Massive spot on forehead... bridesmaid in 3 days... tips?

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I often get cystic acne (but not on my forehead !!) so I have salicylic acid, niacinamide (sp?) and those little patches you can put on overnight. What’s my best plan? Obviously lots of concealer on the day but trying to get it down first.

The quickest way to kill it would be to go to a pharmacy and get a tube of duac. It’s antiobiotic + benzoyl peroxide. Nothing else is as fast.

Yes to sudocrem! 100%!

I also second sudocrem. magical stuff

Clearasil do a 4 hr cream, DD uses it to clear her maskne, it works, I had a rare spot last week and it cleared totally in 2 applications.

Ice to reduce the swelling

Toothpaste

I’m on the fence about popping it, this could either solve the problem or make things a whole lot worse …

to cut a fringe!

It’s not really got a head to pop at the moment.

Cystic acne rarely get a head to pop - squeezing them just makes them more inflamed. You’re better to try and reduce the swelling with ice, anti inflammatories, that kind of thing. Don’t suppose you could get any antibiotics between now and the wedding?

I got antibiotics same day when I needed them.

If there’s no head, then definitely do not try to pop. Concentrate on minimising the swelling and a good concealer. It’s only during lockdown/WFH that I realised patience is your best course of action when there’s no head.

OP, how's the spot? Did it go down in time? If so, how did you do it?

It went down a fair bit but was still there sadly so I had to do a lot of concealing. Thanks for all the help though!

Glad it went down, even if it didn't disappear completely.

Hope you had a lovely day.

Drink a shit ton of water. Apply your salicylic acid.

Avoid sudocream