Spotty skin - which products would you recommend?

[Roseylea]

I usually have dry skin but over the last month or so it's become really spotty, like it was when I was a teenager! It's horrible - kind of spotty and dry and oliy all the same time - yuk!

The only other time I've had this was when I was pg, but I'm pretty sure that's not the case now . It feels like a hormonal thing, anyway.

So are there any fab products for spotty grown-ups? I'd love to hear any recommendations. TIA!

Eve Lom cleanser if you can afford it with muslin cloth.

If not get Lush's Ultrabland whichj is practically the same and is only 4 pounds. It contains no irritants or man made oils. Use a hot muslin cloth to take it off. Just as good as the Eve Lom in my expereince and cleared up my spots in about a week!

Thank you Monkeytrousers! I will give the Lush one a go. (Can't really afford Eve Lom).

Neutrogena visibly clear
It's wonderful (and cheap!)
No one tells you you still get spots when you are an adult do they??

dermalogica is supposed to be very good, I can't use it as I have funny skin but I have heard good things.

Sudocreme is brill for spots.

Is it?

Yes I use Dermalogica's active moist after cleansing. You can get it slightly cheaper on ebay too

Dermalogica are fab, I use it to keep mine at bay but, they are not cheap. Steer well clear of biactol etc, they are incredibly drying.

I found Ultrabland really nasty. Smells gross.

If it carries on though, its worth checking if it is hormonal. I've always been terribly spot-prone because of PCOS but have been a lot better since GP switched me to Marvelon oral contraceptive. To the extent that I don't need to use any spot products nowadays so can't recommend anything!

The other thing to check is whether its regular acne-type spots or if it might be rosacea, which is not uncommon as you get older.

This is going to sound odd but, don't stop moisturising your face, you might need to change moisturiser to something lighter tho'.

oooh lots more messages! My mum has rosaecea so I hadn't thought of that.

My dc have eczema and their moisturiser prescripion gets changed quite regularly so I'm using up the old emollient on my body to try and get my skin less dry. The Neutrogena one sounds good (and cheap - no chance of my buying anything really expensive I'm afraid!)

I still get spots at nearly blardy farkin 40. I always used the Pure A daily treatment moisturiser and it worked well.

I had some Space NK vouchers to spend awhile ago and got some Ren cleanser and moisturiser. It was recommended by the skin care guy, my spots came back for a week or two but they seem to be under control again now. It's expensive but it has no nasties in it.

What can you do about hormonal spots, though? I am really happy with my skincare routine (Neutrogena pure glow facial pads, No 7 Perfect and Protect serum and Neutrogena spf30 daily moisturiser/Visibly Firmer Night cream). My skin has become really lovely and soft and definitely younger-looking. Unfortunatly I seem to have succumbed to a crop of definitely hormonal spots on the lower part of my face. I had a particularly nasty panic attack last week, too (whilst driving ) and am convinced it must be stress levels causing it. Anything I can do about that?

I got lots of hormonal spots earlyish in pregnancy, and found it extremely irritating/depressing - so my (extremely kind) bought me a facial at the Eve Lom salon (no less) for my birthday. It so happened that, while there, I met the sainted Eve herself. She recommended their spot cream (which is called Dynaspot and is really effective for zapping the big buggers) but also gave me some advice, which I've stuck to and which seems to have worked (skin MUCH better since facial, even the skin on my back, where I was getting spots too).

She said: cleanse thoroughly, using a muslin cloth (and make sure to wash the cloth every couple of days) and don't use any moisturiser at all on affected areas as this just clogs everything up. Goes against the grain for me, but I've stuck to it, and it's honestly made a difference - fewer actual spots, but also just far less crap skin generally - less dry/lumpy, fewer blackheads, and so forth.

Good luck - spots are a total pain.

That's my extremely kind DP I'm talking about.

I used RoC when I had spotty problems (and since).

Dr. Hauschka is fantastic-my skin was like yours-big mixture of spots, oil and dry all mixed together-but it is so so so much better now (have had dp and mum and sis commenting!) and have only used it for 2months! i have tried so many and this has been the only stuff to wrk-i'm so impressed

it is fairly pricey so i tried the trail sizes first and then went for it (dp doesn't know quite how much!) but it does look like it will last ages!

also found it cheaper from beauty center europe (although is all in german!!!!)

Dermalogica is good, esp the pre-cleanse

dermatologica daily microfoliant really works well in the long run.
Tea tree oil spot treatment from boots for overnight intensive care

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I'm 30 and still get bad spots. Over the past 15 years I've had nearly every treatment from GP and dermatologist........topical and oral antibiotics, contaceptive pill, roaccutane.
For me personally I think they are hormanal, and a combination of approaches for tackling them seems to help. My diet definately affects my spots (this goes against what I had been taught as a dietitian that diet has no affect). Very sweet things and dairy causes flare ups, but for many people these have no affect so please don't go cutting out whole food groups!

I've also recently changed my contraceptive pill which has helped, and use Dermalogica's Anti-Bac sin wash and Oxy 10 religiously. In the morning I use an oil free moisturiser with salicylic acid (Johnston's Clean and Clear at the minute). I don't use moisturiser in the evening, I just wash my face and slather on the oxy10 - my skin has got used to it but it can be very drying when first used.
I've used Eve Lom cleanser with the muslin cloths and would recommend it. Expensive but a pot lasts for
ages.
A healthy diet also very important - fruit, veg, wholegrains, oily fish (or fish oil capsules), plenty of water or herbal teas if you can stand them.

On the bright side (!) at least we can say that we've got youthful ie. teenage skin!!

spots on the chin are usually always hormonal and are basically directly linked to ovulation - in fact - you can tell which ovary is doing its thing by which side of the chin the spot is on

I'm pg at the moment and have never had such bad spots on my chin.