Oh Acne!

A skincare and beauty blog for those who suffer from acne. Formerly located at puritti.uninsomnia.org.

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Lose weight nowww. New goal weight has been decided...even though I'm not even at my old goal weight yet. 15 lbs to gooo.

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My skin is getting worse. Gained all my weight back. What to do tumblr. What to do... Stop eating. Cry some more. Just work out then go to work and pray that if things don't get better maybe a car will hit me and I'll die.

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Shit. Gained all the progress back this week. FUCK.

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Few more pounds and then I can basically 100% shop in the kids section.

[ohacne]

Flip flop

Flip flopping 106 and 110. UGH run run run Lose lose lose

[ohacne]

Size double zero, here I come...!

[ohacne]

Cool.

So I've been stuck at a certain weight for some time now, maybe almost 3 weeks without it budging. My grandpa is currently in the hospital though, and 3 all-nighters spent in the hospital with him later the weight rut has broken! Just 8 more lbs away!

[ohacne]

4-5 kg away from my goal weight! Sounds like so little but it's going to take like another 3 months. Ugh

[ohacne]

Have you thought about trying birth control for acne? Sorry, I know I hate when people give me unwanted advice about my skin because it's my skin and obviously I've been to all 4 corners of google looking for solutions so I don't want or need their advice so sorry if I'm offending you in any way. I just wanted to let you know that without birth control I have really terrible acne and with it I have completely clear skin. No joke. I'd get cystic acne that hurt like hell all over and now no more.

Yeah, I've tried birth control in the past and unfortunately it's done nothing and made no difference. :(

[ohacne]

If I run, And eat nothing tomorrow, It'll make up for socializing today, And I won't gain weight, And my skin will stay the way it is. Some breakouts, But not all over, Just the jawline and temples, But not all over. Please, No weight gain, And not acne all over.

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Beer

Got burgers and beers with an old friend today. 1 burger, some fries, and 3 beers--almanac's heirloom pumpkin ale, young's double chocolate stout, and something called the quadrotriticale. And I ate lunch today. That's a 7 - mile run down the toilet. Need to pump myself up for another 7 - mile run tomorrow, pelvic fracture or shin splints, it doesn't matter.

[ohacne]

Interesting. I can run 2.4 miles in a 5.8 min/mile pace. But, when I do my usual long runs of 6- or 8-miles, I can only average a 10:30 min/mile or 11 min/mile pace at best. Blegh.

[ohacne]

Dimsum today. Feels like a death sentence to all my hard work during the last week. But I guess I can't show up to my pre-employment physical with a heart rate of 40.

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Who's on myfitnesspal? Message/comment me your username!

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Stuck. Been at 54kg for the past two weeks. Go down already.

I won’t make this an empty post I guess. Below is my current skincare regimen that I’ve been using since June 2014.

I still have acne. Have-- present tense. That’s going on 15 years now. My skin has parts of the month it gets better, last week my period came a week and a half late again after only 3 months of being regular…and the hormones wrecked havoc on my skin.

Morning:

1) Wash with lukewarm water and Neutrogena Oil - free Acne Wash (2% salicylic acid). I’ve been using the Neutrogena cream version in the green tube up until last week, and have also used the gel version of the green acne wash in the past few months as well. Testing out the original version now.

2) Apply Up & Up 2.5% Benzoyl Peroxide spot treatment on active lesions. Sometimes I get to skip this step.

3) Apply Pure Body Naturals 20% Vitamin C serum (with hyaluronic acid and ferulic acid). I actually just started using this two days ago, but I’ve been using Oz Naturals Vitamin C serum since August 2014.

4) Moisturize with Cerave Moisturizing Cream.

5) End with Olay Complete SPF 15 moisturizer as a sunscreen.

Night: Normally it’s just a repeat of the above, but without the Olay SPF moisturizer. I’ll also exfoliate daily after cleansing with the Origins Ginzeng Gel Scrub (smells amazing), which I like but I question how strongly it exfoliates. I’ve also been using the Origins 10 - minute rescue mask, which has worked fantastic for me and I will definitely repurchase for now!

[ohacne]

Hi.

I've graduated.

But now I'm a "young professional".

Acne still a big problem for me.

Still dealing with issues at home and in life.

Please feel free to message me questions about skincare related to acne!

My responses may come slow but I will respond to each and every one of you!

Thank you!

[ohacne]

Message me.

Hi followers,

I anticipate a rough and busy year for me, with this being my last year of graduate school and all. Between that, working 30+ hours a week (I'm a nurse!) and dealing with family issues that are bound to come up, I will likely never be able to update this blog like I wanted to.

I’m always available for questions about products, reviews, skincare and acne. I’ll be more than happy to listen to your story and offer you my own experience and what I’ve learned (and am still learning as I continue to battle my adult acne).

So ask/message away!

Best, Shelly