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I never struggled w acne/ had clear skin my whole life until I turned 22 this year. Can anyone give suggestions on what I can do? It’s near my cheeks and I don’t touch it- it’s more like red spots leftover and it won’t go away for some reason
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Anonymous 23h

my diet is also clean (whole foods/ high protein) as I work out, barely added sugar. Maybe it’s from sleep since it’s been a little worse. I have dry skin but that’s pretty much it. The pimples aren’t inflamed js leftover scars but it’s not imbedded in my skin thankfully. Js red dots rlly

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Anonymous 12h

lowk if you can afford it or it’s covered go straight to the derm. i spent a lot of time trying to figure out how to resolve my acne and in retrospect i wish i had just gone to see a dr quicker. if you can’t, try benzoyl peroxide. like panoxyl. (i have a theory that for ur type of acne it might be really good)

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Anonymous 23h

what kind of moisturizing products are you using?

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 22h

None rlly 😭😭💀 i like to do natural stuff so growing up I would use diluted apple cider vinegar for toner and coconut oil for moisturizer before going to sleep every night and that had worked for me. Recently I put coconut oil in the morning for dry skin now and I noticed it decreasing way less but idk

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 22h

try vitamin e oil, it's good for moisturizing and reduces scarring

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 22h

Okok i will try that as that was on my list. Thank you:)

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 12m

I do have a derm I could go to. But I have heard that derms often don’t really help and instead to go to a good esthetician that’s obv more knowledgeable and not the scam ones. Would you recommend that as well?

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