAS soap, Erythromycin toner, Luminesse toner and Azelaic Acid cream. I bought the set for around 1500 pesos.
Let's start with the SAS soap.
- smelled sweet but not overpowering
- does not sting my face
- helped in drying and healing my pimples
because it has Sulfur and Salicylic acid
- dries my skin
Erythromycin Toner
- smelled like an ordinary toner
- no sting
- helps in killing bacteria on your face
- does not dry my skin
Luminesse Toner
- smelled a bit stronger than the erythromycin toner
- this one stings
- helped in drying pimples
- dries my skin
Azelaic Acid
- prevents your skin from being immune
to erythromycin toner
- helps in lightening pimples marks
- does not sting
Here's my before and after photo: day1-day4 only. This is not my current skin. This photo was taken last December.
I experienced dryness on some part of my face and the areas around my pimples really dried up. It delivered positive results in just four days! I continued using this set for 3 weeks and it healed my break out. But some pimples still appear. But not as severe as my break out. I first emptied the Azelaic acid. And till now I'm still using my Erythromycin toner with my current skin care. Will post a blog on that product soon. It really helped in lightening my pimples marks. And my skin is no waaaaaaay better.
Overall, this set really helped my skin bigtime. Visit the instagram account of @skintologie360 if you are suffering from same skin issue as mine. Would love to hear your thoughts about it!
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