Hi

DERMALOGICA!! Is an excellent range. I would go for a consultation with your nearest salon and get some samples. The first thing you need to think about is your skins natural barrier may be stripped off with the products you are using so your therapist may want to start you off on the ultra calming range to repair your skins natural barrier and soothe and calm your skin. Are you a stressfull/nervous worrier kind of person?? this can sometimes make your acne worse. When your skins barrier is repaired you will find your skin will start to settle down and you can start to add some of the acne treatment products to your range. Like the special clearing booster (which is an excellent spot cream) or the medicated clearing gel.
Do not be tempted to strip your skin in the hope that drying it out will help to clear your spots up it will have the reverse affect, by sripping the skin of its natural barrier and infaming your skin (redness).

Hello Laura

This is what we used at beauty school, you use a cleanser for oily skin, exfoliate and then apply a mask with fullers earth and witch hazel mixed together leave it on for 10-15mins then wash away tone off with the witch hazel and apply a moisturiser suitable for oily skin. Think about your diet as well, find foods with vitamin C,E, antioxdiants and Zinc, green vegetables. Aromatherapy is also good such oils as
lemon, lemongrass, peppermint, petigrain, tea tree, rosemary, rose and many more, these are just examples. Carrier oil suitable would be either Almond oil which is full of vitamins for the skin, or wheatgerm which is good for scarring.

I've carried out this treatment on a client and to begin with the spots do come out more, but after a few treatments results were noticed and the problem started to clear. Also think about drinking water to clear the toxins out of your system.

You can get all of these ingredients from the trade shop and there sold at a good price, so you don't end up spending loads, all the products come in salon size so you'll be saving at the end. If you want good quality aromatherapy oil you could buy from Eve Taylor or go to your local health shop, they can advise on this sort of problem.

Dawn

I realise I'm joining the discussion a bit late but I have been on Yasmin for my skin for over two years now and it has worked like a charm!

I had suffered with the dreaded painful red lumps for about 2.5 years trying every over the counter spot "remedy" and Minocin from my GP - all were pants. At one point I had 21 lumps on my forehead alone and felt like a freak - confidence shattered and I couldn't look anyone in the eye. I had never had problem skin before so getting it in my thirties was a bit of a shock.

I asked my doctor about Yasmin after reading about it in a magazine. When I started on it I also did a Boots 5 day detox (as lumps on the jaw line can also be due to liver toxicity apparently) and had a couple of Decleor facials. I now won't use anything but Decleor. I also use an oil free Dior foundation which is pricey but I justify it by the fact that I wouldn't think twice about spending £20 on a top I might wear once or twice but I wear the foundation every day and it lasts me 6 months. The Decleor is expensive too but I noticed an improvement in my skin almost immediately. I would've spent thousands to get rid of those spots!

These days I get humpy when I've got one spot! My acne is but a distant memory and it will be for you too so don't lose heart. The other side effect I've noticed with Yasmin is my PMT has disappeared and I don't get nearly as bloated.

Good luck - I hope I've helped a little.

thank-you all again for the helpful advice.

went to my GP today - she didn't seem to think it was too serious-a-condition, granted, but this meant she wanted me out of her office asap, so i got my yasmin!
Fingers x'd it works as well as it has for some of you guys, not least because i'm at 'that time' and i have grown about 5 extra painful lumps (

thank-you sooooo much for taking the time to add every singe little bit of advice

xx

Sooooooo pleased that you have got your Yasmin.
Well done that girl!
Good luck with it, feel free to PM me if you have any questions about it.
Take Care

my husband used to have terrible skin someone recommended TEA TREE. Thas was 6 years ago.
He uses it every day, just like a moisturiser and not a spot in sight.

I am addicted to the stuff now use it for everything excellent for sunburn.

We use the Australian Body Care range from superdrug. About £6 ish. Use it every day.

Hope that helps!

Hello Bud, just thought I'd see how you are getting on now, after using the Yasmin tablets? I was thinking of asking to try these out next, as I've been on mine now for ages and I still get a couple constantly. If these get rid altogether I'd be well chuffed!

And Minkus, I wouldn't have thought that tea tree would be good for sunburn, as it dries out the skin (this is why people with oily skin use it) and can be quite harsh on dry skin. What type of tea tree oil do you use for the sunburn?

Hi
after reading about your problem and reading all the replies I decided to tell you what worked for me. I by no means had a major acne problem but none the less over the years (I'm 43 now) I've suffered with spots on my face. No! they weren't just spots they were sores!! Sometimes the same spot could stay on my face for months, mind you like yourself I wouldn't leave them alone! People would say to me they won't go away if you don't stop picking them, but what these people don't understand is that there is something inside these sores that you have to get out or IT JUST WILL NOT GO AWAY! At times it has been very very hard to get this out and I've even taken drastic measures on occassions to achieve this, like poking about with a pin. Luckily I haven't caused any scarring but once this substance is removed then the spot seems to almost clear up immediately!! I too have been through so much medication over the years that I gave up. I tried all the tetracylines there were going and Dianette. Oxytetracyline worked for a while but your system gets used to all these in time. I wasn't happy taking Dianette cos I read an article where a girl died from taking this. I also went to the hospital dermatologist who prescribed Roacutane. Before you could start taking this you had to have a blood test for cholesterol and then this had to be monitored constantly. With all the side effects that were given to me I was scared off this and decided not to proceed down this road. Now I was not covered in spots but I always had at least one or two sores on my face that could hang around for months and would be very nasty looking. I don't know what made me think to do this but I went and bought the Olay range of cleanser, toner and moisturiser. Now this is my routine....If I've had makeup on during the day I use all three in the evening and don't wash with soap and water. In the mornings I wash my face with JOHNSONS MOISTURISING SHOWER GEL (a tiny drop) then just use the moisturiser but you can use the toner as well if you want. You have to be very strict with yourself and take your makeup off every evening even if you don't feel like it. I can HONESTLY say since doing this routine my face has cleared up TOTALLY and I don't have any spots on my face now. I may have got the ODD ONE now and then but not very often. The good thing is that Olay is not very expensive so you could try it at low cost to see if it works for you but you should give it a few months to see if it does. Just thought I'd share this with you cos I used to be at the end of my tether with it!! Good luck and I hope it gets better for you soon
Donna