Hiya guys,
I’m feeling very down about my skin. I’ve had these big dark patches around my eyes for about 3/4 years now. I used GG on my face back in 2015 and I think it was too strong and overexfoliated me to the point I developed dark circles around my eyes. On top of that I was as knowledgeable about the importance of sunscreen back then as I am now. Since then I’ve used carowhite cream which was a bad choice because i think I’m allergic to Hq, I used qei+, then carotein cream which both didn’t do much. During February and March this year I used retin a with ikb gel but it just made this area reddish so I stopped. I also tried timeless vit c serum for a couple of weaks and it did not lighten the area just made it look shiny/bright (which in my opinion emphasised the darkness).
I tried a bit of dodo lotion mixed with its oil and kojie acid serum and it lightened the patches a bit but it was uneven and I developed white dots - it just made me look bleachy. So I stopped.
I currently use dove beauty soap, aloe Vera gel and cetaphil to moisturise, and use Amlactin and kojie san 3 times a week. I started to take vitamin c (3000mg) and e (1200 iu) orally about 3 weeks ago.
I would like to know if there’s something I can use for my dark circles to make them lighter. I’m 19 currently in university, but instead of focusing on my studies, my skin problem has just made me very sad because I feel really ugly and insecure without makeup.
Please help me!!!!