Hello there! It's me! For today's blog I would be talking about my skin! If you guys have been reading my blog for the past years, I have talked about my skin progress and the products I have used.
(PONDS) https://lilmissjaninekaye.blogspot.com/search?q=ponds
(GARNIER) https://lilmissjaninekaye.blogspot.com/2017/01/product-review-garnier-facial-wash.html
Growing up, I didn't have much problem on my skin but when teenage years had hit me, (COLLEGE YEARS) oh men, my pimples are too many to mention. I became so frustrated how my skin looked liked that sometimes I just don't look at myself in the mirror. (Ang dami talaga ahahahha). I tried different products but it was useless. So before I waved good bye to my college years, I started to never care about what my face looks like. I just used Cetaphil for the rest of those years and Yeah, slowly my skin had started to have some progress. Not until I have used Garnier and Ponds it was completely flawless.
Yes, I still do have some zit moments especially when I'll have my period and if I have used products that's not hypo allergenic, boom hello there. I never had problems with my skin ever again not until quarantine.
A few months ago, my face had produced pimples on both sides of my face. It was like Puberty all over again, so I tried searching for the reasons why and there are tons of things to see on the internet that I have given up. Went on using my facial regimen until one day my Bff told me to join her giveaway, and magically I won! Both of us were shocked about the result! I myself didn't know if it was really real!
I won a special consultation treatment from Dr. Francesca from Quad Clinic (GolightMD), I didn't hesitate to ask about my face. She explained thoroughly the reasons why, it can be with the food that I eat, or the products I eat or body hormones. My case wasn't pretty serious that I need to take pills for it. She also gave me tips on how I should do my skincare because all I do was wash my face in the morning and in the evening with my facial wash.
All I thought that as long as you wash your face your good, but it's all about skincare. And not all skin types are the same. Did you know because of Quarantine, we could also develop a "Maskne", a cause wearing a mask and it's because of the heat or friction that leads to acne breakout and can cause itchiness. This may be one cause of the pimples on my face.
Did you know that the radiation in our computer could make our face age at the same time its like staying under the sun for hours and I'm like "Why in the world didn't I know that?!?!!" The use of Sunblock is one of the best first step beauty regimen that you should use, even if you're inside the four corners of your home. Second is of course the product that you're using to wash your face. Third is Moisturizer, I have stopped using moisturizer because of quarantine, and I thought that because we're in a humid country, we don't need moisturizer anymore. HUHUHU. Lastly, gently apply those products in your face, as in GENTLY, like what you see in a kdrama. :)
This is my face when quarantine started.
SKIN PROGRESS:
I have been using the products Sesamis (a Korean Product: Moisturizer and Face Wash), Ponds Acne Wash and Epiduo. So I followed Dr. Chesca's skin recommendation, on how I needed to do with my face.
Pictured my face progress every week.
- Week 1 (2x a week): Monday, Thursday on other nights, just apply moisturizer at bedtime!
- Week 2 (3x a week): Monday, Wednesday, Friday
- Week 3: Every other night
- Week 4: Nightly as tolerated
For two weeks, you can already somehow see the changes. Well, the bumps are still there but not as much as before. But during week 3 and week 4, there are almost no bumps like before, but somehow a little bit traces (pimple marks) but not like as many as before :) There would be times that it gets itchy, so I don't use it as the night before applying it again.
I'm super thankful with this online consultation, I get the chance to understand my skin problem and how I should deal with it hahaha deal with it talaga?!
Funny moment is when you started doing some skin care all you can tell to yourself "Ang hirap pala magpaganda!" ahhahahaha
Thank you, Dra. Chesca for sharing this beauty regimen for me.
AND THOU SHALL NOT POP YOUR PIMPLE..... this is one also one of the main causes why are pimples are building a subdivision in our faces hahahha... We can always ask experts on what to do with it. But no matter what age you are, zits may come and go :)
All I can say because of following Quadclinic and Dra. Chesca, I am learning so much about skin care through their instagram. Every My Day story has explanation about the different causes in our skin. It's not only just about the pigments in our skin, or because of acne but there's so much more! (Golightmd: https://www.instagram.com/golightlymd/ Quadclinic: https://www.instagram.com/quadclinic/)
Of course beauty regimen wouldn't be as easy as 1 2 3, you really need to be patient with your skin. It takes months to really see it's progress. All skin types had a different reaction with a certain product, consult your doctors first if you want to know what you guys should use in your face. :)
