Skin problems

Emms · 17 January 2007 at 11:29PM

Right so i get spots quite often, not too bad these days, but I have really blocked pores pretty much all over and it does my head in. I wash my make up off before I go to bed, use exfoliator, fase wipes, creams everything but it never seems to get any better. Im getting married in 4 months and Ive decided that I really need to go to a Salon for some sort of treatment, but what kind of thing am I looking for. Facials, micro-dermabrasion??? Im thinking a sand blaster sounds pretty good. I dont want to spend a fortune but Im willing to spend whatever it needs get something done about it.

Any help and suggestions would be very much appreciated.

Emma

Nile · 17 January 2007 at 11:49PM

Hello Emms

Instead of paying a small fortune for salon treatments which might not improve your skin condition, why not see your GP instead? Any medication he/she prescribes will be cheaper and probably more effective than salon treatments.;)

Regards

Nile

savingsgirl · 17 January 2007 at 11:52PM

I use a micro dermabrasion scrub twice a week and my skin has been glowing. I reccomend them and I have sensitive skin

digger3_2 · 17 January 2007 at 11:53PM

Don't do anything too drastic 4 months before your wedding-you don't want to be bright red on the photos!! Maybe a good make-up artist would be better?

Sugar_Coated_Owl · 18 January 2007 at 12:11AM

I agree with Nile, going to your Doctor is probably a good option. Your Doctor can prescribe you with antibiotics to clear your skin up. If you go to your Doctor soon, you've got 4 months for the antibiotics to kick in and hopefully your skin will be glowing by the time your wedding day arrives.

ayeshasi · 18 January 2007 at 12:04PM

savingsgirl wrote:

I use a micro dermabrasion scrub twice a week and my skin has been glowing. I reccomend them and I have sensitive skin

Where can i get this from?

Penny_Watcher · 18 January 2007 at 3:21PM

Microdermabrasion kit from Amazon

HTH.

tomstickland · 18 January 2007 at 3:24PM

4 months might be a bit short for anti biotics though. You might be OK. I used antibiotics about 10 years ago and it took a while for them to take effect and then loads of skin sort of peeled off.

Emms · 18 January 2007 at 8:47PM

Ok so im thinking making an appointment with the docs sounds good. I think i had antibiotics when I was at school but dont remember them doing very much. Worth asking tho.

savingsgirl wrote:

I use a micro dermabrasion scrub twice a week and my skin has been glowing. I reccomend them and I have sensitive skin

What scrub do you use? If im going to try any it might aswell be one thats been recommmended.

Emma

SmileyHappyBeing · 19 January 2007 at 10:38AM

Anitbiotics wont get rid of blackheads though..
Have you thought about a face peel, glycolic maybe, you nedd a few of these though to notice a diff, i use it a home though.. works out alot cheaper.. If you wanted micro dermabrasion you could go to a salon, its not as heavy duty as the one you could get if you went to a clinic (bupa or somwhere), they are the sandblaster ones that you wouldnt really be able to go outside for a while and are very expensive..

Retin - A is a cream that only the doctor can prescribe that is for quite severe acne/skin, depending how bad your skin is you could ask your doc...

Hth xx

Emms · 19 January 2007 at 12:59PM

Ooh when you mentioned Bupa there I thought, ive got bupa membership through work I might get a bit of a discount, but when looking at their price list and skin treatments are about 2k I think not!

Ive found a salon in falkirk that does treatments so going to go in and see them tomorrow. Prices seem pretty reasonable too http://www.aesthetica.org.uk/

Thanks for all your suggestions.

Emma

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