Is skin care bourgeois?
257 posts and 28 image replies omitted.>>35735Also, in addition to hydration, you need your skin clear of debris, excess oil, etc
Sometimes rinsing and soap are enough but you can buy special cleansers which have chemicals and ointments to help
Salicyclic acid is a good ingredient for a deep chemical exfoliation of the face however it shouldn't be done too much, and look into micellar water which is less intense too
Ceramides and hyaluronic acid are the most common ingredients for locking in moisture
Retinol is also a good general anti-aging ingredient for people over 30, although it's used in younger people to help with acne too
>>24732I don't think mineral oil is dangerous if it's only applied on the skin instead of ingested or whatever
If you're really paranoid, you could try seed oils as moisture protectors instead
>>35774Yeah, UV is a problem, too
Forgot about that
>>10860White hands typed this post
Ashy gross white hands
>>35789Blackheads are more cosmetically prominent on paler skinned people
Dumb point in general, it's not just cosmetics it's also feel and health
>>36080i bought 7% glycolic acid toner to exfoliate with
you apply it 2-3 times a week during your afternoon or evening routine after the cleanser
>>36416you can make DIY glycolic acid toner by dissolving unrefined sugar in water and adding stuff like honey and tea water
there are more comprehensive recipes online if you search for them
So, I've been taking omega 3 ( a total of 3 grams of EPA, so 6 pills). I also use a gentle cleanser (the blue cerave facial foam cleanser), obviously sun block, I use a 50 fps, and I was applying retinol serum by la Roche poussy.
Recently though, I replaced the retinol serum for tretinoin 0,05%.
And on top of that, I started applying petrolate / petroleum jelly / Vaseline, unscented, before going to bed, after the retinols. It's just a little bit. I swear by this shit. The moisturizing capacity extends even after you clean your face the next day. Amazing shit. Also helps in absorption of retinols which might make it a bit intense so be warned.
I've also been doing exercise, not eating any sugar, and generally eating better, as well as having a more regular sleep schedule.
My skin looks great.
>>10864>I have thai family and a lot of the skin care is about to look more pale and therefore upper classThat has just as much relation to skin care as tanning your skin until you look like Trump.
>>10860>basic hygiene is badwtf has happened to this site?
>>39124I went balls deep and started out with the maximum. Purge wasn't that bad.
>>39125>>39126Even with sunscreen you should limit your exposure to the sun as much as possible.
>>39132>I went balls deep and started out with the maximum.What's the maximum? I'm taking 0.05% since that's what I had available.
> Purge wasn't that bad.I was going well but now my skin is getting flaky and itchy. I need to scale down. I use petroleum jelly as a moisturizer, works like a fucking charm, but I need to scale it back a bit.
>>39171What do you mean? Did you take my advice about astaxanthin and lycopene? Someone told me I look like I've been tanning. I do feel my face looks a bit more tanned. I'm brown so it's not as noticeable.
>>39395 (me)
So, I found a video that talks about purging on retinoids. It seems my dryness and flakyness is purging. So I guess I am purging! I was worried I broke my "skin barrier" or whatever the fuck that is.
I feel like if I keep this up, it will cause more damage than anything good, so I will temper my tretinoin use. Maybe I'll go back to retinol and do tret once a week, then twice etc.
>>43279exfoliate (clear the skin to varying degrees) and moisturize (use a product with occlusives and humectants in it, and drink water)
sunscreen is essential too. get spf 30 or higher and broad-spectrum and non-comedogenic
there are also treatments for specific skin conditions
examples of exfoliation: washing with soap or body wash, loofahs, pumice stones, facial cleansers, aha or bha chemical peels, foot peel masks
examples of moisturization: anything that calls itself a moisturizer, body lotion, hair products like hair oils and hair masks and some of the ingredients in shampoos and conditioners
ive also seen "foot creams" and "hand creams" that have both exfoliating and moisturizing ingredients. they have urea/carbamide in them since it has special softening qualities against really rough skin. there are high concentration urea creams as well
you could have oily skin or dry skin or different patches of oily and dry. you might have to target them with different products or find a product that claims to work on "combination" skin if you have that
>>43283for example for oily skin, you might want to exfoliate more and not use an overly oily moisturizer
for dry skin, you want to moisturize more
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