Tuesday, November 15, 2011
PLEASE HELP!! Has anyone used an oil cleansing method for your face?
I recently started using using olive oil to see if it would help with my acne. I've been using it along with other methods for a few days now but already my skin feels so much smoother, is easier to exfoliate, and looks more vibrant. I don't have to use any extra moisturizers either. The method I have been using is to rub only olive oil onto my skin 10 minutes before I shower. You don't need a whole lot at all. Just enough to very lightly coat the skin. Once I get in the shower I wash my hair with regular shampoo and scrub my scalp with a soft bristled back scrubber. It loosens the oil on your scalp and keeps if from getting too dry and exfoliates it while distributing small amounts of oil throughout your hair. Then I rinse and use only the back scrubber to scrub the rest of my body and even my face. If I have acne blemishes I use a small drop of tea tree oil two or three times a day. I also take a quick shower at night with just water and scrub gently. This gets off all the dirt so it won't clog pores at night. I also got one of those skin care oxegenics shower heads. My ex had one and it always made my skin feel good so I looked them up on ebay and you can get them for $11 shipping included. Another thing I started doing recently is taking soy isoflavones for hormonal balance. A lot of the time hormones such as around your period time can cause acne. If you have a lot of acne scars and if your insurance will cover it I recommend getting the photodynamic treatment. They apply this stuff that makes your skin sensative to the sun and put you under a blue light for 16 minutes. It burns a lot but it's worth it. For 36 hours you can't go near the sun or it will re-activate and burn again but four days later your skin peels and new skin cells come through. Plus, it kills the acne bacteria. I had it done not too long ago and it really helped. I had a problem with acne developing under the scars and I don't seem to have that problem so much anymore. I used everything from proactive, acnefree, antibiotics, retin-a, and even allergy medications. Nothing worked for me until I tried the combination that I'm on now. I went from having a whole face red and broken out to right now having four healing blemishes and one that came yesterday and is already going away. I've dealt with acne for 16 years and trust me I know how hard it is to deal with. It's worth trying. Good luck.
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