Do you have good skin?

WHY

Q: good skin?

let's see... psoriasis on my elbows, shins and a few other spots, but not (thank goodness) on my face or privates... wrinkles starting, but the deepest creases are the laugh lines and those furrows where the bridge of my nose meets my brow (puzzlement)... a few moles... some freckles... loss of suppleness.

A: Passable, not especially good or bad.

Ah f, I forgot about the TERRIBLY skin on my head. My hairdresser claimed it was stress (as it comes and goes, just like her).

I get stress zits.

Hah. Could be why I have constant blocked pores on my nose. Ek.

i do kno that makeup isn't the best thing for ur skin but tbh, i don't care. it's just way too cool not to use.

this summer's been hard on my skin but i can feel it beginning to perk up again.

i have terrible skin but i think its gotten a lot better this last yr

Moving to a new environment, which I just did, always means it's time for a

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just in time to get new state ID photos & c.

I have good skin, despite the occasional stressed breakout.

Stopped by chic cosmetics store near me and snagged Eve Lom cleanser and moisturizer samples. Have now cleansed, could get used to this.

generally i do have good skin! i would like to find a nongreasy moisturizer so i can carry my good skin into my old age without getting zits right now.

^^ truthbomb

My skin is great in an "I don't get acne way", less great in a "Oh no, the sun's out! I have about five minutes to take cover before I start to burn" way.

My skin looks worse than it actually is because of the chicken pox scars on my forehead.

My skin is blemish and fairly wrinkle-free (and I still look heaps youger than I am), but I have dreadful redness in my face, and drinking (presumably) has aggravated it so now I have some burst cappilaries also.

Once I get makeup on I look fine, but I really hate wearing makeup, I feel like I have rubbed dirt onto my face.

no.

my skin is pretty clear and even, though of course now that i've said that....

i don't really wash it that often, and i dont drink that much water, and i smoke, and not so much with vitamin & nutrient intake... let's see how much longer it lasts.

but when i do wash my face, its with shiseido extra gentle cleansing foam.

I have no idea if I have good skin or not. I mean I don't really pay attention to it? I don't get zits or burn easy so I guess I'm pretty content, and I think some really drunk girl at a party once told me I had great skin.

Can anyone who's met me tell me if I have nice skin or not?

I think I have good skin as these things go

I've been meaning to look for a thread for face wash suggestions, and this seems like as good a place as any. So:

Please recommend a face wash for me! For years I've been using regular soap on my face, but I remember that years ago when I was using proper face wash (from Whole Foods, I think), my skin felt better.

I have fairly oily skin, no significant acne or other problems. Please recommend anything from drug store to department store to crazy upscale boutique. Oh, and maybe home made stuff, too.

Thanks!

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its like $30 but lasts awhile since you only need to use a little bit. its really really good....

My skin is both bad and good: bad in that I have what's politely called 'high color', so my face is usually a permanent shade of pink, and gets horribly blotchy if I have a glass of wine. Gets itchy in airconditioning, have a dreadful time in the sun.

But, the good is that it looks about 5 years younger than it is and is pretty smooth and nice with makeup on...I do my silly cleaning regimen 3 times a day and don't get breakouts unless I'm lazy and sleep in my makeup.

But the pink/red thing drives me barmy.

lol 3 times a day - twice, actually.

Thanks, Phil. Do you have a cleaning regimen? I am obsessed with scrubbing the shit out of my face with some buffer thing I bought at CVS.

I love that it's called "The Skincare"

I also have crescents of blackheads right underneath both of my eyes. These are starting to go away.

(Would not mind a drug that more literally makes you molt and start over with a fresh new coat.)

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This is kinda repulsive but I remember reading/hearing about a middle-aged lady infected with a flesh-eating bacteria which caused all her skin to slough off, but she made a full recovery and when her skin grew back it was literally as soft and wrinkle-free as a baby's.

Where can I get this treatment? I would travel a thousand miles to visit a spa that did this!

I have fairly oily skin, no significant acne or other problems. Please recommend anything from drug store to department store to crazy upscale boutique. Oh, and maybe home made stuff, too.

Don't use soap on your face! Cetaphil is what I use and is one of the best cleansers out there. I believe they make a version for normal - oily skin and you can get it at any drug store. Purpose is good too and also pretty cheap.

If your skin is sensitive then maybe you shouldn't use a soap. My dermatologist recommended Cetaphil. However I live in a very dirty area and I love getting in the shower with a good scrub to get all that nasty shit off! I love a good masque or facial and how bright your skin is afterward.

my skin's usually perfect but yesterday at football i scraped several layers of epidermis off my leg, now it fucking hurts. what can i do??

I have to say that the Eve Lom is working a treat.

In the shower, I use whatever cleanser is on sale or clearance when I go to the store--I prefer foaming cleansers, because they rinse off easier. Out of the shower, I use those dry disposable-washcloths-impregnated-with-cleanser things.

Ken C: How much did it bleed after it happened? Did you wash it with soap and water afterwards? How big is the wound? Is it covered with something?

Where can I get this treatment? I would travel a thousand miles to visit a spa that did this!

i once went to this fish-spa in malaysia where you dip your feet into this pool filled with hundreds/thousands of little fish who suck off all the dead skin on your feet & toenails. it tickled like a beeyatch, but after 30 mins my feet were like ridiculously soft & smooth. i looked into buying the fish to start one in new york called "nibbles spa" but then the fish got outlawed in most states in america....

Thanks, Phil. Do you have a cleaning regimen? I am obsessed with scrubbing the shit out of my face with some buffer thing I bought at CVS.
oh, i just use it when my face is feeling oily... summer once a day, winter less often....

LOL Phil, just when I was getting decadence guilt re. Eve Lom.

Kiehl's do a good foaming cleanser for about £15, and it lasts a year with careful use. My skin also improves whenever I take a zinc/magnesium supplement daily.

Technically I could afford to buy a £78 tub of cleanser and £50 for the moisturizer but I baulk at spending £15 in a charity shop, on CLOTHES, so that would be wrongish. Far better to hit up ESM beauty editor for unsolicited promos from them as she is 15 years my junior and does not need this stuff yet.

Oh man those fish pedicures freak me out. I really don't think I could do it.

Suzy I'm jealous of your Eve Lom hookup! That stuff is supposed to be great.

"Ken C: How much did it bleed after it happened? Did you wash it with soap and water afterwards? How big is the wound? Is it covered with something?"

not loads of bleeding. most of it was surface scratch except there was the middle bit where the scrape was way deeper which was bleeding. i kind of did nothing until the shower.. which HURT LIKE HELL. i didn't want to put anything on it as 1) the wound area was very big! 2) not sure what to put on it?? anything like plaster/those cloth things will just end up embedding a load of fabric onto my leg and then when it comes off i'll die as i rip the wound back open??

so the surface scratch bit is all kind of dark red now, the middle bit is pink with some blood showing. there was one bit that gushed some goo last night also.. all very attractive

Ken, rub vaseline lightly onto the dry wound before you put down any bandage, then it won't stick. If it gushes anything gooey again, go to the GP tomorrow.

MOVING ALONG Seems to me, that with just a cursory look, the Eve Lom stuff is mineral oil, lanolin and cocoa butter-based, with a bit of alcohol as an emulsifier between that and chamomile oil, eucalyptus oil and clove oil. It could be VERY simple to concoct an approximation of the cleanser with one visit to a health-food store.

78 pounds for a tub of cleanser? yikes! im in the wrong business!!!

enbb, the fish pedicure was awesome. if you're ever in SE Asia or elsewhere where animal health safety etc laws are a little more lax, give it a shot!

Thanks to internet you can buy a lot of that fancy spa shit for under $30, some basic ingredients + fragrances or oils and you're in business. I gave my sister homemade soap for Christmas. I saw suction machines for the face at CVS!

You can get lots of homemade bath and beauty stuff on EBay. I'd recommend some people, but none of them seem to be there any more.

It doesn't compare to cystic acne sufferers' suffering, but my skin will turn on a DIME into break-out city, where each pore just seems to grow a little bio-dome of infection in a matter of hours if left sweaty...or just left. Suzy, I'm going to try to mag/zinc supplement idea, I've always wondered how to find out if I'm missing something, like nutritionally, because normal blood work-ups like doctors do apparently don't show any probs and yet it's like I'm allergic to my own sweat which is just crazy.

I have good skin on my face (rarely get pimples) but I have keratosis pilaris on my upper arms and thighs..and splotchy skin elsewhere. as long as my face looks good I DON'T CARE.

I've always wondered how to find out if I'm missing something, like nutritionally, because normal blood work-ups like doctors do apparently don't show any probs

Then you don't have any nutritional deficiencies. The problem is somewhere else.

Well I didn't think it was scurvy or anything. But maybe a normal multi-vit would help -- haven't taken one for years.

I don't know if I have good skin or not. I know it used to be good. It used to be rather pretty. I would even occasionally receive compliments on it. Lately, though? Kinda splotchy, dry, overly freckled. Not zitty, just not as nice looking as it used to be.

it's like I'm allergic to my own sweat which is just crazy

Ohman, I had completely forgotten, but I had this thing a while back on my upper body where my skin would break out in a crazy rash like it was allergic to my own sweat, allergic to deodorant, allergic to being washed with any product I tried, so that was kind of hard to deal with.

It has gone away now, not quite sure why. Not diet, as I was eating a lot more healthily and remembering to take supplements more then than now. I am living somewhere with much softer water now, so it might be that.

Anyway I had thought my face skin was a lot better these days too but today I have a giant spot so I guess not.

I would recommend that anyone who is annoyed with their skin should probably take zinc/magnesium, possibly some extra B vitamins and the kind of fish oil you can get from eating some mackerel or salmon (if more practical, you can get fish oil capsules). Drink at least four glasses of water a day. Try not to touch your face other than in the morning when putting it on and at night when taking it off (my downfall). I think if you've got sebum building up in your pores, an oil-based cleanser warmed in your hands before it goes on the face will dissolve the plugs out of the pores - you should massage it in for a few minutes - and it tricks your body's sebum factory into making a bit less. This is also why a good moisturizer is important. Do this with vigilance for 28 days - no falling asleep with a face full of cosmetics, a clean pillowcase each night - and if there's any problem that hasn't gone away after that, you might need to look at your shampoo, bath gel, styling products, or perfume.

I imagine clove oil is in Eve Lom for the same reason it's often mooted as a natural toothache remedy - soothes and lessens swelling, whether gums or pores.

I've found products I can live with after some trial & error, several of which I make in my kitchen. But the break-outs never end and neither does the laundry, since anything that's touched my sweat has to be washed before wearing again.

Oh, the problem is with my erm cleavage & neck. It's not my face that's the problem, mostly, and I already do the cleaning regimen + clean pillowcase number. But people who can shower like every 2-3 days and look, y'know, kind of sweaty but nothing worse...I hate you all.

;_;