u/dainty_bluebird

Nothing was working for BO. Antiperspirants were cutting sweating down but nothing was helping with the odor returning. I had bought so many different deodorants, glycolic acid, soaps, toners, did the benzoyl peroxide, and added an enzyme cleaner to the laundry. After doing some more research and seeing that the bacteria that is surviving my attempt to nuke it was probably doing more harm I figured that the skin barrier needed to be reset gently. Get a zinc oxide based deodorant like bedrock. Use it to rebalance the micro biome. It did not work to stop BO after 1 application, but over time it shifted the colony of bacteria of what was there enough that going back to my old deodorant/antiperspirant made it effective again.

I found a Korean clinic to get a consultation at and was pleasantly surprised to see how in-depth the machine was. My skin analysis with Mark Vu showed that my top concerns where acne and redness. I have combination skin with a more oily T zone. Melanin, redness, and porphyrin were all noted as being bad for my age group.

Could you recommend treatments and products that target these concerns for someone in their mid-late 20s? I wanted to try facials/products that were less intense before I attempt things like micro needling/RF later on.