DAY TEN

I have a painful cyst forming below the "clearing up" patch on the right side of my chin area. It hurts like hell, but I'm not going to touch it. The flakes around my lips aren't really imoroving so I skipped applying the epiduo on that area tonight. Hopefully that will help somewhat. I ordered a Boscia konjac sponge from Sephora tonight as was suggested on Reddit skincare addiction. Hopefully that will help slough off my scales. I am giving up foundation for a while, since it makes my skin burn like crazy and makes me look more flaky than I am. The pimples that are on the right side of my face seem to be just peeling off. Also, the small white pimples around my chin are slowly disappearing, and they are the ones that never quite disappeared. I think these pimples that are showing up are the little bastards going away. As promised, I am including a 10 day side-by-side for comparison. Until next time.

RIGHT SIDE DAY ONE

RIGHT SIDE DAY TENLEFT SIDE DAY ONELEFT SIDE DAY TEN

DAY NINE

The right side of my face seems to be really calming down. There is still some bumps there but they are not painful like they were previously. My complaints remain the same; burning skin, flaky skin, and new bumps. I also have my period now so this definitely isn't helping my hormones and could explain the size of this breakout (if it isn't purging). It sucks applying makeup since my skin is so dry.  The makeup doesn't apply smoothly and it makes the flakes far more visible. My husband was also complimenting my skin and the amount of improvement he is seeing in such a short period of time. Tomorrow, I will post a side-by-side image of the 10 day transformation of my skin. Until next time.

DAY EIGHT

I have noticed the pimples are becoming smaller and less noticeable on the right side of my face. They do hurt though, but I would assume that this is the purging stage that I have read about all over the Internet. Around my nose is red (which you can't really tell from these photos) and a large flake develops on the sides of my nose nightly. I am having a ridiculously hard time not squeezing away at my face. It has been very tempting but I have surprisingly refrained from picking at the right side. My face still tingles when I apply moisturizer, and I have noticed a flaky patch by the bottom and top of the left side of my lip. All in all, I prefer the look of my face here to day 4 or 5.

DAY SEVEN

I feel as though some of the redness from the acne on the ritght side of my cheeks have calmed down (slightly). The cyst that I squeezed beside my ear has scarred slightly, but nothing that makeup can't hide. All in all, there is no significant improvement or change since DAY SIX. Also, I wanted to mention that my posts have not been daily, but I do take these photos nightly and document some key concerns or improvements I am noticing in my iPad. For whatever reason, the photos I take aren't automatically available on the blogger website. 

DAY SIX

The pimples on my chin area are really bothering me. I'm not used to having so many unsightly pimples (with bright white centres) on my face at a time. I have noticed that today the cluster seems to look a little better than it did yesterday. Some of the pimples are shrinking in size and I have a feeling by the end of next week they will be gone. I lost patience and popped a deep cyst that was located beside my ear. It didn't seem to speed up its disappearance and it still feels as though there is infection underneath the skin in that area. My skin is quite dry, and I am trying to avoid wearing face makeup to let it breath. I have noticed the smaller headless little bumps that were around my chin are slowly disappearing. We will see what tomorrow brings. Until tomorrow. 

DAY FIVE

My skin feels angry. It is red, and stinging when I put on my nightly CeraVe moisturizer. A few more pimples have started joining the cluster on the right side of my chin area. I am getting a little frustrated. My face is also very dry which is heightened when wearing foundation. The edges of my nose are burning. I have started applying Vaseline on either side of my nose to try moisturizing it that way. I feel a lot more cysts developing around my jawline but all of them are headless and oh-so painful. So far, nothing positive to say. Until tomorrow.

DAY FOUR

 As promised, I have uploaded a photo of my face with makeup so that you guys can see the dryness and coverage. This is also for contrast, since you all see me post-face washing and pre-bed.
 As you can see, there are flaky bits beside my chin on the left side of my face. This is also the "clear" side and the one I hope strangers focus on when interacting with me...
 This is the scary pimple patch on the right side of my face (with foundation and concealer over top). There is no makeup in the world that would cover this hot mess. It's quite depressing to look at but am hoping it will get better over time while using epiduo. I should also note that my foundation BURNED while applying it in the morning.

This is the pimple patch without makeup. It is red, sore and VERY tempting to go on a popping spree. But I won't, because I promised. There are also big cysts developing along my jawline area that will surely sprout any time now. It might be relevant that Aunt Flo will be visiting tomorrow so that could be worsening the acne. When I apply my lotion it burns my face, and throughout the day my skin feels tight and uncomfortable.

As always, until tomorrow!