DAY THREE

The right hand side of my chin area has started breaking out (which I anticipated). The area around my nose is feeling raw and sore. I will try to be careful tomorrow while applying it to stay away from my nose. There is no scarring improvement, but I do notice the first pimple in the cluster that appeared in day 2 is slowly shrinking. A pimple like this (without me clawing it) would take an average of a week to get to this stage. The sides of my nose are still tender, but I have been diligently applying Vaseline around them to keep them protected. 

My skin has been flaking in areas around my chin (lightly), but this is nothing that if worrisome or bothersome for me. I haven't had to go out yet, but will comment on and photograph the look of my skin (and its dryness) with foundation on it in a later post. The sides of my nose are still tender, but I have been diligently applying Vaseline around them to keep them protected. 

Until tomorrow!

DAY TWO

Day two has proved to be one of little importance. A pimple has sprouted from my skin area (that is rather large and painful). Last night while applying the Epiduo, I felt a tingling sensation for the better part of an hour. 

After doing diligent research, I had read that this is quite a normal finding in most users. I can feel a massive breakout coming. The pimples that generally hang out around my chin area are getting "hot and bothered". They are becoming slightly inflamed and ready to make their grand entrance. Until tomorrow, folks!

DAY ONE: A New Hope

Myself, like many of you are suffering with acne. Mine seems to be of the hormonal variety due to a progesterone IUD device.

I am unsure about where this gel will take me, but am hoping it will be on the path to the clear and beautiful skin I once had. I will be posting daily videos and commenting on the overall condition of my skin as time goes on. I have never posted a picture of my acne-riddled face without the security blanket of foundation (which really doesn't hide it), but am hoping it will be inspiring those to be not ashamed of something that is out of your control.

Acne doesn't define you, it is just an unfortunate set of lumps that somehow decided to hang out on your face. So now that the introduction has been made, lets dive into day one!

DAY ONE:

This will be a "before" photograph of the condition of my skin. There is scarring, and whiteheads, and blackheads, OH MY! My skin is generally dry/combinations with oily areas around my t-zone (and eyelids oddly). I have deep-seeded cystic acne all along my jawline, but is more heavily present on my jaw close to my ears (where my hair usually covers, phew).

 I have patches of these stubborn tiny pimples without heads in either side of my chin. No matter how many times I pop them, they always come back and bring friends. My nose is littered with blackheads (which doesn't seem to bother me much), and the odd patch of whiteheads will appear on either side of my nose from time.

I have always been a notorious skin-picker, hence the scarring. For the purpose of our experiment with Epiduo/Tactupump I will refrain from popping to see the speed at which this gel zaps my skin-pals.