Starting point
Current state at 15 weeks
I can’t even begin to tell how happy I am with the results!
Lately a lot of people have been telling me how good my skin is looking, but yesterday I got the first ‘I don’t understand why you’re going to all these treatments… your skin looks fine to me!’. I took as the next step in my recovery, and the first sign to my skin actually clearing back to normal.
I just had my 8th microdermabrasion last night and I’m absolutely thrilled! My skin has been looking better and better for the last few weeks, but - as always - the microderm made a massive difference. Apart from the still present scarring my skin is essentially clear!
I’ve got my next microderm in three weeks and my doctor promised to add in a session of light therapy to hasten the healing of the remaining scarring.
CHANGES TO TREATMENT:
We’re heading to summer and the days are warming up, so I’m increasing the use of my ASAP exfoliating scrub to three times a week and replacing my moisturiser with the Reflect Rx [SPF30] sunscreen.
By the way, I discovered that the sunscreen works as a perfect base under the mineral makeup - the foundation sets perfectly even! Also, the concealer appears to cover much better when I’m wearing the Reflect Rx instead of my usual moisturiser.
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15 WEEKS
The treatment:
- Oral antibiotics (Doxycycline)
- Topical retinoid (Stieva-A - 0.05%)
(three times / week)
- Topical AHA/BHA (ASAP Clearskin Gel)
(every night + as a spot treatment on blemishes under makeup)
- Fortnightly sandblasting (microdermabrasion)
- Oral homeopathics (Nature?s Cure)
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Original source: http://lilmissglamourpuss.wordpress.com/2008/11/14/acne-treatment-update-15-weeks/
