Hello everyone,
I am 32 years old and I have had this terrible condition for probably 27 of those years. I have tried just about everything even having a facial cleaning cycle as a teenager. More recently my beautiful wife (blessed at that since this decease can be such a throw off) purchased a new product from the store Lush in Universal City Walk, (next to universal studios). The product is a very simple face cream like substance and it's applied to dry skin and massaged gently for about 3 minutes. It acts as an exfoliator without the feeling of one, only the skin looks super greasy while being applied. Finally you take a hot wet towel and gently rub it off then damp the area dry...that's it. THE RESULTS ARE AMAZING!!!!!! AND LONG LASTING. After my first application my face already felt relieved and while I was applying it I could feel all the crust coming onto my fingers...totally removing it.
The redness and imflamation remained by the time I went to sleep but the next morning it had subsided as fast as if I was using 2% cortizone (HUGE MISTAKE)...I used it again that morning and again at night, by the next morning my face was as clear as I've hadn't seen it in 27 years...for the first time I wanted to weep about this problem, quite honestly I had never realized what I was missing out on and I know am obsessed with keeping it that way...I seriously think it affected me psychologically but, that's that life I know.
Moving right along, my wife was more amazed at my blackheads being gone, it's difficult to exfoliate when you have this condition, it hurts me. I kept with the routine of applying it at night and not putting on any lotion, then showering in the morning with a gentle soap and twice a week use Tgel shampoo. Then after the shower I apply Aveeno lotion and facial cream (expensive, use a little). One more thing that has worked for me...SHAVE YOUR HEAD, I've had it shaved for years and attack the flakes and irritation directly, it also feels good when you exfoliate with an electric razor, burns for a bit but next day feels better. Besides, we are going to loose our hair because of this condition so let's get to where we are going quick!...
NO FEAR PEOPLE, POWER OF THE MIND! I FEEL YOU ALL!!!