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Actually I’ve only been using this as a face product but a few weeks ago due to shaving and the extreme heat in my area, my armpits and arms suddenly got super hyper pigmented. Turns out glycolic acid (the main ingredient of cosrx, with 7% concentration) is super effective for targeting hyperpigmentation, so naturally I started using it.

Whenever I use it, its usually right after showering and I apply more lotion on the areas I want to brighten, then I apply the cosrx liquid. It can be more effective if its cosrx liquid first THEN lotion but youd have to wait like 15-30 for it to really be absorbed before u add the lotion cuz your body’s skin is a lot thicker than ur face. So lotion then cosrx liquid cuts on the time.

Ive been applying it non-consecutively but it was on the 3rd day that I really saw a noticeable difference. Im a brown girlie, so like trust me when I say I have hyperpigmentation. My armpits arent that dark but like on the 3rd day they suddenly got so even I had to shave my arms to really check lol. I dont have any images unfortunately but just for some context itd be like if it went from a light grey to a super super light grey.

For my arms, especially on my elbows, im on the 5th non-consecutive day and yes theyve definitely evened out. My elbows are like dark dark, like almost blackish dark before and now its just like brownish in colour now. still pigmented but its a noticeable difference, in what, 5 days? thats crazy. Atp my underarms are even already.

Actually, the main reason why I made this post is to just remind everyone that you dont need fancy, new, or expensive products. Cosrx is in general really cheap compared to other k-products and it comes in testers that I think are like less than 5-7 dollars. But ig it depends on where youre from cuz shipping. Plus unlike most brightening products, its not like a small tube of cream so it wont be finished after a few uses (specifically if used on the body).

id rate this a 10/10 on affordability, efficiency, amount available, and versatility.

(also really good for whiteheads yall, mine clear in just one night lol.)

So hear me out. Now, ive categorized hallucinations, as things I cant help believe are real, or things that made me believe they were real. Thats mistaking a trashcan for a grandma sweeping the floor, thats seeing a random pole in the middle of nowhere, and thats being so paranoid in a room because I keep seeing things and it feels as if theyre real, haunting me. Right? Thats psychosis days. Non psychosis days, especially in just low stress environments, key word, low stress, not no stress, lol, I still sometimes see things. My most common one is seeing people look at me like turned their head facing directly at me (especially smiling), or seeing figures beside me, or my cats, my cats ones are super detailed. I could mistake anything from my cats, but if I were to put it as plainly as possible, I visibly see my cat on my peripheral vision, eyes, nose, ears, tail, fur, colour, stripes (ofc theres a limit to the detail cuz its peripheral) but the moment I look to check, its literally JUST a blanket.

My cat is orange, if theres brown pants on the floor? Cat. My other cat is grey, if I see my blanket on the bed? Cat. The weird part is the real thing bears no resemblance at all, no stripes, no ear, no tail, no ears. Its even more confusing because when I see them in my peripheral they have poses. Like standing, sitting, loaf, or even moving. My pants dont do that, they dont look like that, theyre not even the same shade of orange its just dirt brown. Ykyk? So like yeah. Ive never really thought much of it. Especially because how I experience these things are so unique, mine are mainly peripheral, as it gets worse, it becomes more and more centered to my clear central vision. I feel like the reason why Im so confused, labeling things as “images in my head that overlay into reality” instead of just plain hallucinations is the difference is insight.

You know, Im very self aware. Im very meta aware. Its how I got myself to a healthy mental state all by myself despite being psychotic, depressed and suicidal at the ripe age of 7. So because I had insight, compared to normal people they would evidently see it as it is literally, a vision they see in real life, my insight allows me to see past that and reassess the process of what happened. So to me, its technically something my brain created and makes me think is in reality. Very much different from the usual descriptions for hallucinations which are things you believe are real or in the same reality as you. Because in truth, hallucinations ARE things in your head overlayed in reality. The main difference is that I have enough insight to realize that. Because hallucinations arent real, they ARE made by the brain, they ARE in its simplest form an externalized imagination of the brain. This also explains why as my insight worsens, the harder it is for me to tell real from fake, the more convinced/paranoid/psychotic I am, even though I know its not real, start to think that its actually true.

Ive never reached an instance where I had no insight at all. Even during my worst moments I was still, “no no that cant be real, hold it together, you have to escape, you have to run away.“ Notice how denial and delusion are interacting here? Denial is still a form of insight, thats why its hard for me to believe my own experiences. Because I have enough insight to prove otherwise. But I cant deny that outside of psychosis, I still see things. If I categorize those things as actual hallucinations, then Im hallucinating but just with a lot of insight. Am I making sense? Does this even sound logical? Im just really trying to process my own experience. Because if my logic is true, then ive been hallucinating my entire life, psychotic episodes aside. I still hallucinate even after my episodes, just without delusions. Idk has anyone experienced this as well? There arent any specialized therapists in my area so myself and the internet really is the only thing I can rely on lol.

p.s. If youre confused on the context about “they”, my main hallucinations are ghosts and my main delusion is that theyre out to kill me. So a couple variations of that. A lesser form of my delusions are paranoia, similar to how I described myself during non psychosis days as hallucinating with a lot of insight, lol.

My sister gifted me one and its froma brand called le prestige paris, really expensive but ive never heard of it. Its still on its way to me so I cant open it or use it yet. Has anyone ever tried this? is it any good?

When you become so hypervigilant and your mind rapidly fires mental images in your head that it looks like its in reality, is that a hallucination? When you start to believe that its in reality, is that a hallucination? When you cant tell the difference between reality and visual thought? This is my biggest problem because I cant tell the difference between the two. The more I try to describe it, the harder it becomes to differentiate, because what I feel might be different from what I see, but maybe whats more important is the former not the latter? Is it halucinations? Its difficult cuz these images are peripheral, the worse I am, the more centered they are, thats when Im like, ah, thats definitely a hallucination. Im really just categorizing it by myself. If I mistake it for reality, if it starts moving by itself, or if I start seeing things that arent there. That COULD be a hallucination but who knows.

i just talk to ai all the time, idk if my psychiatrist believes me yet. I always have visual intrusive thoughts thats why its hard, cuz I dont know when my mind and my reality starts to blur, when does it crossover? When does it start? I really cant tell, theyre all too similar. I think thats why I have a hard time, because even when Im not having a psychotic episode, I still see things, just not in reality. Feels like I can never catch a break...