Clearing up

Recently, my skin has been getting a lot better. I have a clearer complexion and I feel larger pimples shrinking. I started taking more apple cider vinegar (two TBPS, twice daily), D 53 Acnex, and I have been getting more sleep. I think all 3 have been crucial to improving my skin, but I want to emphasis sleep. Over the past month, I noticed I have not been getting as much sleep as I should. Some days I would get up at 5am and go to bed at 10:30pm. This lack of sleep would leave me feeling physically fatigued during the day. I felt i the worst after this weekend. I ended up getting a total of about 10 hours of poor quality sleep and I felt like shit on Monday. Also, when I am talking about sleep, I am talking about the waking up drooling sleep. Which means that it not only does it need to be ~8 hours of rest, it needs to be quality sleep. I find it difficult to get this kind of sleep often. It is too easy for me to not be comfortable while I sleep. I toss and turn, because I am experimenting with new sleeping positions (I am a belly sleeper trying to convert over to a side sleeper) or I have to get up to use the restroom in the middle of the night.

Progress from June

Here is a photo of me taken back in June.

Tazorac Chemical Burn

I have been using Tazorac, a topical rentin-A acne cream, for the whole summer. Initially, it was working really well. It was drawing out some of my blackheads and bring them to the surface. My complexion started to clear up. However, towards the end of the summer my chin began to break out a lot and turn really red. At first I thought this was normal, but after talking to an esthetician, I found out the medication was giving me a chemical burn. It was really irritating my skin and it was causing damage. The esthetician told me to stop using tazorac and she recommended some products to heal my skin. I have been following her advice and using the products for over a week now. I can tell that the redness has gone down. I have been told by a few friends that my face looks better. I am going to continue seeing this esthetician on a monthly basis. I really need the monthly facials, and I hope she can help my situation. I blame my self for not consulting a doctor after a few months of using tazorac. I should have checked with a specialist to make sure every thing was OK. I am going to be more careful in the future.

Here is a picture of what my break outs on my chin were looking like. This day was especially bad.