Blackheads

barber1982

I exti strategy thanks

We_Laugh_Indoors

i'm sure nobody thinks you don't wash, i'm sure you smell lovely!!

have you tried face wash containing tea tree oil?

try superdrug for the good value ones or possibly body shop if you are feeling flush!

Ted_Hutchinson

[size=+1]Ecstasy pimples - a new facial dermatosis[/size] Hopefully it isn't the result of using XTC It could be hormonal in which case a visit to the doctor would be a good idea see Netdoctor

Have you tried visiting a sauna or steam room? I find that having a good sweat followed by a cold swim leaves the skin feeling much better.

mandi_moles

I have the same problem !! plus at 37 and as I speak I have a weird spot on my chin which has been residing there for a few months now !! I saw the doc and she said "blocked sebacious gland! but im sure thats just a nice way to describe a common old spot. I have white bumps too and theres always somthing to squeeze out ! sorry to also say but its smelly stuff !
Doc has given my anti-biotic cream to use but its not working. I can only assume we must both have enlarged pores and therefore are stuck with the problem.
Tea Tree may be worth a try, I use it for mostly everything anyway (that and lavender oil). It certainly wont hurt but maybe before bedtime as its fairly pungent.
Also..I have found that the apricot scrub exfoliaator helps !!

Hope some of this helps...let me know if you would like more info on the tea tree and lavender.

Mandi :A

barber1982

Many thanks for your reply. Nice to know im not the only one i will let you know how i get on

skylight

I'm 31 and have the same problem!

Once a week I steam the face, apply a pore strip across the afflicted areas and follow that with white hazel/anti-bacterial agent cleasning type thing.
Once a week I steam again and use an exfoliant to clear dead cells away
Outside this, I use an anti-bacterial face wash morning and night.

Although "at that time" they get worse - I have started using evening primrose oil and the transformation is amazing! Its working for me! Mood swings, pains, spots - almost vanished!!

I get really annoyed with it. If I dont follow my Routine, I end up spotier than my teenage daughters!!!!!

And there is no end in sight!

Lipsticklady

Last night i watched '10 years younger'. It featured a 35 year old lady with acne problems. The programme showed her having a 'light treatment'. Blue and red infra lights were focused on her skin. It costs around £80 per session and was meant to be very good.

However, a cheaper alternative is to home steam your face. This will open the pores and hopefully, unlock the dirt trapped in the pores.

My final suggestion is a 'black head' remover from the Body shop. It is cheap and you use it to squeeze the blackhead and subtract the dirt.
Again, it is very good but a little painful.

Like everything is a trial and error system......these treatments may not work for you.

summerday

I'm sure everybody's is different but acne has run in my family and my dad has to take medication to keep it under control in his 50s. I take a certain contraceptive pill that helps a lot to stop the spots but unfortunately no medications I have tried have ever stopped the blackheads. I always wear plenty of makeup on my nose to cover it up but on my nose there are so many blackheads you couldn't count them if you tried! I have tried all the pore strips you can buy, tried steaming, blackhead remover, a scouring pad (when I was 14 I hasten to add!) but even if they look like they've gone they're all back in a couple of days. I've just come to accept it that foundation is my nose's best friend!

The only thing I haven't tried is this light treatment- I missed the prog but don't know if any posters have tried it themselves?

Sarah.


I really do hope one of the above suggestions helps you, but

mandi_moles

I can only really assume that it must be all the junk we consume. Even when we say or think we have been good I bet there are still silly little chemicals they add to food which cause these skin problems. Also, probably the air may not be as it used to be and as our faces are exposed the most they get polluted the most lol
It is hard to remember that when you see pictures of women (even older women) in magazines etc they are all wearing some sort of make up and, as we have seen with Britany Spears, we are all at some time prone to bad skin. We rarely get to look really close up to other peoples skin so I am convinced that there may be no "perfect skin"
Try not to let it get you down, it can get as bad as needing to loose weight !!It is so easy to become obsessed with these matters.

(i know somone will disagree with me but i also use a facial sun lamp just a few minutes each day when i remember and that seems to help dry the skin slightly and, of course stop u looking pasty !!)

Enough of my waffle... good luck squeezin !!! hehe
Mandi

rich_jtg

I'm in my 30s and have suffered with spots for 20+ years.

I had been on medication for a few years in the past which did help, but as soon as I came off them, back came the spots!

Bizarrely what I was told by a doctor a couple of years ago, and seems to help alot, is not wash my face as often, and not to use anything harsh like anti-baterial washes. If you keep washing your face you take oils out of it, and the glands work overtime (normally too well) to replace it. Then you end up with the spots and blocked pores.

I tend to now just rinse my face with water in a morning when I'm in the shower, and wash at night with Liz Earle's Cleanse and Polish which you use with a hot muslim cloth to remove it... this lightly exfoliates the skin.

My skin has been alot better using this routine - don't hardly get any spots, and the blackheads are fewer too.

Personally, I find the main thing that gives me spots is stress, so I try to do things that relax me and take my mind off things like work.

Flax seed oil helps too (a quality version is available online from Natures Best)

The only other advice I can give is to eat fairly well and make sure you drink plenty of water - water is your friend!

RowaN

I'm really fed up trying to figure my skin out. Finding a product that does what it says on the tin is impossible. Speak to 2 different dermotologists, and get 2 completely contradictary sets of advice. Sunlamps dry out your skin, so thats good? Or is it the case that tanned skin produces more sebum which in turn produces more spots? Cut out wheat & gluten to fix your skin... or is it true that there is no link between diet and acne? Wash your face more.. wash your face less.. MUST use antibacterial products... MUSNT use harsh antbacterial products. Antibiotics, tee tree oil, lavendar oil, salasilic acid, expensive salon treatments.. all do nothing for me. Its been 10 years, and I now officially give up. **goes off to smash all his mirrors**

So anyone out there in a similar crisis, I hear you. Other people often don't realise how traumatic it can be. When someone asks you out, or you plan to go somewhere, or there is a big occasion you have to attend... theres nothing you can get excited about, and most often if like me, you get worried upset and anxious about future events because you know you'll have no control over the way your face looks on that given day. People will think you are obsessed with your looks, but they don't realise that you're just trying to blend in, not stand out.

I'm now 24, and I feel like I've been in hiding for the past 10 years. Anyone out there perform miracles??

I doubt this product will do anything for me (see, I've lost hope!), but for those who are interested check it out:
http://www.myzeno.com/