I wish to goodness I had thought to take a before pic, but I sadly didn't. I recently bought some Calecim Professional pink serum for post-procedure use because I will be doing a series of microneedling and BBL photofacials. In my order, they included a couple of samples of their MAC cream, which also contains their PTT-6 growth factors, just at a lower concentration than the pink serum.

Well. Last night, I burned my neck with a curling iron. It wasn't a terrible burn, no need to see the doctor, but I did have a raised, angry-looking red welt. On a whim, I got my Calecim MAC sample out and used it on the welt, followed by a light coating of Aquaphor. I didn't want to open a brand new, very expensive, pink serum just to use on this. I woke up today, gingerly brushed my hair into a ponytail and prepared to treat it again, but it's like it's barely even there. It looks like a very light cat scratch. What the actual what?!?!?

My flabber is gasted. I am fully shooketh. Like, seriously? This is a thing? A thing that is possible?

Is there a routine, are there any components that can make them less visible? Or that's just aging, better deal with it?

i have recently started into skincare and health
so my friend suggested me this pba face mask ... i have been using it for around 1 month and honeslty i feel my skin much smoother and looks brighter..for me its become a nice addition to my weekly skincare routine ...its feels natural using this..

I want this to be a replacement for minimalist 2% alpha arbutin serum. This is cheaper as compared to the minimalist one and therefore I am inclined towards buying it but confused as well as to how genuine it is for the long term.

I just turned 25 and decided to start a skincare routine.For the past two months,I’ve been using a cleanser and moisturizer (both from CeraVe),The Ordinary Retinol 0.2% a few nights a week and SPF only when I go outside, although I am planning to start wearing it every day.I will switch to a stronger retinol next month.Honestly just bought the cheapest product without thinking,my skin it’s dry and nothing has irritated my skin so far.
The redness around my nose has been there for a long time and my skincare routine hasn’t made any difference.I don’t know what to do about it.
I’d love to hear any suggestions you might have for improving my skin.

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Hi everyone!

I've been struggling with under-eye dark circles and would really appreciate your suggestions for products that actually work.

I'm confused about whether my dark circles are caused by under-eye pigmentation or sunken eyes (tear troughs). I'm not sure how to tell the difference.

Thank you!

I have been looking at copper peptide serums. Has anyone had any success with these for thin under-eye skin? Any recommendations for brand? I am so overwhelmed looking at all the possibilities.

I’m fairly new to skincare and the proper way to apply it. As of now my routine is to wash my face, use a milky toner, vitamin C serum, lotion then sunscreen. The problem is my sunscreen. When I put it on, there’s a 50/50 chance that it will leave white flakes or balls on my face. What am I doing wrong? The product isn’t out of date, could it be the wrong product for my skin? Is my routine in the wrong order?

I see a few Vit C. serums that also have Retinol. I thought these should not be used together. What am I missing?

I would like to have some old blackheads removed by a professional aesthetician. However, since they are old and quite large, I am concerned that they might leave a permanent atrophic scar. What advice can you offer ?

My absolute holy grail moisturizer was the Kopari Hydrating Silk body lotion but I can no longer use it since getting pregnant due to a couple of the ingredients. I haven’t been able to find anything even remotely close to this and my skin has been so dehydrated!

I’ve been using the Josie Maran Whipped Body Butter which I like but I feel like my skin is still dehydrated when I wake up. I also started using Soft Services Speed Soak, which I also like but $28 for 5oz is kind of crazy, I’m going through it so fast and it’s just not cost effective.

Does anyone have recommendations for a deeply hydrating body moisturizer? Bonus points if it’s gel-lotion or lighter consistency because I can’t stand the sticky/greasy feeling some moisturizers leave.

Not sure if the gritty texture indicates instability - should I switch to a better brand like Paula’s choice, or try tranexamic? I’m using it for redness and I’m not sure over gotten any results over the last 4 months. I’m using it for redness, but I don’t have rosacea.

Hi, please bear with me I'm incredibly new (and overwhelmed) by everything revolving around skincare that's not just washing and moisturising my face. I've had pretty easy skin after puberty (early 20s now). I'll get a pimple every now and then and depending on the weather my skin learns more oily or dry, but overall I've lucked out with easier skin. But I've started wearing contacts more than I do my glasses and I feel like I notice the sebaceous filaments on my nose, chin and forehead more often without my glasses distracting from them. It's not the end of the world or massively noticeable, but I would like to reduce them.

I was thinking of these two products for a cleanser and cleansing oil:

-Paulas Choice Pore Normalizing Cleanser -Medicube Zero Pore Blackhead Deep Cleansing Oil

If anyone has used these products did they help? I've also heard products with bha are good for reducing sebaceous filaments. I don't believe the products I mentioned have bha so please if any one has suggestions!

hi everybody, I’m 16 F and I was wondering what products would you guys recommend for this dark spot on my upper lip it’s currently a pinkish brownish but it’s so much more vibrant in person so basically in August I had this big pimple on the left side of my upper lip and ever since it has left me with a dark spot, I’ve been using the Cerave sunscreen lotion the AM one, and I also moisturize with the Cetaphil moisturizing lotion but this dark spot just hasn’t gone away and it’s almost November so I was wondering, what would you guys recommend because I needed this gone by yesterday lol

I am curious as to how squalane oil is supposed to be used in a skincare regimen. Would you use it before or after moisturizer and if you have a cream as opposed to a lotion?

I would love to know how people incorporate it in their regimens with other ingredients such as hyaluronic acid, niacinamide, or retinoids.

I'm considering trying Biossance 100% Squalane Oil since my moisturizer doesn't seem to be enough for my dry skin, but I'm still figuring out how to fit it into my routine.

I use a random cleanser before all of that tho first :P

I have sensitive dry olive skin (im Mediterranean) trying to get a less tanned skin tone, as well as clear skin.

I do this routine in that order (cleanser first tho) like once every 2 days?

I try using sunscreen but i fail to do so on a daily basis :P

Within the past few months I’ve noticed my upper lip has gotten darker and it looks like melasma to me. Any suggestions for how I can lighten it or get rid of it?

My current routine for the area:
-Using tranexamic acid almost nightly
-Beauty of Joseon Eye Serum sometimes (this is an eye cream but it has Ginseng and Retinal)
-Good Molecules YerbaMate Wake Up Eye Gel at times too (also for the eyes, buts it’s supposed to be brightening)

What’s everyone’s fav red light mask?
I’ve been looking at the current body and shark one ( the shark one because I do like the depuffing aspect) but not sure how well that works etc and would rather get the better quality one if the depuffing is a bit gimmicky

I'm an Indian 24F, my skin is full oily in summers and oily + dry in winters. I live in Milan. I tried using snail mucin 96 when I was in India, it gave me small bumps all over the face so I stopped using it. I don't want to try snail mucin again. But I do want the plumpy skin that the people have who use snail mucin 😭

So I found the Geek & Gorgeous 101 HA 5 Light in chatgpt.

Is the product good?

Is cerave eye repair cream ok for teenage skin?

Any suggestions for this discolouration between the area around my eyes and the rest of my face.

Any advice is so appreciated.

I absolutely love it but at $180 it’s hard to use it daily.