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I’ve had KPRF my entire life (there are loads of pics of me at like 4/5 years old with similar bright red cheeks) and I’m sure I’ve read that it reduces in severity with age. For me, I haven’t noticed it getting better yet!

This pic was taken about 15 minutes after getting back in after a 30 minute walk. Such a low intensity exercise and yet it feels like my face is being roasted in the oven.

I also developed rosacea in my mid 20s, but that’s mostly concentrated on my nose and middle of the face (like the cheeks next to my nose), so when I’ve been exercising, my cheeks look like this due to KPRF and then my nose is just like a tomato too.

Any experiences with it getting better over time, or any successful methods of reducing the redness/burning?

I use azelaic acid for my rosacea which also helps with a lot of the texture and bumps from KP, but stuff like niacinamide makes it all worse.

I’m in the UK and I assume it’s a crane fly, just up there vibrating for some reason lol. He’s been doing this for like an hour, the fly’s just chilling.

I’ve had this patch on my underarms for a few weeks now, only on one armpit! It’s not itchy or sore, but it feels a bit scaly. I had contact dermatitis from a natural deodorant on my underarms a few yrs ago, but I don’t use anything with baking soda in anymore, and use a natural Dove antiperspirant without any issues (seemingly).

I’m due an IPL session late next week, but this mini rash is persisting. Should I still get my IPL done around it or start Protopic and wait until that’s gotten rid of it?

I had something similar on both armpits a few years ago that didn’t respond to anything - including clotrimazole or other anti fungal, but was quite itchy/burning. That turned out to be contact dermatitis caused by my natural deodorant, which contained baking soda!

Fast forward a few years, this popped up a few weeks ago, no itching, burning, discomfort. Only on my left armpit and only in this small area.

Any thoughts? I use a Dove sensitive anti-perspirant stick and haven’t had any issues in the 2ish years of using it. I’ve tied using Sudocrem on it and also Cicaplast and neither has done anything.

I had braces as a teenager (17-19) and then 5-6 months of Invisalign for a remaining over jet in 2021 in my mid 20s. I have a permanent wire retainer behind my front 4 teeth and don’t really have too many issues with my teeth shifting these days.

I still wear my retainer ~2 days a week, and mostly for
my teeth clenching issues. If I’ve been clenching my teeth more often (this started the first time I had braces), I’ll wear my retainer more often. I’ve been using this retainer since 2022, so it’s not new or anything.

I have a night guard for my top teeth too, but it’s SO bulky I can’t even close my mouth comfortably at night so wake up with a dry mouth. I just use my retainer as a night guard instead.

Sometimes - not every time - I wake up with my upper gums a bit inflamed. They ache a bit at first when I wake up and calm down after an hour, but you can see my gums are still a little bit swollen looking, and I took my retainers out about 3 hours ago now.

Does anyone know what could be causing this? Just the pressure from a retainer + tooth clenching? I clean my retainer properly before using it every time.

This is my oldest plant from late 2021 (the only other is a huge peace lily I got in early 2022, who is also surprisingly doing pretty well!)

I’ve had countless other plants since and like 80% of them have died - might be my ADHD, but I forget to water them for aaages and then I’m hyper aware of them for a few weeks. So they’re parched and then water boarded (so sorry 😭).

My ZZ plant does NOT gaf about any of that though. An absolute champ, he’ll take whatever he gets and is happy about it. He’s also grown SO much - when I first got him, he was 40-50cm. He’s much larger now, although I haven’t measured him for the specifics - and he’s never once been repotted. I really should, but he seems fine so I just haven’t. He has a few dead leaves I need to snip off but he won’t have a tantrum if I don’t do it immediately.

Just an appreciation post for one of THE hardiest indoor plants I’ve ever known 💕

Pictured: A keratin plug on my inner eye corner that’s been hanging around since mid May. It started as a small black dot and then got bigger and just felt hard - not quite like a pimple or milia and wouldn’t pop, either. At the end of my tether, I managed to get it out with my nail after washing my face today, and it’s the biggest one I’ve ever had, huge! Was annoying me for over a month and left a big pore (which will calm down in a few days but still unsightly).

I hate getting these, especially in places like around my eyes. Especially since I can’t use AHAs in such a delicate area, so my treatment options for this area are even more limited than the rest of my face.

I’ve been getting keratin plugs for years, as well as having KPRF on my lower cheeks - they started on my upper arms when I was a kid/teen, but I often get them on my back, face and scalp these days too.

I also have rosacea and seb derm on my face, but they’re both pretty controlled with azelaic acid + soolantra daily.

I’d say I get more keratin plugs on my face than actual pimples - and they DO NOT leave until I manually remove them. I use azelaic acid daily and still get them, salicylic acid has never worked in the past, I haven’t found a urea or amlactin cream that I can use on my face (especially one that won’t irritate either my rosacea or seb derm).

Anyone found any success with treating these that don’t resort to scratching them out? I don’t want to increase my risk of scars and pigmentation from it. I make sure the pore’s clean afterwards and apply cicaplast or sudocrem over it, but it’s still a concern.

I couldn’t get a derm appt until early August so asking here in the meantime!

Pictured: A keratin plug on my inner eye corner that’s been hanging around since mid May. It started as a small black dot and then got bigger and just felt hard - not quite like a pimple or milia and wouldn’t pop, either. At the end of my tether, I managed to get it out with my nail after washing my face today, and it’s the biggest one I’ve ever had, huge! Was annoying me for over a month and left a big pore (which will calm down in a few days but still unsightly).

I hate getting these, including in places like around my eyes. Especially since I can’t use AHAs in such a delicate area, so my treatment options for this area are even more limited than the rest of my face.

I’ve been getting keratin plugs for years - they started on my upper arms when I was a kid/teen, but I often get them on my back, face and scalp these days too.

I also have rosacea and seb derm on my face, but they’re both pretty controlled with azelaic acid + soolantra daily.

I’d say I get more keratin plugs on my face than actual pimples - and they DO NOT leave until I manually remove them. I use azelaic acid daily and still get them, salicylic acid has never worked in the past, I haven’t found a urea or amlactin cream that I can use on my face (especially one that won’t irritate either my rosacea or seb derm).

Anyone found any success with treating these that don’t resort to scratching them out? I don’t want to increase my risk of scars and pigmentation from it. I make sure the pore’s clean afterwards and apply cicaplast or sudocrem over it, but it’s still a concern.

I couldn’t get a derm appt until early August so asking here in the meantime!