Dermalogica Overnight cleaning gel
Unbearable skin! Your reccommendations..?
I’m 15 and have had horrible skin my entire life.
I have a very oily tzone and then the rest of my face is dry.
But I have acne in all areas.
I’ve tried proactiv
st ives
dermalogica
clean and clear
and numerous other over the counter brands.
My doctor perscribes clearsil, but had no results.
I also tried Differin, and it helped for a while but stopped after a few months.
RIght now I’m using dermalogica.
I wash day and night and use the overnight clearing gel before i go to bed and clearing mattifier in the morning.
This system helped for a few months, but my skin has gotten worse and shows no sign of improving.
What do I do?
I personally use Dermalogica and you should be alright with it. But you are 15 years old and if you read the labels on those particular Dermalogica Products, they are for ADULT acne. You should be using the Dermalogica CleanStart line. This is a line that is specifically designed for teenage acne. It handles those hormonal changes that go along with maturing and is much more gentle than the adult acne products. Here’s the home page for the line:
http://cleanstart.dermalogica.com/us/#/home
It’s really great. Just remember, these are the steps that you should be doing to clear your skin up:
Cleanse – with a clearing face wash
Tone – with an alcohol free toner
Treat – a clearing gel or serum that goes on light in a concentrated dose.
Moisturize – With an oil free lotion.
When your skin clears up, there are some steps that you can change or add if you are looking to keep you skin clear.
Cleanse
Exfoliate – ONLY if you have no open sores or healing pimples.
Tone
Treat – You can continue treatment if you feel you need it, but once your skin clears, you should be able to keep up with it easily.
Moisturize – With a day and night lotion
Make sure that you keep using these products even after your skin clears up. When you turn 19 or 20, you can switch to the adult acne products or whatever products suit your skin once you’ve exited adolescence. Also, these products are higher quality than Proactiv and Clean and Clear and they don’t do any kind of animal testing. Which lines like Clean and Clear, Neutrogena, and Proactiv do. Good luck hon!
Day and Night Skincare Routine (Updated)