I’ve always had a pretty lax attitude towards shaving, and I’m a habitual grown out armpit hair girlie. In past summers, I’ll typically shave my legs more often, but this summer I was inspired by this sub to grow it out! Feeling lovely 🥰
I, 24F, battled acne in my teens and have largely won, but I still almost always have 1/2 active pimples. As soon as they go away, another seems to pop up. Sometimes they’re deep, sometimes they’re more on the surface. They’re more often than not on the lower half of my face, around my chin. I’m just a bit sick of it! It’s not a big deal, but it feels like I’ve been trying to figure out my skin forever to no avail. I was also on spironolactone 50mg from ages 18-22, and my skin was pretty much the same as it is rn.
Any thoughts on what this could be, or what I could do to tweak my routine to make it more effective? Should I just accept that I will always be rockin’ a pimple?
Current Routine:
AM: Aveeno Oat Cleanser, The Ordinary Azelaic Acid, Vanicream Moisturizing Cream, Cetaphil Sheer Mineral Sunscreen
PM: Garnier Micellar Water, Aveeno Oat Cleanser, Laneige Cream Skin Toner, The Ordinary Azelaic Acid, Tretinoin 0.1%, Vanicream Moisturizing Cream
1-2 times a week, I skip the tret and use The Ordinary glycolic acid toner
other life factors: on combo bc pill + sertraline, exercise regularly, eat a relatively healthy & balanced diet, drink at least 96 oz of water per day