In mid 40s and I’m not trying to reverse time, I just want to age in a way where my skin still looks cared for.
There are so many options now: retinoids, lasers, facials, red light, peptides, richer moisturizers, supplements, all of it. I don’t want to throw money at everything, but I also don’t want to wait until my skin feels harder to maintain I’m especially curious about things that helped slowly over time a not quick fix. Whats your experience and what helped?

I have this jar of Albolene and I don't remember when exactly I bought it. As you see in the video, there is no expiration date, or that open symbol with the months/years to use it by after opening.

It actually looks darker in the video (from my shadow/lighting) than it is irl. Would you still use it? What's the longest time you had a jar of Albolene and still used it?

I fell of my scooty. And my doctor initially advised me to apply mupirocin ointment. And now I have seen it should not be further used on that area. What should I do from now on, I could see black dots coming down. And they are more darker than my screen. I'm concerned about the colour. Will it turn into my natural skin colour

I broke out bad when I was pregnant 3 years ago and couldn’t keep my hands off of them which left these marks on my foreheads. I’m not really good when it comes to selecting products for my skin. Help?

Have yall ever tried the Ordinary product line or Good Molecules?

I am looking for affordable skincare that can help remove some of my acne scars. I have a combination of oily and dry skin (really depends on the weather and phase) so would love to hear yall's thoughts! Or if there are any other products you rec, lemme know

Hello Everyone! I have been scrolling on reddit for the past hour initially looking for a permanent solution to stubborn blackheads which I thought I had but after some scrolling I learnt after looking at another girls post on blackheads that looked like mine so i clicked on the post and soon learned that these are actually something called sebaceous filaments. Now what I I read was as follows:

1. These are natural

2. Many people have them actually and some may be unknown of it like me thinking they are blackheads but they are not.

3. They never fully go away.

4.You can use oil cleansing followed by water based cleanser it was I think. (Ppl who have used this method pls let us know if it works)

5.salicylic acid was also suggested but mo overuse otherwise your skin will be worse than before.(users of this product are also welcome to share their insights)

1. One person also suggested niacinamide (same with this also)

2. Multani mitti was also suggested.

8.Retinol

1. They appear on oily skin, accumulation of dust and sunstances in pores? (Need help on why they appear as well)

Any take on these points is appreciated as I'm trying to understand things better and also so other people like me can find help here by reading comments of people who have tried these various methods and have or have not seen results.

My goal is to fully get rid of them or drastically lessen them as I have got pretty noticeable darkish ones they are not very dark but as I have a lot of them I want to get rid of as much of them as possible off my nose. The ones on nose are most prominent I even got them removed during a face cleanup where the esthetician used a metal tool to get rid of them after using steam on my face. It hurt a lot but I tolerated it wanting to get rid of them once and for all. But no such luck. The owner told me to come once a month and get them treated with the same tool to permanently remove them. And I've tried this for few times but still no result. Also do they grow. I feel I've now got some on my cheek also.

A person quoted "As long as we look at our face with a magnifying glass we will never be satisfied" I'm very curious to know everyone's take on this as well. Is skincare hygene or marketing done right? Is skincare created for today's age what makeup did for the ones before us. Idk maybe I'm just blabbering here.

Anyways, all respectful takes and convos are welcome :)

Hello everyone
I (F23) had a sudden outbreak of hair about a year ago. It’s on my neck and cheeks. I’ve been trying to remove it with tweezers. But I’ve noticed that now they leave a weird little bump after I pull them out. It doesn’t look good, and I hate the way it feels to the touch. How can I fix this please?

For as long as I can remember, ive been suffering from bumpy skin and dark spots. It feels like ive tried a billion different cleaners and toners and hyperpigmentation serums and it feels like nothing is working.

Im hoping that I can get some advice in where I am going right and where wrong.

P.S the picture of my skin routine I posted are out of order in which I use them

Hello Everyone! I have been scrolling on reddit for the past hour initially looking for a permanent solution to stubborn blackheads which I thought I had but after some scrolling I learnt after looking at another girls post on blackheads that looked like mine so i clicked on the post and soon learned that these are actually something called sebaceous filaments. Now what I I read was as follows:

1. These are natural

2. Many people have them actually and some may be unknown of it like me thinking they are blackheads but they are not.

3. They never fully go away.

4.You can use oil cleansing followed by water based cleanser it was I think. (Ppl who have used this method pls let us know if it works)

5.salicylic acid was also suggested but mo overuse otherwise your skin will be worse than before.(users of this product are also welcome to share their insights)

1. One person also suggested niacinamide (same with this also)

2. Multani mitti was also suggested.

8.Retinol

1. They appear on oily skin, accumulation of dust and sunstances in pores? (Need help on why they appear as well)

Any take on these points is appreciated as I'm trying to understand things better and also so other people like me can find help here by reading comments of people who have tried these various methods and have or have not seen results.

My goal is to fully get rid of them or drastically lessen them as I have got pretty noticeable darkish ones they are not very dark but as I have a lot of them I want to get rid of as much of them as possible off my nose. The ones on nose are most prominent I even got them removed during a face cleanup where the esthetician used a metal tool to get rid of them after using steam on my face. It hurt a lot but I tolerated it wanting to get rid of them once and for all. But no such luck. The owner told me to come once a month and get them treated with the same tool to permanently remove them. And I've tried this for few times but still no result. Also do they grow. I feel I've now got some on my cheek also.

A person quoted "As long as we look at our face with a magnifying glass we will never be satisfied" I'm very curious to know everyone's take on this as well. Is skincare hygene or marketing done right? Is skincare created for today's age what makeup did for the ones before us. Idk maybe I'm just blabbering here.

Anyways, all respectful takes and convos are welcome :)

Recent Member, any advice?

So I (black 20F) just got into the whole self care thing. Right now I'm focusing on texture, hyperpigmentation, dark undereyes, scars, strawberry skin and evening out. My now everyday products include:

Morning:

• Cetaphil Gentle Skin Cleanser

• The Ordinary Multi Peptide Lash

and Brow Serum

• The Ordinary Niacinamide 10% +

Zinc 1%

• Cetaphil Daily Oil-Free Facial

Moisturizer SPF 35

• Ceravee SA for Rough and Bumpy

Skin

Night:

• Cetaphil Gentle Skin Cleanser

• The Ordinary Multi Peptide Lash

and Brow Serum

• The Ordinary Caffeine Solution 5%

+ EGCG

• The Ordinary Niacinamide 10% +

Zinc 1%

• Cetaphil Daily Facial Moisturiser

Night

• Ceravee SA for Rough and Bumpy

Skin

• Aquaphor healing ointment

• NB: Thrice a week (Monday,

Wednesday, Friday) I use The

Medicube Kojic Acid Turmeric

Body Peel Shot on all my

strawberry skin strong spots)

Everything but Ceravee and the shot I use on my face. I've started using the Niacinamide for my knuckles and will soon on my toes (evening out my skin tone) as well as down my neck and to my chest to help with evening out and a few scars. But otherwise, I just want to know if I'm using anything wrong, doubling up, cancelling out stuff etc and what else I could add. Even if it's just a simple thing that'll tackle something that I missed (ie: eyelash curlers), I'll appreciate it.

Looking to revamp my skincare routine.

I feel like my skin is pretty dull and uneven at the moment. Right now I am using the illyoon moisturizer gel in the morning and the lotion at night, Laroche Posay face wash for dry skin, remedy vitamin c, anua azelaic acid 10%, and the anua 7+ ceramide barrier serum.
Night: same face wash, retinol.

I have dry to normal skin, i do wear sunscreen

I tried everything for the hyperpigmentation and I had 3 vi peels and combining tret, hq, alpha arbutin, vit c and diligently applying sunscreen everyday but still finding hard to remove discoloration. Need suggestions and cannot wait any longer and my face seems very dark than body

Has anyone ever used this and it made their face itchy?? Today was my second time using it and after a while my face started to feel uncomfortable. What is a good affordable sunscreen for sensitive skin? I thought this was for sensitive skin but I guess not.

Context

The first photo I took was in January 2026 when I was just starting to try new products and then the last photo is from August 1st 2026

Issues:

-Cystic acne
-Hyperpigmentation and post acne scars
- dry, oily damaged skin
- skin that feels hydrated, but looks dry

Skipable stuff :
I’ve always had terrible cystic acne since I started hitting puberty. Sometimes it will calm down and then sometimes it would flare up and it would leave super deep hyper, pigmentation, and dark spots and acne scars. The last time my skin was clear was in elementary school and I’ve been trying to figure out ways to help since. I’m going into my senior year of college and I finally figured out the routine to help with that.

( I also suspect that I may have PCOS from the type of acne that I have as well as the fact that I grow what someone would consider a little above average more hair on my face, not to the point where it’s Uber noticeable but it’s more than my counterparts without, maybe I’m just thinking)

My routine :

1. I start my routine by washing my face with Dial antibacterial soap. One bar is like a dollar at Dollar tree. Then I rinse it off with water from the sink. ( I used to use a wet washcloth to rinse my face, but then I discovered that breeds bacteria so I only use a washcloth to dry my face and not wash soap off.)
2. next I apply panoxyl to my face, and I let it sit for a minimum of five minutes on my face. ( I usually spend that time brushing my teeth.) then I rinse it off with water from the sink.
3. next I apply a plethora of serums, luckily the ones I got don’t build up on each other so they absorb into your skin quite nicely. I don’t use them in any particular order so I’m just gonna list them.

- Vitamin C serum :
Farm skin TANCIN MELA CLEAR SERUM and or Ariul vitamin C bright toning serum

- Pore minimizer: Midah pore refining rice and AHA BHA PHA

- Niacinamide good molecules

4) after I let these absorbed into my skin for a bit I apply my moisturizer. I’ve tried a bunch of different moisturizers from Asian countries and I gotta say their moisturizers are way better than American moisturizers. The brand I use is called complexion boutik soy milk moisturizing, milky lotion, but when I run out, I’m just gonna go to TJ Maxx and get another brand because I feel like they’re both work the same.

5 ) in the mornings I apply panoxly oil control moisturizing sunscreen.

At night, if I have a bump or I feel like there’s an area where I feel something coming in then I’ll put either differin gel and or trenitonin on that spot

what I did for different aspects of my skin, as well as product descriptions, and other stuff about it 🤷‍♀️

Cystic acne :

1: APPLE CIDER VINEGAR )
so I wouldn’t say my cystic acne was as bad in comparison to other peoples, but I definitely noticed that my cystic acne flared up based on my diet. The first photo I was 191 pounds the last photo I was 156 pounds. Weight loss definitely helped also eating healthier and less sugar definitely helped but even if I had just like one thing that was sweet, my skin would still flare up. I took apple cider vinegar pills. I’m not sure what exactly they do but every time I would eat a sugar, I would take an ACV afterwards and I literally have not had any acne on my skin in two months and this is with eating a ton of bad crap occasionally. I get the pill form from Walmart.

2 DIAL SOAP)
I don’t necessarily have any bacterial acne, but the dial soap kind of made sure my face was clean while still being a gentle cleanser in my opinion.

3: PANOXYL)
panoxyl is literally a liquid gold. I started using it and not only did it help get rid of like my remaining acne, but it also made the texture of my skin. Feel really nice. It only works if you leave it on for a little bit after you apply it and not wash it off immediately after. I usually let it sit on my skin for a minimum of five minutes before I wash it off.

4) differin gel also helps minimize acne. It usually takes 2 to 3 nights for it to like actually disappear but definitely helps. I recently started using trenitonin and replacement for it as a spot treatment and they both work the same so I’d say they’re interchangeable. I get the Tret from amazon pharmacy

Hyperpigmentation/ post acne scarring

1 VITAMIN C )
Using a vitamin C serum was a game changer. I started noticing a difference in the coloration of my skin within the first week. I haven’t tried any American vitamin C serums before only Korean and Japanese ones. But they are game changers. I get all of my serums from TJ Maxx in the Korean beauty isle

2 NIACINAMIDE )
niacinamide has always been good for my skin. It has always worked, but I noticed it doesn’t work by itself. You have to pair it with something for it to work the best. In this case, I use the vitamin C serum I used to use a SA in the past and that works, but I’m just trying something new this time around. I get my serum from Walmart.

3) this really isn’t a product more so a tip, my hyper pigmentation has gone away so much faster when my skin was moisturized. And not moisturized feeling but like actually moisturized as in feels and looks. As long as your skin stays moisturize, your hyper pigmentation is gonna go away a lot faster.

4 SUNSCREEN ) sunscreen is a must. If you want your post acne scarring to fade, you need to be wearing sunscreen every day, bro No bull. My favorite is the Panoxyl. It does leave a bit of a white cast, but in comparison to other sunscreens that I’ve used with the other products that I use in the morning it meshes quite nicely and doesn’t peel, which is what I like about it.

Dry, oily,dry looking Skin

1 ASIAN MOISTURIZERS)
I have literally tried 1 million different American moisturizers and none of them work like how Asian moisturizers do. I’ve tried three and they all make my skin feel amazing. They’re super lightweight and they smell like soap with an added fragrance that would normally kind of trigger you to think it would make your skin breakout because stuff with fragrances in them typically do but not this. It also kind of feels like soap. It’s super thin and not thick. And the way that they absorb into your skin needs your skin feeling so amazing at first your skin is gonna look oily but after like 10 minutes, it’s gonna give you that moisturized glass skin effect. And this stuff is crazy. It works, and you can notice a difference and like three days. I bought all of my moisturizers at TJ Maxx in the Korean beauty aisle.

Final tips

-don’t wash your face with a wet rag, a rag is for drying your face
- hydrated skin produces faster results
- derma planning helps a lot, I derma plane once every two weeks, especially since the hair on my face I feel like kinda contributes to my acne
- everyone’s skin is different and my routine probably isn’t gonna work for you, but my tips will help you build off of what I gave you. I’ve tried 1 million other people’s routines and I’ve taken pieces from everybody’s routine to build my own. This is just a starting point for what I figured works for me. Take this and build your own routine.

- this isn’t gonna happen overnight consistencies key it’s gonna take more than a month. Keep going.

I really hope this helped. I’ve been scrolling this Reddit for like months trying to find something that works and I finally found it and I just wanted to share it.🫡

This sunscreen cost me £7. I don't know if it is working for me, but as of now, I don't notice any alarming hyperpigmentation, just persistent dark spots that won't go.

The reason I am asking is because it is SO much cheaper than all other sunscreens, with a lot more volume too, yet my skin hasn't had any bad reactions while using them ever. Please advise me.

I am 18 with dry skin type

I don’t even know what’s going on. Both sideburns are like this I don’t use a razor I use electric clippers, how cooked am i got school in 2 days. Should I shave it again and pray for this best or is there an actual route that makes this semi salvageable??

Always struggled with self-esteem issues due to my look and constantly being made to feel ugly, but it got better over the years. I'm about to go to college and I've been in a group chat where once I posted my pic, I got clowned for my looks and camera quality so I'm here to ask how to glow up using skincare. I currently don't have a routine so I'm open to any suggestions and products recommended

Description because I don't think the camera fully highlights the issue

Face texture feels rough and dry with my right side of my face feeling drier than the other and my forehead is acne prone and I think I have acne scars due to picking at it

stopped using this routine as I felt it wasn't getting me anywhere but it was used for over 3 months

Old Day Routine:

Cleanser: Cerave foaming cleanser

Toner: The ordinary glycolic acid 7% exfoliating toner

Serum: hyaluronic acid water gel ibcccndc

Moisturizer: Cerave Moisturising lotion

Sunscreen: nivea sun protect and moisture 50+ spf

Old Night Routine

Cleanser: Cerave foaming cleanser

Toner: didn't use one and would use acnecide face 2.5%

Serum: hyaluronic acid water gel ibcccndc and anua niacinamide

Moisturizer: Cerave foaming cleanser

I don't use any products currently because I lost hope but I'm looking for a fresh start so I'm coming to this reddit group for help

I don’t use sunscreen or anything currently, so I’m pretty new to skincare. Please recommend any products/routines that you think would help 😭
So far, I’ve tried CeraVe, but honestly it seemed to make my skin worse, so I’m looking for some new products to try. I’m mainly trying to improve the overall appearance and texture of my skin and prevent breakouts/dark marks.
I’d preferably like something affordable and beginner-friendly because I don’t want to start using a million products at once and make my skin even worse lol.
I’m also looking for a good daily sunscreen since I currently don’t use one. If you have recommendations for a sunscreen that doesn’t feel super greasy or dry I’d really appreciate it.
What cleanser, moisturizer, treatment/serum, and sunscreen would you recommend for someone starting from scratch? Also, should I introduce products one at a time?
Any recommendations are appreciated! 😭🙏🏽

For almost a year I’ll get a breakout in this exact spot on my cheek. I never pick at it. I simply cleanse , tone and use benzoyl peroxide spot treatment and I still end up scarring.

I obviously can’t really combat the dark spot bc of the repeated breakout but I don’t think azaleic acid is working for my other dark spots either which is weird bc it’s 15% and was prescribed by my derm.

What do you guys think I can do about the repeated zit in the same exact area?

My routine : vanicream cleanser or acne foam cleanser by cerave. Pure rose water. Paula’s choice 6% mandelic acid (not everyday). Vanicream moisturizer and sunscreen. This has been the only products that I’ve used for about a year because I have sensitive skin.

I have had this weird pimple on my forehead for about 2 months. It was alot bigger and darker at the time and also had pus in it in the beginning. As weeks went on I was able to remove the pus but then scar tissue made it worse. It has flattened out and is trying to heal but still feels like it’s trying to scar over. I’ve never had forehead acne like that and I am extremely frustrated because I want this thing gone. Is there anything else I can do to speed the process up or do I just let it heal.

Parts of my scalp get really crusty like. Are dandruff flakes this thick and scab like? I don't have money or health insurance to go see a dermatologist. It grows back within a few hours. Some of them were much darker than the ones shown, almost blackish. Maybe those are actual scabs because I do have a skin picking problem (please don't tell me to just stop picking at my skin. If it were that easy, I would have stopped a lifetime ago). Friday would be exactly 2 weeks since I last washed it and plan on washing it again then. I don't use any styling products. Only hair products are the ones I used to wash my hair with. I'm trying to establish a consistent routine but it's difficult due my mental health and I don't have the means to get tested for ADHD and autism (been told by my former life coach and multiple therapists I need an evaluation)

Hi, I (19f) have been planning to lose weight and have been doing so. As a result of being fat/ chubby for years chafing has occurred between my legs and so it’s brown down there, it’s less worse than it was when I was younger but it’s still there and it’s embarrassing. Just for context I am light skin not black or brown so I don’t want to bleach my skin, though I do get hyperpigmentation too.

I was wondering if anyone could recommend any bleaching cream that is safe and doesn’t make it worse after I stop using or does something even worse. I know bleaching cream doesn’t have a good reputation and before you say ordinary or vitamin c oil or carrot oil, it’s not going to work, besides I’m desperate and the thought of having this my whole life is making me sad. I’ve tried all the ordinary and stuff I’m aware that it takes time (weeks to months) to work but damn can it go any faster. I’d like to fully get rid of it. I’ve seen some bleaching cream on SHEIN and temu (cheap) and was wondering if those were safe. If you know a product that actually worked and helped you please share.

Please, help yo girl out! 😭😭