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Help! Horrendous spots and bad ski

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Reb2211
Reb2211

Help..! To add insult to injury with all other symptoms of the menopause, I'm on a losing battle with my skin. It' red and horrendously spotty and no matter what I try, it does not clear up. Everyday I wake up with a new breakouts.. I' use a tea tree spot treatment every day but I may as well not bother, the pores on my skin seem more exaggerated than before and I have to use a thick foundation to cover it all up. Can anyone recommend anything that has proven to be effective? Thanks

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  • julie7525
    julie7525 Reb2211

    Posted

    Hi Reb, same here! I know its risky but I find that when i have the really bad ones, a sunbed session is the only thing that kick starts the healing. I use sudocrem liberally at night (I think I heard/ read a famous Cheryl does!) and it helps reduce redness and dry them up, then once a week or when skins dry or flaky I do a peel off face mask to remove dead flakes, then use oil free moisturiser. Freederm gel is worth a try but gets expensive if you use it all the time. Like anything, it seems to work for a while then stop. Try sudocrem, cheap, gentle and for me, quite effective. Good luck x
    • Reb2211
      Reb2211 julie7525

      Posted

      Hi Julie

      Thank you for these tips! I'll be trying the various suggestions to see What might work for me x

  • Sochima822
    Sochima822 Reb2211

    Posted

    Are you breaking out with pimples or welts? Is it rosacea, please give me a bit more details. Thanks.
    • Reb2211
      Reb2211 Sochima822

      Posted

      It is more spots but my skin is also red but not overly on cheeks and s little on the nose. The spots are definitely pimples and. The redness is patch and blemishy. Ive heard of roscea but don't really know what it is. Thanks for replying.

  • maddysmom2015
    maddysmom2015 Reb2211

    Posted

    Hi Reb,

    Tea tree oil is great, but it is an antiseptic and might be too drying for your skin. Dry skin over produces oil and can cause more break outs. It's like a cycle.  I've so been there!

    As counter intuitive as it sounds, I use argan oil for my pimples and gigantic pores. For me, perimenopause made my skin very sensitive and over producing oil. The over production of oil gives me breakouts.  

    The argan oil soothes the skin, balances the oil production and clears up the pimples. And, since like dissolves like, the sebum trapped in my pores dissolves. So my pores do look smaller. (The argan oil doesn't fight gravity, but with the pores smaller my skin does look more toned.) biggrin

     

    • Reb2211
      Reb2211 maddysmom2015

      Posted

      Thanks for this, I'd certainly not tried argon oil, except for my hair!! Lol x

    • Reb2211
      Reb2211 maddysmom2015

      Posted

      Hi

      would you mind telling me which brand of Argan oil  you use please?

      there is so many products out there that Im bamboozled by all the choice when I have tried searching on the internet

      thank you smile

  • nancy0925
    nancy0925 Reb2211

    Posted

    Reb2211

    Make sure your are drinking enough water to keep your skin hydrated and do you take a vitamin. D3 supplement?

    • Reb2211
      Reb2211 nancy0925

      Posted

      I think I'm ok on being hydrated but don't take a supplement,. You get vitamin D through the sun? so certainly dont get much this time of year... Or anytime in the UK lol. Thanks for the reply. 😉 x

  • lena53512
    lena53512 Reb2211

    Posted

    My skin was always oily and i had a lot of acne. In peri my skin improved at first, but last year it became sensitive and reactive. I tried several brands, and baby products and products based on rose oil worked best.
    • Reb2211
      Reb2211 lena53512

      Posted

      I haven't heard of Rose oil, that's a new one on me! Thanks for the advicesmile x

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