I hope I could commit with this blog from now. Since I love writing and I love fashion, beauty, and lifestyle. So, I'm gonna bring up again what I've been seeing in this blog. People are interested when it comes to Acne and how to deal with it. If you read my blog from 2012, I struggled with bad acne. So bad until I couldn't stand to see my face back then. And thank god, I finally found my self curing the acne without any doctors.
It was a long story. In 2013, I got this bad acne moment. Like my whole face covered with acne which I never had before since in a school year. 2013 means I was on my third year in college and it was really hectic but I didn't recall what was the real thing caused the acne. My dorm's water was bad, my eating habit was bad, I gained weight and so on, I was stressed because of internship and preparation for final assignment and so on. So it was a troublesome year.
My breakout was really bad until I couldn't put my hands on it. Like really bad! Many things I'd tried. I already had my skin doctor back then, in Medistra Hospital in Jakarta. And it had been 4 years I went to the same doctor to get day cream, night cream and vitamin. When it was happened, my doctor said maybe because my eating, so I didn't eat seafood, cheese, anything spicy. And I was sure that my acne is hormonal phase. Because if I backtracked my ancestry, My dad had a very bad acne too. He has a very oily-sensitive skin type and got acne when he was in his puberty. So, I strongly believed that my dad's gene is the problem.
My doctor gave me a lot of stuff, from night cream, acne cream, and juno soap bar that would dry out my skin very bad. Until one day, she gave me Accutane.
I quoted from drugs.com,
"Accutane is a form of vitamin A. It reduces the amount of oil released by oil glands in your skin, and helps your skin renew itself more quickly.
Accutane is used to treat severe nodular acne. It is usually given after other acne medicines or antibiotics have been tried without successful treatment of symptoms."
Even my doctor was giving me a prescription and warned me about Accutane she would only gave me 10 pills because it would dry out my body really bad. I should take at least 3 liters a day to keep me hydrate and she told me that this Accutane would gave me a sensitive feeling. When I took the first 10 pills, I didn't get any period for a month. And I searched about this medicine, it would dry out my uterus. So terrifying to know that. And after she gave me second batch of the Accutane, I felt like 'I need to stop this shit right now'. Because I felt my body was not healthy. I skipped 2 my period and my acne did not seem to be fine.
So I stopped everything. I stopped going to the doctor, putting all those acne creams, and from the world. I decided to go home and leave my dorm (because the water). And I feel more secure at home, you know with all people asked my how I my acne got worse and so on. So I thought going home is the answer. During that time I became obsessed with curing acne. I watched all youtube videos about acne, I need something to cure it, I need a nature ingredients to cure it. Until, I found an article about honey. I read that honey could cure acne because its anti bacteria ingredients. So I bought a real honey from my friend, she's arabian and her honey must be not from a supermarket for sure lol.
Almost 6 months, I used honey for my skin care. From cleansing to mask everyday, every night. Until one day, I want to find a facial foam. In dorm, I had a roommate. Her name is Tia and she never got any pimples. Just say that her skin is just okay. Not oily and never got any pimples. She used Nivea back then, she used Foaming Cleanser from Nivea (the refreshing series) and she only used the nivea cream. She said, "I have never changed my skincare since in school. And Nivea is really gentle for me." So I bought a Nivea, just like hers.
Surprisingly, it works wonders on my skin. It didn't break me out and also it's nice on my face. I've been using Nivea for my facial cleansing foam since then. After that, I continued my quest to find a moisturizer for my skin. Because acne scars are not nice, also dark spots. I made a commitment when I turned 20, I need a regimen for my skin for acne, dark spots and early aging. You know, being 20 is not simple. Now I'm 23 years old and I still obsessed with skin care and stuff. Because it's like a never ending story! I get older everyday and my skin gets older too.
Last time I checked my skin age with skin scanner, my skin's age is 24 years old. A year older than my actual age! My god! The scanner captured my thin fine lines and dark spots. Sebum and other stuff on my face. The result was pretty good, but still it's older ya know. Since the last time I got a very bad acne, my face was getting clearer. I got zits when it comes to period. So, it's normal.
Until in the early 2016, around February or March, I got a very bad acne (AGAIN!)
WTF?! yeah, a very bad acne stroke me again.
So, this time I've been trying any acne tamers. But it didn't work. Until I decided to give up this unhealthy living. I started clean eating on April 2016. For a month, I tried the healthy catering every lunch and stop eating supper. Replacing breakfast and dinner with Nutrition shakes from Herbalife. My body feels great until today. Surprisingly, my acne starts fading and now it's totally gone!
I stop eating any fried foods
I stop eating any chips or any crunchy stuff in Circle K or 7/11
I stop drinking coke, any processed juices, or anything with sugar
And a good news is.....I started exercising again, exactly April 18th 2016. I stopped exercising in Dec 2014 because I graduated from Collage. I'd been dancing in a group of dancing studio in my college life. So, yeah it's relieving.
I took pilates class in Senopati. And it was awesome! I feel like pilates is like an eye-opening. Because I can exercise and stretching in the same time. I took 10 sessions, I know it seemed a lot for a beginner but I feel better now and never want to stop it.
recently, I took yoga class with my lovely instruction. We do yoga every sunday at my house because we live not far from each other. So she came to my house every sunday morning to teach me Yoga. I've been in 3rd time doing yoga session and she said that I have a quite impressive flexibility. That's a motivation to be better every session.
If you want to know my daily beauty routine, I'll make it a separate post about it because it seems more practical and detail about the product.
So, for a conclusion. Guys, Hello my fellow acne survivors!
I'm not telling bollocks here, but you are what you eat. So please keep an eye on your diet and habit. Because all those beautiful skins are not given an instant. You should achieve it.
Watch your diet. Watch your exercise. Watch your skin care. Watch your habit.
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