Acne

[Motheranddaughtertotwo]

I’m peri menopausal and have the worst acne! It’s disgusting. I have at least 15 spots on my face at any given time (it’s been a few months now). It’s really getting to me, I’m actually taking make up to work to “top up” during the day (typically I would barely wear make up let alone take it to work) .
Anyone have any good face washes/ lotions/ magic that actually helped? Or amazing foundations that last all day? I recently tried volcanic soap, I thought it might help a bit but nothing.

Hi, I used to have adult acne since my twenties. Never had acne as a teenager.

When I was peri menopausal I read about Pan oxyl which contains the ingredient benzoyl peroxide. I tried it and it really worked for me while I used it.

However a few years ago it stopped being available. There’s another product available called Acnecide which also contains benzoyl peroxide.

I didn’t think it was as good, but don’t know why as it had the same active ingredient. Since then I don’t have any acne at all. It might have been the cream but more likely it was hormonal acne, which has gone away of it own accord.

Otherwise try the doctor. I think they can prescribe a cream with benzoyl peroxide.

Acne is such a f**king misery.

I'm now in perimenopause and have suffered with acne on and off since I was 11. Things that help me now:

1. GP prescription of adapelene and benzoyl peroxide (epiduo)
2. No moisturiser except around eye area (but I have very oily skin)
3. HRT (acne at this stage is often due to the comparative dominance of testosterone over oestrogen/progesterone)
4. Very gentle foaming cleanser once daily, micellar water once daily. Nothing abrasive.

I've also had spironolactone off license from the GP and it helped a lot but had some side effects (breast tenderness which worried me at my age).

Oh, and L'Oréal Infallible 24hr foundation plus mattifying powder.

Thank you both, I’ll look into those. I’ve never considered myself vain but this is grim.