While Hanging Out in Google, Emily One brought up the fact that I've been rubbing fruit on my face. I haven't been doing it as regularly as I ought to, so I thought I would start a little update thing here and it might encourage me to keep track of what actually works/doesn't work in regard to my skin care. So here goes.
First off, I wanted to say that before going to school, I had practically no acne whatsoever. A bit on my chin and forehead, but that was legit it. So I just wanted to throw that out there and also ask if anyone else noticed a remarkable turn for the worse after starting school. Acne spread to cheeks, back, and chest for me about a month into first year. I thought I could blame the food, but being off it for so long, I'm not sure that flies.
Anyway, I put off dermatology appointments for ages, and eventually went last August, so I've been on the same routine for a year now (because no matter how I tell him it's not making any difference, he doesn't believe me). Though, SINCE going to him I HAVE had miraculous one-week time frames where my skin has been almost flawless (interestingly enough, always lining up with when I see him). Two such times I remember are right before graduation, and right before Christmas break.
Which kind of calls into question my other "this must be why I'm breaking out" reason: stress. I thought for sure stress was a major factor, but trying to finish things like my history thesis before Christmas break (along with other final projects) was quite a stressful thing. And while Senior Week might have been a didn't-have-to-do-anything blast, the prospect of graduation (synonymous with Separation) was pretty gosh-darned stressful too.
So if it's not necessarily food (I don't have The Healthiest diet, but I'm getting in so many more fruits and vegetables than I ever did at Moody--plus I've been taking Cod Liver Oil as a Vitamin A supplement for the past six weeks), stress, oil buildup or whatever topical problem, or hormonal even (on "the best thing" for that too), WHAT THE HECK IS IT? And why has it gotten SO BAD in the last few weeks, and why was it sparkling a week before that? What the heck?
Anyway, as for the FRUIT: I really need to do this more. I was doing quite well, actually, for a while there, but I need to switch my schedule around a bit to take the time to wash fruit off my face in the morning or something, which is when I'm typically eating it (also at lunch, but not really wanting to wash it off at work!).
On Saturday, before talking to you guys, I did a banana mask. This consisted of half a banana, a tablespoon of honey, a small handful of oats, and a squeeze of lemon juice. Mush it all together and rub it on your face, leave for fifteen minutes and rinse off with lukewarm water.
Results: my face felt fantastic for two days, and I noticed some difference. Possibly caused smaller pores which contributed to the look, or something? Plus I did have a few of those big red bumps that definitely died down almost immediately after using it. And the lemon juice in there is meant to lighten acne scars, which is also a huge problem for me because I look at my face and I'm like "I am SO broken out" but really a lot of it is old scars that make my face blotchy because I'm so pale. Anyway, that was quite nice, I felt loads more confident about my appearance after that.
But after two days, it was like my face just exploded. They don't recommend masks like that for daily use, so it's like, what. What do you even do.
ANYWAY. Figured I'd update on this since it's something I've been obsessing over and will probably continue to obsess over when I'm like 103 and still have acne. (bit bitter right now, can you tell?)
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