u/SadYogiSmiles

I’ve had it for 3 months now and while there are a few days here or there that I can sleep through the night, mostly I find myself waking up multiple times, feeling like I’m being suffocated. My mask fit is correct and I have humidity and increased my air pressure to 7-20.

Recently I’ve started having night terrors, waking up feeling like there’s someone in the room with me.

I’m also clenching my teeth so hard I feel like I may have cracked a tooth. I’m supposed to wear a guard but I can’t fall asleep with all this stuff on me 😭

I’ve gained around 25 pounds in the last year so I feel just icky and terrible. Between that and the dark circles under my eyes I dread having to go outside because I can tell people think I look like shit.

I’m miserable. I’m tired.

I’ve had sleep issues my whole life, and felt like my face was starting to get more and more red and bloated looking. That’s in addition to fatigue, dark circles, other health issues. I switched to distilled water and that stopped a lot of the painful flares, but I still had the general sickness that I felt had a hand in my redness.

Took a sleep study and turns out I have sleep apnea! I’m not overweight, and am a 30s female. Apparently it’s not uncommon for people with ADHD.

Anyway since adjusting to CPAP I’ve noticed my flares have been improving a lot! There’s a difference I can tell between like surface flares from a bad skincare routine (so pustules, pain) and the deeper inflammation flares that feel hot beneath my skin. That heat has been dissipating.

Obviously we all know how important sleep is. So if you’ve been struggling with yours, highly recommend seeing if you have breathing or sinus issues!

Part of the issue is he is barrel chested and large and needs a longer hem, and more structured shirt

But then his waist is really small so I’m looking for more fitted shorts with a smaller inseam. Like Miami beach fit.

He’s gotten into the matching set game recently and I want to find him some quality, flattering sets.

Tia!

Part of the issue is he is barrel chested and large and needs a longer hem, more structured shirt

But then his waist is really small so I’m looking for more fitted shorts with a smaller inseam. Like Miami beach fit.

He’s gotten into the matching set game recently and I want to find him some quality, flattering sets.

Tia!

About 7 years ago (early 20s) I’d finally found a routine where my skin was perfect, but overzealous use of tretinoin brought a flare on both cheeks that I’ve been fighting since. Brought it down with round of doxycycline, but then that wrecked my stomach and gave me a bunch of small red dots over my chest that took a couple months to subside…

I moved into a house about 4 years ago and my skin (and hair) got progressively worse. Felt like there was a film I couldn’t get off, hair took forever to dry, looked dirty almost immediately. Was using head and shoulders as face wash because it was the only thing keeping my fungal acne / that burning sensation down. Crazy acne along jawline, terrible blackheads. Couldn’t handle most actives or ingredients I could before. I looked so old and inflamed and it hurt!!

About one year ago today I decided to try distilled water for hair and skin. Immediately saw improvements. Skin felt clean but not irritated. I’ve very very slowly been adding in my former skincare products and can finally tolerate most things again. But I basically had to cut down to just cleanser, lotion then I’ve added in more hydration / actives month by month.

My skin is almost completely clear now, no burning at all. It gets a little weird during luteal phase but that’s slowly improving too.

**So long story short if you have hard water, try distilled. Hope it helps you like it has me!!**

Current Skincare routine

Night

Sulwhasoo Cleansing Oil
→ remove makeup/sunscreen
La Roche-Posay Toleriane Foaming Cleanser
→ rinse with distilled water only
Hyaluronic Acid (Hada Labo)
→ 2–3 layers with distilled water between
Snail Mucin from COSRX
→ 2–3 layers with distilled water between
Azelaic Acid 15%
→ just started a week ago but do think I’ve noticed some improvements esp on nose!
La Roche-Posay Cicaplast Baume (thin layer as needed)
Thin layer of Petrolatum (Vaseline) before bed

Optional:

extra distilled water spray + snail mucin if skin still feels dry

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Morning

Dab off excess Vaseline
Distilled water mist if needed
Optional snail mucin or Cicaplast on dry areas
Biore UV Aqua Rich Watery Essence sunscreen

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Occasional Active

Tretinoin 0.1%
→ very thin layer about once weekly for PIH/texture/anti-aging

Also do weekly Malibu c hard water hair treatment and my hair is wayyy cleaner looking now and so easy to dry!

I get Botox at the corner of my eyes and can clearly see a ring of normal, non flushed where the Botox is.

It seems like both Botox Microneedling and meso inject diluted Botox superficially, but all the research studies supporting the use for rosacea that I’ve seen use mesobotox. I can’t figure out if they’re essentially the same treatment and only see Botox Microneedling offered in my city.

Ive tried 3 sessions of VBeam with lackluster results, although the first 2 sessions I think her settings were really low. I also have rhofade which is fantastic but does cause rebound so I use it sparingly. Otherwise I have a fairly simple skincare routine and aza but there’s still a persistent flush /

Inflammation on my cheeks.

TIA!