SCARS

I have scares all over my cheeks forhead and chin there are from my acne I have no idea what to do I have a golden skin complexion and they are so noticable PLEASE HELP ME!

Did you go to your derm like you said before?

So you must still break out then.  Before you worry about the scars, you have to stop what's making them.  I never heard of accutane making you crazy, but it does have some side effects.  There are other threads about that though.  It is still the best thing out there for cystic acne I believe if that's the type you have.  If you don't want to go for that, try the AcneFree or Proactiv to get rid of the ones you have now, then see the dermatologist again about the scars. 

Did your dermatologist talk to you about methods for removing scars? They do a thing these days with a laser to remove scars (seen it done on plastic surgery tv shows, done by a dermatologist).  They have something called dermabrasion for removing them, and there's also something called a glycolic acid peel which helps too.  Of those procedures I only had the glycolic acid peel done (2 or 3 times) when I was still in my teens.  If your dermatologist didn't mention any of these other methods with you, you may want to get a second opinion with a doctor who will talk with you more about your options. 

It looked like that one was pretty uncomfortable on the shows I saw - how long did it take to recover?  Did you have to wear bandages?  

It took about 10 days.  No bandages (some docs chose to put bandages on) but there was a lot of oozing on my face.  I had to put a vasaline product all over my face.  It was not pleasant.  My face was really really red and really hot and oozing.  Its gross!

Ive also had that done but i had a peal and laser, you can't go out for a few days. My face is looking better but after having it done 6 times my scars are no way near gone. With a few more treatments they could probarbly be made even better looking but I have already spent about 2800 dollars on my face now...

what types of peels have you done?  tca?  glycolic?

im wanting to try some peels to help with my acne scars but im not sure which ones would work the best.

I used epidermal regenesi and laser.
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But when i did this i didn't get major breakouts anymore, i was however left with many scars. I still get some (1-3 every month). If you are still having breakouts I would recommend seing a derm and having a few acne treatment facials to try and calm your skin down before having any peels. But thats just my opinion...   

The peels I had done were glycolic.  I still broke out pretty bad at the time, so that was my reason for getting it done, not so much the scars.  And it helped some with that for a couple of weeks, but of course didn't cure it, so I would always have to go back to get another one done every couple of weeks to once a month (I forget).  So I switched my routine and don't get these done anymore.  I had a very red face for 2 or 3 days, but I could go out if I wanted.  I don't break out now as bad as I did then, so now I just do proactiv.

I have been using Proactiv for about a week and a half and i cant believe its working!  Im usually very skeptical with TV advertising but OMG this stuff really does work! 

Yeah, I was surprised too!  I've found that after a couple of weeks, your skin gets used to it, and it works less - but if you stick to washing your face with the sandy feeling cleanser for the full 2 minutes instead of shorting the time, it continues to work.

Oh i havent been using the cleanser for the 2 minutes...maybe i should start that.  I just dont want the 'sand' feeling things in the cleanser to do damage to my skin.

Its probably better that you didn't do the full 2 min. the first week, because it takes a week or two before your skin adjusts to the sandy stuff anyway, but later it makes a difference.  They sandy beads are designed to be round, so they shouldn't damage skin, but you do need that 1-2 week adjustment period.

Alrighty.  Thanks for the advice!

try proactiv

that works i used it and i still use it it clears up your face and gives it that nice healthy look

For the Ladies....when using the Proactiv face cleanser, do you use it all over your face, even your eyes?  If not, how do you get your eye makeup all the way off?

 

Thanks!

I don't go super close under my eyes, and I never use it in the space between my eyebrows and eyes (I wouldn't want that sandy stuff to get in my eyes).  I use mascara and other stuff that's not waterproof, so I just wipe it off with the washcloth and water before the bath (the bath will get the mess off of the washcloth).