Decided to register after looking for a place to talk (and ask) about my skin 'issues'. I guess I'll write a bit about that and myself as an introduction:
So I've been diagnosed with Seborrheic Dermatitis which, in my case, basically means that I get some flaky skin around my nose, chin, and scalp area. It's not really that much of a problem or even that noticeable as long as I take showers regularly and exfoliate those areas, i.e., rub off the flaky skin as best I can. For about a day or two the flakes are gone and I'm fine, but then if I wait longer before taking a shower it comes back. Pretty annoying.
Anyway, I think that all that exfoliation over the years has caused my skin around those areas (especially around my nose) to be a bit more red than normal. I mean, I do notice that right after I do it the skin is redder than it is a day after, so it's gotta have something to do with it. That's the problem I'm mostly having to deal with now; finding a way to get rid of the flakes without causing much irritation to my skin. So I'm experimenting with some hydrating gels now (cremes sometimes flake on my skin).
Besides that, which is my main skin problem, I've also had to deal with acne for the past years, which also attributed to the redness. About a year ago though I started taking Isotretinoin (Accutane) which pretty much got rid of all the acne (though it wasn't much to begin with, it was quite annoying and damaging since it was coupled with the Eczema).
Now, lo and behold, I wake up today (on the day school starts again!) with two pimples on my nose! The dermatologist said that there was a 90% chance of the acne being gone forever or at least for a few years, and that if it didn't work I could take another cure of 6 months with again 90% chance. Now, I did get some acne on my head a month or so after I stopped taking it, but my face was clear. Now today, of all days today, it's back on my face....
Yeah, great stuff. I think anxiety and stress has a lot to do with it (even though I didn't really think I was that anxious or stressful about school starting...weird).
In a couple hours I gotta go to school, and I'm trying to think of a way to cover the spots (I popped them both, bad habit I know, but I had to do something), hopefully some kind of make-up thing my sister has can work to cover the redness.
Ok, so that's for all my skin problems. As for myself; I'm a 20 year old guy who likes listening to music, watching movies (aspiring film-maker), and yeah, that's about it for now.
Hi.
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So I've been diagnosed with Seborrheic Dermatitis which, in my case, basically means that I get some flaky skin around my nose, chin, and scalp area. It's not really that much of a problem or even that noticeable as long as I take showers regularly and exfoliate those areas, i.e., rub off the flaky skin as best I can. For about a day or two the flakes are gone and I'm fine, but then if I wait longer before taking a shower it comes back. Pretty annoying.
Anyway, I think that all that exfoliation over the years has caused my skin around those areas (especially around my nose) to be a bit more red than normal. I mean, I do notice that right after I do it the skin is redder than it is a day after, so it's gotta have something to do with it. That's the problem I'm mostly having to deal with now; finding a way to get rid of the flakes without causing much irritation to my skin. So I'm experimenting with some hydrating gels now (cremes sometimes flake on my skin).
Besides that, which is my main skin problem, I've also had to deal with acne for the past years, which also attributed to the redness. About a year ago though I started taking Isotretinoin (Accutane) which pretty much got rid of all the acne (though it wasn't much to begin with, it was quite annoying and damaging since it was coupled with the Eczema).
Now, lo and behold, I wake up today (on the day school starts again!) with two pimples on my nose! The dermatologist said that there was a 90% chance of the acne being gone forever or at least for a few years, and that if it didn't work I could take another cure of 6 months with again 90% chance. Now, I did get some acne on my head a month or so after I stopped taking it, but my face was clear. Now today, of all days today, it's back on my face....
Yeah, great stuff. I think anxiety and stress has a lot to do with it (even though I didn't really think I was that anxious or stressful about school starting...weird).
In a couple hours I gotta go to school, and I'm trying to think of a way to cover the spots (I popped them both, bad habit I know, but I had to do something), hopefully some kind of make-up thing my sister has can work to cover the redness.
Ok, so that's for all my skin problems. As for myself; I'm a 20 year old guy who likes listening to music, watching movies (aspiring film-maker), and yeah, that's about it for now.
Hi.
