Reccommend me some skincare please - spotty chin, dehydrated face!

[felttippens]

At 34 I really need to start looking after my skin !

I'd say it's fairly normal, slightly dry , can look dehydrated but main bug beat is im usually sporting at least three ugly spots on my chin!

All advice appreciated x

Hi, I clicked on this because it sounds quite similar to me and I'm 32 so similar age. Unfortunately I haven't cracked this yet! But I can tell you what I think has helped a bit.

Firstly, do you know what is causing the spots? I presume hormonal at this age (I have PCOS). The main thing that helps me cut them down is cutting out sugar, which I am very bad at, but when I do manage it, and a bit more exercise, it really helps. I also started double cleansing: I use lush ultrabland and a miscellar water (have tried a few brands, doesn't make much difference). I recently bought Clarins Blue Orchid Oil as its meant to be good for dehydrated skin and am seeing a difference. Finally, occasional acid exfoliation (again I use a Clarins one, but its lasted nearly a year) and doing it more frequently when I have an outbreak as helped. I found reading Caroline Hirons and Sali Hughes quite useful - Caroline recommends a LOT of v expensive products, and I found hydraluron, which should on paper be excellent, did nothing for me - but she does stress the basics: clean your face properly, drink water, don't put crap in your body and expect expensive skincare to offset that. All of which I should listen to more!

I wonder if I do have pcos as im prone to a hairy chin too(I sound lush don't i)

All of the above but ask your GP for Duac gel for the spots.mi works and I'm currently spot free for the first time in a very longtime.

I've also been using clarins stuff for dehydrated skin and it's the only thing to have worked.
I have used a lush cleanser too (angels on bare skin?) which Ithink has helped.

In my experience the spots are hormonal, I dab them with witch hazel and wait for them to clear.

I gave acne in my chin too. I've had some success with double cleansing (oil cleanse first) and using La Roche Posay Effaclar products. Good luck, I know how miserable it feels to be spotty.

If you are Simple, stop. It is the best thing by far I have ever done for my skin. I used it for years thinking my skin was the problem. It wasn't. No more spots for me now.

Cetaphil is a good, gentle non-drying cleanser and they do a moisturiser too although I haven't used it.

Differin gel works wonders on my spot prone skin.

I get hormonal spots too, and recommend the La Roche Posay Effaclar Duo+ for helping get rid of them faster.

Definitely going to give the la Roche a go

I'm deffo in love with my NUDE skincare products. I think probably the best ones overall, they don't have no nasties inside, and they are not fragranced.

Am really pleased overall :)