So I have very fair skin...any makeup I get is the lightest there is.
I was using ProActiv for about 6 months during my sophomore year of high school and because I didn't have money to get a new package, I had to stop using. My acne got worse.
I've tired alot of things and nothing has helped as good as the ProActiv did during that short time I used it.
About 2 years ago, I went back to ProActiv and it did nothing. Tried two packages this time. (The lady told me if I used it and stopped it might take longer the next time around for my skin to get used to it and work...up to 6 packages!) I stopped because I didn't have the funds or the patience.
I can only afford over the counter things, so I've never tried step-systems since ProActiv.
I did buy a Clearasil or Clean and Clear over the counter system but it dried out my skin terribly. It seems alot of products like that do that to me.
When I got pregnant, my skin was amazing. No breakouts and bright and clear. Even the post acne marks went away. I had heard that it can get better or much worse during pregnancy and I was terrified. How can it get any worse than what I had? (Of course, I don't have terrible skin, but we all think it's much worse than it is)
Then about a month or so after my son was born, the breakouts starting coming back and the discoloration as well.
I've purchased one or two different over the counter systems, but they have dried out my skin terribly. The dryness lasts for about 2 weeks!
ProActiv was the only thing that had worked for me. Gentle and didnt dry me out. But like I said, I can't use it anymore..it just doesn't seem to work!
So basically my skin is very picky.
Gets dried out very quickly and I have combination dry/oily skin.
I'm on the YAZ birth control now, and it seems to be working pretty well on my skin. I get occasional pimples...at most 2-3 at a time and that's a rarity. Before it was between 6 and 10.
My problem is the post-acne scarring (red or pinkish in color) and marks that almost look like scars from chicken pocks. Pock marks i guess? Those have no discoloration but on my left cheek under the cheek bone they are very pronounced. They almost make that side of my face look sunken in because there are so many.
I don't mind the occasional pimple or two, it's much better than what it used to be.
But my question is what can a dermatologist do to help me out.
If I wanted to get a professionally done chemical peel would they direct me to a person?
Are there things they prescribe?
I hate wearing as much makeup as I do. Sometimes is makes my skin look orange if it gets a little dry from it (i used mineral makeup) or it makes the red marks looks gray or very light purple.
I'm a natural kind of girl...simple...wash n go hair, no makeup...that kinda stuff and I just want to walk outside and not see my pores enlarged and all these red spots on my face.
Can someone help me out? Please?
I was using ProActiv for about 6 months during my sophomore year of high school and because I didn't have money to get a new package, I had to stop using. My acne got worse.
I've tired alot of things and nothing has helped as good as the ProActiv did during that short time I used it.
About 2 years ago, I went back to ProActiv and it did nothing. Tried two packages this time. (The lady told me if I used it and stopped it might take longer the next time around for my skin to get used to it and work...up to 6 packages!) I stopped because I didn't have the funds or the patience.
I can only afford over the counter things, so I've never tried step-systems since ProActiv.
I did buy a Clearasil or Clean and Clear over the counter system but it dried out my skin terribly. It seems alot of products like that do that to me.

When I got pregnant, my skin was amazing. No breakouts and bright and clear. Even the post acne marks went away. I had heard that it can get better or much worse during pregnancy and I was terrified. How can it get any worse than what I had? (Of course, I don't have terrible skin, but we all think it's much worse than it is)
Then about a month or so after my son was born, the breakouts starting coming back and the discoloration as well.
I've purchased one or two different over the counter systems, but they have dried out my skin terribly. The dryness lasts for about 2 weeks!
ProActiv was the only thing that had worked for me. Gentle and didnt dry me out. But like I said, I can't use it anymore..it just doesn't seem to work!
So basically my skin is very picky.
Gets dried out very quickly and I have combination dry/oily skin.
I'm on the YAZ birth control now, and it seems to be working pretty well on my skin. I get occasional pimples...at most 2-3 at a time and that's a rarity. Before it was between 6 and 10.
My problem is the post-acne scarring (red or pinkish in color) and marks that almost look like scars from chicken pocks. Pock marks i guess? Those have no discoloration but on my left cheek under the cheek bone they are very pronounced. They almost make that side of my face look sunken in because there are so many.
I don't mind the occasional pimple or two, it's much better than what it used to be.
But my question is what can a dermatologist do to help me out.
If I wanted to get a professionally done chemical peel would they direct me to a person?
Are there things they prescribe?
I hate wearing as much makeup as I do. Sometimes is makes my skin look orange if it gets a little dry from it (i used mineral makeup) or it makes the red marks looks gray or very light purple.
I'm a natural kind of girl...simple...wash n go hair, no makeup...that kinda stuff and I just want to walk outside and not see my pores enlarged and all these red spots on my face.
Can someone help me out? Please?