skincare routine help

[xobreannaxo]

I have combination skin with lots of acne and acne scarring. Can anyone help give me suggestions on products that you think will help me? I’ve tried many things but they haven’t seemed to work.

[Anonymous]

I'm so sorry that your akincare routine hasn't helped up till now.  I'm in the same boat as you.  Combination skin + acne = a complete headache.  For me, I found that a simple salicylic acid spot treatment is best for acne marks, but I've heard from friends that deeper scars can benefit from a combination of silicone scar treatments and chemical peels/exfoliation.  

But before treating your scaring, its important to have a prevention plan in place or else you're doomed from the start.  For me, this was acne meds (my acne is hormonal) plus a set skincare routine.  I double cleanse every morning and night using burts bees oil cleanser followed by the neutrogena face bar.  Then I use the glow tonic by pixi-it's an exfoliating cleanser-followed by  my mugwort essence by I'm From (100% mugwort) and a vitamin c serum (no AHA).  I'll sheet mask once a week at this point, and then apply my  First Aid Beauty Eye Duty Triple Remedy A.M. Gel Cream 0.5 oz/ 15 mL .  Finally in the morning I use Klairs' Rich Moist Soothing Cream in the morning or  Origins Plantscription™ Retinol Night Moisturizer with Alpine Flower 1 oz/ 30 mL .  In the mornings I then follow with SPF and at night I let everything soak in for at least 10 min before going to bed.

The most important thing to do with your skincare routine to prevent avne is double cleanse, use toner, exfoliate, and use a retinol cream at night.  The entire 10 step routine isnt a necessity.  I hope this helps, good luck!

[rmd123]

I too suffer from acne and acne scarring. I agree with the others that looking closely at ingredients and seeing what your skin likes and doesn’t like is key. I just switched from using proactive to using caudalie and I couldn’t be happier with my results. The vinoperfect essence has helped with scarring SO much!! I also really love their micellar water (I use as a cleanser). Ive found doing a double cleanse has really helped keep new acne to a minimum for me as well. My routine is dove soap with a washcloth, micellar water with a cotton swab, the essence I mentioned above, the vinoperfect serum, then the moisturizing sorbet. I say the essence helped more than anything because I got that before the serum. I think the glycolic acid in it helps a lot. Best of luck to you! 

[qtkiwii]

Looking for any skincare with Centella Asiatica helps! Its a good ingredient for Acne care. I use COSRX Enzyme powder wash and the Moisturizing gel. Anything calming will help with inflammation on the skin. Check out items from COSRX  (AC line or Enzyme line) and Klairs (Blue Calming Cream, Soothing serum and cream), they saved my skin!

[makeupbyanabel]

Hi, I would first look at the ingredients on the skincare bottles you are using. 

[qtkiwii]

i agree! seeing if your skin reacts bad to certain ingredients that are harsh, drying or making the acne worse is key!