What should I do about my nasty skin?

[Anonymous]

Nasty may be a tad melodramatic but my skin is pretty bad right now and I hate it and don't understand why. >:( I don't know what is up but it's not hormonal or anything. I drink enough water, sweat out crud in my pores at the gym, change my pillowcases and use my exact same foundation.

I just finished finals so it could be stress that made my skin red and bumpy. I have two pimples that are finally healing too. -_- But is it possible that me switching to being a vegetarian could make my skin break out?

My skincare "routine" is the same it's always been. Philosophy Purity cleanser, Neutrogena Pink Grapefruit Acne Wash, and clindamycin phosphate topical acne solution.

Has this happened to anyone else? What did you do to get your skin back on track? I miss my good skin!

[Anonymous]

Have you had the bad skin for a quite a while or no? Is it definitely pimples? Or might it be skin allergy? Has this ever happened to you? And how did you overcome it previously? Have a good think about these questions.

I'd say regardless of the situation give yourself a few days and observe how your skin has improved, especially since the main factor to the skin problem has yet to be identified. Keep cleaning and doing what you've been doing. If it improves after a couple of days, then go ahead with being vegetarian so that it decreases the chances of your skin breaking out when switching your diet plans. There's no need to go for a dermatologist yet. Hope this helps.

P.S.: Cetaphil is a widely recommended cleansing solution recommended by many dermatologist if you wanna give it a go.

[Asker]

Only for maybe a little over a week. I had 2 straight up pimples but I also have bumps and redness too. My skin was bad before but I think the stress from school and my diet change f***ed it up. Thanks.

[Opinion Owner]

You are welcome.

What diet change did you go for?

Aside from stress, you may have over exerted your body, be it due to exams, not having enough sleep, gym-ing more than what your body can handle whilst handling the exam stress etc.. If you are still having exams, you might wanna reduce one of the things that have been over burdening your body. If exams are over, then just sit down and relax :)

[Asker]

Yep, I've been trying to relax but it's going to take some time lol. Finals had me all wound up. I cut out meat from my diet.

[Opinion Owner]

definitely. Hmm, if you are gym-ing quite rigorously, maybe your body lacks the protein from meat to sustain the burn outs, thus it's reacting by having pimples and all.

meanwhile, try eating some meat, let your body cool down from stress and all. only then you start with the new diet :) Good luck with your exams!

[Opinion Owner]

thanks love :) hope your skin will be better soon! x

[Heeheehee]

Try switching to Cetaphil, It worked for me. Diane 35 too, but I suggest you see an expert before taking the pill (if you decided to). Since it has different effects on people.

Eat lots of fruits and veggies.

But still the best thing to do is see a dermatologist.

[Anonymous]

Vegetarian maybe.

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Organic yogurt and 100% pure honey face mask

Both honey and yogurt have natural elements that help calm irritated skin and improve redness.

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[MachineMan]

Best solution is to go to a dermotologist. I used to have some serious acne couple years back, got on roacutane for a couple months and haven't had a pimple since. life saver.

[Corrupt_Others]

i'm in the same boat. I think it's the stress- I have finals, and start a new job this week. I use the same grapefruit acne wash. I've recently started using a spot cream with 10% benzoyl peroxide in it after the acne wash (with salicylic acid in it) & so far so good...

[MyNameIsJonas]

Stress and diet. Get some sun and relax. Dairy can really make some people break out.

[Anonymous]

try a deep exfoliating mask