My skin has been steadily deteriorating for the past year. Started off just getting a couple more spots than usual, but now it is irritated, red, inflamed and spotty. I have probably made it worse by changing routines to try and fix it.
Things that have helped:
- natural oils e.g. almond and grapeseed oil
- Lush Ultrabland (prob because of the almond oil)
Things that have not helped:
- any kind of traditional acne treatment e.g. benzoyl peroxide, Triacneal, Effaclar Duo
I used Triacneal and Effaclar duo after reading Sam Bunting's blog, but it immediately made my skin so much worse that I stopped (even though she says not to, I was too scared to carry on). It was making my skin really sensitive and it looked completely awful with loads of spots and tiny red bumps. It's still recovering from this and now I really don't know what to do!
I work in an air-conditioned office and I'm sure this is making it worse, as my skin improves when I'm off work/on holiday. I think it is dehydrated more than anything.
Can anyone recommend a very simple, kind routine to get my skin back into balance? At the moment it is very pissed off with me!