Hello, I decided to start a thread about my progress..
A little back story..I'm 24 years old and I've had acne since my teens, it wasn't serious at first, seemed like mild puberty acne but after 19, I was still getting breakout and I was using Clean & Clear Astringent products and Neutrogena Oil Free Acne Wash to treat it for years. I finally thought maybe I was just using the wrong type of products, or wasn't cleaning enough.. usually when my face gets oily and I'm lazy and don't wash my face I get acne, but even when I started to pay more attention to my face I'd still get acne..I thought it was strange too because when I use these products like (Neutrogena Face wash pads) I'd get even more breakouts. Along with the breakouts I started developing scars from the breakouts, which is much worst than the breakouts. I realized that this adult acne has cut a lot of time out of my social life and has kept me in the house from hanging out with friends.
I refuse to let acne take control of my life and decided to find out why I still suffer from acne...plus these scars I was developing was becoming a big problem and if I didn't solve it I know acne would take over my life because I'm too embarrassed to go out with my face looking like this.
After some research and 2 years I've went through a lot of changes.. the acne slowed down a bit but I was still getting them.
I'm sort of an athletic person, I work out maybe 3-4 times a week and I eat fairly healthy. I read about foods that cause acne, so I know it's not food that's causing this.
I started buying all types of products for the scars, some helped a little and some were a waste of time...but i was still developing acne..
I went through Liver cleanses, Parasite cleanses, colon cleanses which greatly improved my health and I don't regret doing them but didn't solve my acne. I started using Organic Tea tree oil face wash instead of over the counter products to wash my face which is better but still developing acne. I've tried everything I thought that was causing my acne and nothing seem to be working..and I started to get depressed.
What really pushed my buttons was when I called off a date I had planned because I developed 2 large white heads on my forehead.
I started doing more research and I found out about Demodex..a subject I overlooked plenty of times because I thought "Yeah right I don't have Demodex"
but after reading about the symptoms, looking at the testimonials and realizing nothing else is working.. I knew Demodex had to be the culprit and I decided to try the ZZ cream.
I'm glad I did, so far I'm only on day 9 and I already see progress. The acne I had before using the product is now gone, most of it..the rest of it which is about 2-3 is slowly going away and almost gone! Usually by now I would have developed around 4-5 white heads..but I've only developed about 2-3 very small ones and It's only been a week!
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I'll post updates on my progress weekly!
Progress towards healing
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Re: Progress towards healing
Update~
On day 23 and my face looks great!
My previous acne is now gone! The blemishes are fading and barely noticeable. Since my previous post.. I've gotten around 6-7 very small white heads and 1 big. I can tell it's because the ZZ Cream is working and getting rid of the Demodex! Any new acne I get is very small and they go away within 2-3 days without leaving any blemishes or scars.
I barely feel any inching on my face like I used to when it gets oily, I already feel like I'm cured.. but I'm going to continue using it until I know they are completely gone!
Will update again soon!
On day 23 and my face looks great!
My previous acne is now gone! The blemishes are fading and barely noticeable. Since my previous post.. I've gotten around 6-7 very small white heads and 1 big. I can tell it's because the ZZ Cream is working and getting rid of the Demodex! Any new acne I get is very small and they go away within 2-3 days without leaving any blemishes or scars.
I barely feel any inching on my face like I used to when it gets oily, I already feel like I'm cured.. but I'm going to continue using it until I know they are completely gone!
Will update again soon!
Re: Progress towards healing
Great......................
Dont stop too soon, also, always better not to stop complately
but use a couple of times in a month only in the evening to keep the mites away.
Walter
Dont stop too soon, also, always better not to stop complately
but use a couple of times in a month only in the evening to keep the mites away.
Walter