How I completely got rid of my severe acne!
i am the poster child of “i tried EVERYTHING to clear my acne!” i did! pills, washes, miracle cures, you name it, i tried it. dermatologists prescribed a million things, but here's what actually worked:
DRINK. WATER. that is probably the most cliched health thing ever. ((drinking a good amount of water not only helped me become a healthier weight, majorly helped my mental health and physical wellness, helped me sleep better, i could go on forever. ultimately i think it was the MAIN factor that did away with my acne.))
i always thought i was a super hydrated person! i drank the daily recommended amount based on what web calculators told me, but this summer i found that “enough water” was not enough water. (because of my job this summer i was drinking more than double my daily amount which was actually perfect, but i’ll make a post on how i calculate water intake some other time)
take advantage of your skin type my skin is an annoying combination of oily and sensitive. my regimen has been the same two daily products since April. one acne cleanser for more oily skin, and one face wash that isn’t really skin type specific, it just works.
don’t over wash your face, wash it just enough.
MOISTURIZE!! even if you are feeling too lazy on a certain day to wash your face, quickly dab on some non-pore clogging moisturizer. even if you have oily skin!! because your skin produces more oils in order to moisturize your face, but if you’re doing that job it doesn’t have to. (is that science? who knows tbh)
do those things that keep your face clean wash your pillowcase, don’t touch/pick at your face/keep your hair pinned back when you break out/etc
THE SUN! this has two parts
1. get some vitamin D, even if you are sitting in front of your window just make sure to get at least 15 minutes of sunlight per day (although i was getting several hours of sun per day when i got my severe acne to go away)
2. wear sunscreen. it can be a moisturizer or makeup with SPF, but protect your face from the sun.
if you have a full face of spots, don’t spot treat, it dries your skin.
cut out that junk food if you can.
the thing about this is i didn’t say anything groundbreaking. the thing that was groundbreaking for me was all of it combined, at a very intense level. all of the things that i said here i basically multiplied by ten (i drank insane amounts of water and ate super healthily and got tons of sun and wore sunscreen every day and washed my face religiously and washed my pillowcase with every load of laundry i did.)
if you claim you have tried everything but you haven't tried these, then you haven't tried everything!
tl;dr go hard or go home. see the bolded text and multiply it by ten if you really want to see actual results
these were the steps i took to clear severe acne (now i have a zit free face) and i wish there was an easier/more magical cure, but i have tried most of the commercial brands and pills, and they did nothing compared to this.
