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Ever since high school, I suffered from severe acne. Being Korean, my skin tends to be very oily. When I applied foundation in the morning, it was practically running down my face an hour later. Although my face didn’t look totally like a pizza, I would get painful and intense breakouts.
The more I would try to hide my acne with makeup, the more my skin would breakout. It was a terrible cycle. If I used strong astringents, my skin would flake badly. My skin had lots of acne scars from previous battles.
I felt so ugly. You have no idea how hideous I thought I was.
Seeing pictures of myself was terrible.
And trust me, I tried everything. Neutrogena, Cetaphil, Clearasil, Clinique, Proactiv Solution, VERY expensive products from a shady dermatologist, VERY expensive products from a spa, and what seemed to somewhat work was the Body Shop tea tree oil line and generic Walmart acne cream called Equate.
But as I write this, my skin has been totally transformed. The transition started about a year and a half ago. I finally saw a good dermatologist.
They prescribed me Tazorac, a strong cream that dries out the skin. It would work fairly well for awhile, but I had to really balance out how often I used it at night. Too much — lots of flaking. Too little — more zits.
One night Tim told me that he’d heard a story about an older man who had lost sensation in his fingers and the skin had begun dying. But he’d apparently started applying Neosporin, and the skin was healed.
Quite randomly, I decided to mix in (generic Equate brand that costs about $2 per tube) Neosporin in with my nightly acne Body Shop moisturizer with tea trea oil. When I woke up the next morning and checked myself in the mirror, oddly enough, there was some improvement.
I followed this same routine for about two weeks, and I have to say, MY SKIN COMPLETELY CLEARED UP. The scars healed, no more new breakouts appeared, and the texture changed dramatically. It was smooth, easy to apply makeup, even toned, and significantly less oily.
Since I have begun using the Neutrogene Stress-Free Acne line, in conjunction with the Neosporin, my complexion has improved even more. And that stuff is cheap as far as skincare goes, about $6 each for the cleanser, toner, and moisturizer. The moisturizer is awesome — it dries matte and helps prevent breakouts. But I would definitely recommend using all the products in this line.
The price is way better than purchasing $28 cleanser from that shady-ass dermatologist.
Occasionally I will get a lone pimple, but they have all cleared up in less than 48 hours.
I can’t believe my skin is this good.
For those of you out there that can’t seem to find that magic solution to your skin problems, why not give Neosporin (the cheap, generic version) a try? It sounds weird, but it was my own miracle product.
