r/SkincareAddiction

If you go back in my post history from a couple weeks ago, I asked for SPF recommendations with a long long checklist of qualities I was looking for. I had a lot of naysayers saying that I was asking for a product that doesn’t exist. I’ve tried probably 50-75 face SPFs in my adulthood, and I bought 7 from the list of recommendations from yall, and I finally found the one. (I use ¼ tsp on my face and neck and have worn this for about a week straight and reapplied later in the day)

-mineral SPF (chemical SPFs don’t have zinc oxide which protect the skin barrier, and chemical SPFs often irritate my sensitive skin)
-less than $25 for 1.7 oz (this comes well under at $17 for 1.7 oz)
-no white cast (I have light-medium neutral-olive skin)
-doesn’t pill under make up
-hydrating formula
-not greasy
-lightweight
-absorbs easily and doesn’t leave a film
-not drying and doesn’t cling to dry skin
-30+ spf (this is 50 which is incredible)
-easily available in the US
-doesn’t cause break outs

I’m going on almost week 9 of Differin cream. I constantly would have clear skin - then break out all over my forehead. and this rotation has continued since I was 16. a year ago my skin was literally perfect. Then, in March, of course the pimples and comedones came back. I started Differin cream on June 19th. I have been through rotation of different topical creams, antibiotics, diary-free diets, sugar-free diets, and even went to a naturopath.

I am going through a purge that started around week 3/4 and it feels like it hasn’t stopped or gotten any better. I’m talking pimples all over my forehead, cheeks, chin, and even neck. The active pimples have now kinda subsided but I have SOOO many closed comedones on my cheeks and forehead. I also use azeliac acid in the morning. I’ve also never really broken out on my cheeks or neck before. I literally hate looking at myself in the mirror, makeup looks horrible on me. I don’t know if this is normal or WHEN for the love of god - will I have clear skin consistently. I am getting married next summer and I just REALLY need this to clear up as I literaly don’t want to leave the house. I’m so self-conscious and I don’t know if I should keep using it or if it’s something that just isn’t working well with my skin.

help? should I keep using it? and WHEN will this get better? I just keep crying :(

i have been getting these pimples all over my legs for years. i’ve tried everything — sugar scrubs, dry brushing, shave oil/gel/cream, ingrown hair treatment products, changing my razor, african net sponge, skin oil, body butters, etc.
i still get pimples all over my legs after shaving and idk how to prevent them. i even get them on my thighs and i very rarely shave them - i have done it like twice this year but they still randomly come up. some of the spots become really big and full of pus and after it disappears (or sometimes i pop it) it leaves a permanent purplish scar on my leg. school and sports are starting again so it’s embarassing to have pimples all over my legs. does anyone have tips?

i’ve also recently got these spots on my shoulder and one on my lower stomach im just really confused what’s even happening and nothing will fix it.

Hi, Im 30 years old and ive had these static wrinkles showing for the past 8 months. Ive tried retinal for the past 6 months but it seems they worsened. Do you think prescription tretinoin will help or is botox the only option? I really dont want to start botox now. I am also not sure if i have dehydrated skin. But the thing is I use matrixyl 3000 the ordinary, la roche posay hyalu b5 and olay collagen petide max 24 moisturiser so on paper it should be okay hydration wise. Please help because Im really worried about this 😅

Just wanted to share how happy I am that I finally got my thighs to clear up! First picture was 8/5 and second was today (8/19).

In the shower I would use the original Dove bar soap with an African net sponge. Then once I was out of the shower I would pat dry, then apply The Ordinary 7% glycolic acid. Once that dried I would top it off with Cerave Daily Moisturizing lotion, followed by Jojoba oil.

I hope my routine can benefit someone!

I’m 22M, all these pictures were taken just now. I know I haven’t shaven, so there’s a little more hair than is usually on my face. I took accutane from 2022-2023 but still get occasional pimples. My skin is very oily, so I drink lots of water throughout the day (always at least 4L, sometimes up to 5L). I use CeraVe moisturizer and Cetaphil daily facial cleanser, washing and moisturizing my face 2x per day. I also use Skin Aqua Japanese sunscreen daily, which is SPF50+PA++++. Am I doing anything wrong?

26F I’ve never really had acne before, these just showed up friday

pic 1 -> pic 2 was no treatment -> selsun blue dandruff shampoo

pic 2->3 was i stopped selsun and switched to pore pads because I heard dandruff shampoo was more for fungal acne

pic 3->4 the medicine pore pads in the am and differen in the PM

(every morning and night also included cleaner + [treatment] + moisturizer

should I go back to selsun? cause it is getting worse is it not?!!??? im gonna cry

26F dealing with hormonal/cystic acne concentrated on my jawline and chin, flares predictably around my period. I track my cycle and rotate my actives by phase — barrier-only during my period, alternating Differin 0.1% and Azelaic Acid 10% during follicular, one BHA night a week, and a stricter Differin-only push around ovulation with no BHA. AM routine is a gentle cleanser, vitamin C, niacinamide, spot treatment on active areas, moisturizer, and SPF every day, and I stay on top of hydration and drink plenty of water. I started Spironolactone 50mg daily this week for the hormonal component, so I know it’s still very early. Despite all of this I’m still getting new cystic breakouts along the jaw and chin most weeks and it’s not really trending down yet. I’m considering Accutane if things don’t improve. Also I am dealing with a huge one right now.
Would love to hear from anyone who’s dealt with this same hormonal jawline pattern — what actually worked for you, or if I’m missing something obvious in my routine.

I'm very new to skincare, I've been gifted these skincare products, how many times a day should I put them? How do I apply them the best? In the future, if I buy more, which one I should?

I am waiting on a referral for a dermatologist, but in the meantime if there is anything I can do that’ll help my skin I would appreciate any help. I have really bad chicken skin and small red bumps on my skin at all times, whether I shave my legs or not. I exfoliate about every other day with a body brush to help with ingrowns (yet I still get them) and smoothing out my skin. I have also tried using lactic acid (the ordinary) diluted with water, which made my skin really itchy. I have also tried using glycolic acid also by the ordinary. I will typically use glycolic acid on the days I don’t exfoliate with my dry brush. Any tips would be appreciated thank you!!!

Background I'm a guy so I never used any nail polish or products. Please help thank you

i’ve been dealing with acne for about 3-4 years now. and it fluctuates so much. one minute i have the clearest skin of my life the next it’s the worst thing in the world. i’ve been on tretenoin on and off the first time being on 0.025% for around 6months - 1year and it was the best thing ever cleared my acne and my darkspots i weened off and then we prescribed 0.1% and started using that for about 10 months and it was like it would help the acne but destroy my barrier which caused more acne and it was a loop for months and months and i was still breaking out. i recently switched back to 0.025% this past june, and it’s like im debating on accutane because clearly tretenoin must not be working anymore. It’s draining and i don’t know what to do anymore and everything im getting prescribed seems to not be working. I got clindamycin gel and I feel like that made my acne more inflamed than it did flatten. Is accutane looking like the next move? I’ve heard about this supplement called clearstem thinking about trying that before accutane. But i’m Also on spironolactone, and i was on 50mg for 5 months and then a week ago started taking 100mg. I feel like im out of options i just want clear skin. I attached pictures of how my skin fluctuates.

My routine

Morning
HOCL spray
Azelaic acid (recently upped the dosage a week ago from 10% cream which i’ve been using for a couple months to 20% cream)
Black girl sunscreen 30 spf
cerve healing ointment

Night
Cetaphil gentle facial cleanser + pear soap
HOCL spray
Tretenoin 0.025%
Spironolactone 100mg (just started 100mg a week or two ago been on 50mg for 5 months prior)
Cerve healing ointment Night
Occasionally hydroquinone cream.

PLEASE HELPI have dry and peeling lips 24/7 mainly along my lip lines where lips meet. I wake up in the morning with white slimy gunk all on my inner lips and mouth then a hour later the dry sensation starts again! After talking a lot or being out for a while I get gunky white stuff on lip line again! I have tried every single lip balm on the market with no results, have tried using Vaseline, cerave healing ointment, aquaphor, lanolin you name it but nothing works at all! I’m having to apply something to my lips all day long to stop them from feeling tight dry and irritated. I have also changed toothpaste to no SLS, changed shampoos to no sls but nothing I try seems to make any difference whatsoever! Have been to derms for swabs but all come back negative and all the advice they give is use Vaseline!! If anyone has any idea what I can do or any advice I would really really appreciate it!

The second picture is of my forehead, I have this werid texture tbat won't go away. I've used salicylic acid and glycolic at diff times but neither helped.