This is not the typical blog about makeup, hairstyles or fashion. Here I will speak, from my personal experience, of issues related to beauty and health that are not that known. I share my wisdom with the hope that it will help you to avoid complexes, annoyances and money.
In the last post of this strange year 2020 I want to share that I have written a book!! It is not my first book, but it is the first that I did not write for work reasons and that I’m publishing as Mariahelpsyou. It is available in Spanish and English, both in ebook and paper format. For every taste!
The possibility of self-publishing for free with Amazon had caught my attention a long time ago. Knowing the difficulties of gaining a foothold in the publishing world, it seems like a great option for all those who want to publish something that may not sell, or who are not professional writers. Taking advantage of the low social life imposed this year, I took on the task of compiling some of the blog posts into a book, which has the same title as the blog. It is a short book, with eight chapters, with the posts I thought were the most important to include. In the five years that have passed since I started writing the blog I discovered new things and I had to update several posts. So, in the book I wanted to include all that information together. For example, how I progressed with electrolysis hair removal, belonephobia, skin care, in dyeing my gray hair, in oral care…
The book is aimed especially at teenage girls and girls in their twenties. Every time I wrote a blog post, I mentally relived my past dealing with different beauty / health issues, and each time I thought: “If someone had told me this at the time.” I remembered how I felt so lonely and hopeless with certain problems, which apparently only happened to me because nobody around was talking about them, and that despite my many attempts seemed to have no solution. Some of them (like acne or gingivitis) may seem more common and not as serious. Others, like hirsutism or belonephobia, have really embittered much of my life. That is why the book is aimed at young girls who may living a similar situation. Although it has taken many years, I have found a solution to all these problems. And it has not been thanks to the many specialist doctors, or dentists, or hairdressers, or any so-called “professionals”, but only with my persistence and research on the Internet, losing a lot of time and money along the way. Whoever seeks finds (even if it is later than sooner). Although the book is aimed at young girls, of course anyone can benefit from reading it, at least one chapter, be it a man or a woman of any age.
And well, what better date to launch a book than before Christmas! I do not expect to earn lot of money with this, it would be enough for me to know that the knowledge I share arrived and helped someone who needed it.
Merry Christmas!!
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In this month’s post I am going to talk about impurities and blackheads. After talking about anal pimples or blackheads (by the way, it is the most widely read post on the blog, but no one dares to comment on it, lol) I had to talk about the most common blackheads, those on the nose. So, in this post I’m not going to talk about acne, but about impurities, blackheads, oil that accumulates in the pores.
This type of problem occurs in the T zone of the face (forehead, nose, chin), chest and back. In my case, the problem is mainly in the nose (my nose is very greasy, although the rest of the face is not) and the cleavage.
Let’s start with the nose. In my case, the pores on my nose are too large, I don’t have many blackheads, it’s more an accumulation of oil in the pores. What I advise for this are two things. On the one hand, a pore sucker can be used. On the other hand, you can do a weekly pores cleaning: after a long and hot shower (that is, when I wash my hair) the pores are open due to steam, so when I get out of the shower it is the ideal time to do the cleaning. With two pieces of toilet paper, I gently squeeze all over the nose and all the grease comes out. Then I hydrate all my face with aloe vera. Since I shower at night, if my nose gets red, there is no problem because the next day it has disappeared (in any case it should not be very red, you do not have to be rough). Having large pores or not is something rather genetic, there is not much that can be done about it (of course, you can cover your pores with makeup, what I mean is you cannot minimize your pores). However, cleaning your pores can help to avoid bigger pores or the accumulation of grease that leads to blackheads. Oily pores become larger, and clean pores may appear somewhat finer.
In the case of the cleavage, my problem was that I used have small pimples. Now I don’t get any. What I did was trying to apply the same cleansing method as on the face, and after the shower, weekly, passing the pore sucker over the area (gently). And, in honor of the title of the blog (things that not many say) I am going to give one important tip: in the area of the cleavage I had some hair, after removing it with electrolysis, pimples in the area disappeared. I think hairless skin is less prone to blemishes and pimples (in the areas that are prone to it).
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In this post I am going to talk about a new method that I have been using to cleanse my face. This added to applying only pure aloe vera gel (extracted by me from the plant, as I mentioned in this post) is working very well for my skin.
First of all, I know that what I am going to explain is something similar to the Korean double cleansing ritual. But since I have adapted it in my own way, I have not called it that. Official Korean cleanse includes wiping off the oil with a hot towel and I don’t do that. As always, I seek maximum efficiency with minimum effort, the famous Pareto law. And since I am already using one side of a facial towel (small towel that is only for my face) every night, that’s one facial towel that waits for the washing machine every other night, so I don’t want to also use even more towels to remove the oil from my face.
What I do every night is, always after washing my hands, put 5-8 drops of argan oil on my hands and rub it all over my face, massaging well, insisting where my skin is more greasy (forehead, nose, chin). Oil cleansing is also great for removing makeup, but I don’t normally wear makeup. Then I rinse my face with warm water and apply a few drops of Dr. Bronner’s soap. It is not a soap that dries out the skin because it contains all natural ingredients, although I know that there are people who simply wash with their face with oil and that’s it. But I also like to put a little of this soap. Then I rinse, already with cold water, and gently dry my face with the facial towel. And then I put some cool aloe vera that I have in a glass in the fridge.
Regarding the oil to use, I use the argan oil because it is not comedogenic and it is the one which bottle I have now opened. When it is used up, I will use one of jojoba oil that I have unopened. Many also use olive oil, coconut oil…It all depends on whether you have oily or acne-prone skin, in that case you should look for non-comedogenic oil. If you don’t have this problem, any oil will work.. Anyway, as you rinse and wash your face with soap afterwards, it is difficult for oil to clog pores on the skin, it is not the same as using it as a moisturizer. Rather, what is sought with this method is: 1) a good cleaning, 2) avoid drying the skin when applying the soap or cleanser (since the oil creates a protective film on the skin). There are people who even apply oil to the body before showering so that their skin does not dry out with the lime from the water or due to soap, and the same to the scalp before washing their hair (I also do this, with coconut oil, and my head no longer itches, which sometimes happened to me before). Having a limescale/chlorine filter in the shower also helps with skin and itchiness.
That’s it for today, until next time!
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In this month’s post, I am going to talk about a product that, at least until a few months ago, was unknown to me: Retin-A (as they call it in Latin America) or Retirides (known by this name in Spain). If you read my post about acne and Roacután, you will know that I strongly defend its use to defeat acne for good, despite the urban legends and horror stories that some people tell about. I defend it because it went well for me and for all the people I know personally and who had this treatment well, and it’s been like that until today. That said and taking into account that I had this treatment 13 years ago, I have to say that occasionally I have a pimple mainly due to my period, but nothing worrisome. It helps that I am very careful with the products I put on my skin and very scrupulous with hygiene (I never touch my face, I use towels that are exclusive for my face, I change the pillowcase often, I use little and mineral makeup, aloe vera …) . I also take great care of my diet, this and the changes I have made over the years are something that I will talk about in another post.
But getting to the point, in November of last year, I suddenly got one of those horrible-big-painful-pimples with pus in the middle of my face. For me there are serious and non-serious places where you can get a pimple, and in the face, that is, the cheeks, is the worst place. It is the worst place because that is where the serious-cystic-the kind that leaves marks acne occurs. So obviously I panicked, because it hadn’t happened to me in over a decade. Yes, I had the typical pimples in the T zone (forehead-nose-chin) and impurities in my neckline, which is also oily, but not those type of pimples. What I did was wait for the pimple to fully develop, and it took almost 3 weeks!! I tried not to rub it when washing my face, to sleep on the opposite side of my face so as not to spread bacteria, obviously not to put on makeup there…When it had grown up, I put some iodine on it, because I heard that you shouldn’t put alcohol on it, but then I heard the opposite, that you shouldn’t put iodine on it… It ended up disappearing, but left a round red mark, and I didn’t exploit it or anything. To this day you can hardly see it, but that confirms my theory that there are harmless pimples and mass destruction pimples of mass destruction (like that one).
Apart from the food issues that I will address in another post, I began to investigate what could I do, because at the cosmetic-hygiene level I already considered that I did everything well. And that’s where I discovered Retin-A or Retirides. It is an ointment with the same active ingredient as Roacutan (tretinoin) that occurs in concentrations of 0.025%, 0.050% and 0.1%. I saw some videos and blogs that talked about it (the most scientific one: Cómo se aplica el Retirides), and I decided to try it.
The good thing about being an ointment is that it does not pass through the liver or have as much risk to health as Roacután, but obviously its effectiveness is lower and slower. It would be like a light version of Roacután. Doctors recommend starting with the lowest concentration and going up, because it is a strong ingredient and reactions on the skin may occur (redness, skin peeling… I bought it after the horrible pimple because another one came out right next to it, confirming my other theory that bacteria in pimples move… In analogy with what happens now with the virus of the moment, if a mass destruction pimple comes out, you have to take serious measures as soon as possible to prevent it from spreading. And since I only wanted the ointment for that, because I was not willing to buy a bottle of 0.025% or 0.050%, spend it (which could take me months or years, since the recommendation is to apply a very small quantity and only twice a week) and then buy another one with 0.1% concentration. Also, it seems to me that there is quite a difference between the concentration of the first two and the third one. So, I started buying the 0.1%, the maximum concentration. As happens when having Roacután, this ointment can cause the area where you put it to peel (but not your lips constantly or as heavy as it happens with Roacutan), and it causes your skin very sensitive to sun (I have no problem with this because I am very careful, although in my daily routine I do not use sunscreen (normally).
In my case, when I applied it, my skin itched a little, but nothing else. It should always be applied at night and with dry skin. And well, the start of massive destruction on my cheek luckily stopped, applying the ointment to the area twice a week. On the rest of the face I did not dare to put it on, because it is supposed to have the same effect as Roacutan: multiply by 6 the rate at which the skin is renewed and “bring out” hidden comedones. I had no intention of seeing what would happen because the rest of my face is fine so I didn’t want to risk it. I say this because Retin-A is also used a lot to eliminate spots and as an anti-wrinkles ointment: many people use it, let’s say, as an anti-aging cream. What I have done lately is to put it on my nose, to see if it reduces the appearance of pores, and on my neckline, because it is very oily and impurities form. I’ve noticed a great improvement in my neckline, not that much on my nose.
In Mexico Retin-A is sold without a prescription, but in Spain, Retirides must be prescribed by a dermatologist. However, Retirides is sold in Andorra without a prescription, so one can go there or maybe buy it online. In the United States, you can find it as Retinoid.
So now you know, if you decide to try this pseudo-Roacutàn, use it with caution!
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In this month’s post I’m going to talk about my new discovery for (facial) skin care. Well it’s not really a discovery because I have been using aloe vera on my face for many years, but now I have switched to real pure aloe vera, straight from the plant. A few years ago, my mother bought an aloe vera plant and we had it on the windowsill in the bathroom. I tried to cut a stalk (leaf) and put the gel on, what was left over we kept in a glass in the fridge. The problem with this method is that there is a lot of gel left over and the gel spoils in a couple of days, even if it is in the fridge. That is why commercial gels, no matter how organic and pure they may be, carry some preservatives (like all cosmetics). Not that this is wrong, but of course I think that if aloe is only aloe, then much better.
That plant died and I did not try the natural method again. Also of course it is much more practical to have the aloe in a container that you take anywhere, put it on and that’s it. For years I used one from the Canary Islands that had very few ingredients, it was called Aloveria. I liked it a lot but they stopped selling it in El Corte Inglés and I didn’t want to spend more to buy it directly from the company, because of the shipping costs. With that and with the proliferation of eco stores and online commerce, I began to buy other brands of aloe on the Internet. I didn’t like them as much as Aloveria but they were organic brands, with pure aloe as the first ingredient, and they were cheap. My skin always felt somehow tight when I put aloe on, I thought it was normal because I had read that aloe, although it hydrates a lot, creates an effect like when you put a facial mask on the skin and it dries. What started to bother me is when I noticed that my skin was peeling a little. This happened with an Italian brand of aloe that I bought online and … surprise! Looking carefully at the ingredients list, I saw that it contained alcohol. I could not believe that I, who supposedly already knew all the tricks of the cosmetic industry, had fallen into that error. All for believing that since it was sold in an organic store it would be very pure and such. So I switched to another (made sure it didn’t have alcohol or too many ingredients). But I was wrong again. It turns out that one day reading a blog I found that now there are pages so that one can see what are the ingredients in cosmetics, for all the controversy that has been going on about lead on lipsticks, carcinogenic ingredients and endocrine disruptors etc. The page that I used is called cosdna.com. I put the ingredients in my new aloe vera gel and it turned out that it contained polymers (a petroleum derivative) and sodium hydroxide. I already talked about sodium hydroxide in another post. It is an irritating and very drying ingredient. Although it is widely used in natural cosmetics, especially to make soaps and shampoos, I think a soap that you rinse is not the same as a gel you put on your skin to absorb it. After investigating I saw that it is precisely something that irritates the skin of many people. So that encouraged me to try the natural method again.
I bought an aloe vera plant for 4 euros in a greenhouse, with its pot included. The aloe vera plant is very easy to care for, you only need to water it once a week and keep it at a warm temperature, tending to hot (between 15-25 degrees). In winter it can simply be kept indoors in an illuminated place, and in summer on a window ledge. It is not recommended to leave aloe in direct sunlight (at least not all day), so that the leaves do not get “burn”.
To use aloe vera, what you do is to cut a stalk that is on the outside. That stalk will then grow on its own. You clean any mud and put in a glass with some water on the part where the aloe gel is visible. This is to release the aloin, a kind of iodine that the plant has and that can be irritating. I left the leaf 24 hours and this was the water’s appearance:
The next step is to peel the leaf, making two cuts on the sides and opening it. The gel is removed and, at this time, what can be done is to put it directly in an ice bucket or to liquefy it with a hand rod mixer (and then you distribute the liquid aloe in the ice bucket)(don’t use any water!). If you choose the liquefy method, aloe vera lasts more, since you’re using all the aloe. If you don’t liquefy it you’re just using the liquid on the surface of the aloe pulp. Besides, if you don’t liquefy it, take into account that the aloe vera pulp is a bit messy to handle, it feels like snail drool.
Once the aloe pulp or liquid has been distributed in the ice bucket, it is put in the freezer and in a few hours the aloe cubes can be removed into a Ziploc bag. What I do is to take an ice cube out and put it in a small glass (one of those for shots) and I leave the small glass in the fridge. There the ice cube thaws, and I already have a dose of cold aloe vera, which lasts for about two or three days in pulp, and more if it was previously liquefied. I apply it twice a day, morning and night).
What I have noticed with this new method is that my skin is no longer dry, tight or peeling. You only notice some tightness in the first seconds of putting it on. It seems wonderful to me and it does not involve so much work, in addition to being cheaper than buying commercial aloe gel. The only difficulty I see is when it comes to traveling, for trips of more than 3 days and without access to a refrigerator. If not, just pop a cube or two in an empty cream container and you’re done.
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This month’s post is going to be a compilation of everything I’ve been writing about on the blog, since I started with three posts in 2015, until I decided to take it more seriously and write a monthly post as part of my goals for the year in 2017.
When I started the blog I wanted to share things that I had discovered by myself, especially through the Internet and from my own experience and that of others, over the years. They were doubts, questions that do not appear so much in beauty magazines and on blogs and YouTube channels, or that in the case of appearing I considered they had wrong or incomplete answers (such as taking the pill if you have acne or resorting to laser if you have hair on your face…). I really wanted to address problems and solutions that I thought were not being publicized enough.
In 2015 I explained how the irrigator (in its eco-friendly and cheap version, the Italian So-Wash) is the secret weapon that dentists do not want you to discover, along with the coconut oil + bicarbonate toothpaste. A toothpaste that also works as a deodorant. I also published the most visited and consulted entry of the entire blog, the one that talks about electrolysis hair removal. A post that I updated later showing the progress of my “do it yourself” results in this regard.
In 2017, I started talking about my experience with hirsutism and acne, I defended Roacutan and Ovusitol against the contraceptive pill and I talked about some simple and cheap measures like aloe vera, castile soap (Dr. Bronners), the importance of changing face towels and the pillowcase (better if it is made of silk) often. I have also talked about the importance of nutrition (the now fashionable smoothies) for the skin and the little-known mineral makeup.
I also talked about health issues, such as period pain, and how I try to control them by always keeping omeprazole and ibuprofen close at hand, in my emergency bag. Or the problem of belonephobia, so poorly treated by most health professionals and which causes serious trauma to many people. I still hadn’t found a definitive solution to this issue, but reading the book Overcoming Medical Phobias gave me some hope. Trying psychological treatments (hypnosis, neurolinguistic programming) gradual exposure (with images, videos…) and using the applied tension of the muscles could be the key. In my case, I also think that choosing a different site from which to draw the blood (perhaps the hand and not the inside of the elbow) could have an influence. I’ve been working on this for the past few months, and I’ve gone from feeling a bit dizzy just reading or watching videos about it, to being able to tolerate it (at least from a distance). I also think that the time of day influences, since for example I have the lowest blood pressure and I am weaker in the morning, which is precisely when the blood extraction procedure is done (and on an empty stomach). A reader advised me to use Buzzy and I have it ready to try in the future. What I’d really like to try though is the Seventh Sense Biosystems TAP. I keep writing them to see how to acquire it but it seems that at the moment only certain laboratories have it (I have also written to them and they do not respond). I hope it is only a matter of time, because it gives me the impression that there may be the solution. Other alternatives are the use of Vacutainer or butterfly needles for extractions. I had considered these alternatives, so I would also like to try. Anyway, hopefully in the future I can write a post explaining how I finally solved the issue. It would be my personal big hit on these issues, along with the discovery of electrolysis :))
Some posts include novel therapies, such as the natural solution to myopia (including much cheaper glasses), a problem that I had previously discussed. In this regard, I recently read a piece of news about some drops to solve myopia developed by a university in Israel … I’ll be watching too. Hopefully ending myopia without surgery will my third hit :))
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In this month’s post I am going to talk about something that I think many people don’t know. At least I did not know it and when I found out about it it seemed very logical. This is a beauty hack that comes pays off over time. Let’s get to the point: rather, to the wrinkle.
For some time it has been circulating on the Internet that using silk pillowcases reduces the formation of wrinkles. Even at 33 years old wrinkles are not something that worries me too much, perhaps because of how long it took me to get out of the acne trauma. But I think it is time to pay a little attention to this issue. As I said in the post about the sun, for me the most important thing in terms of wrinkles is that the sun does not shine on your face. Like a geisha face. Not to mention the formation of spots, moles, etc. that one prevents. Another very important aspect is to drink water, not to smoke or drink alcohol, not to apply too much foundation because the skin does not breathe (sorry for those who cannot do without this, however, a good option is mineral makeup). I am not a fan of anti-wrinkle-anti-aging creams nor do I use them, I also said in another post that it seems more useful, when the time comes, to invest that money in going to a doctor and getting filled with vitamins-hyaluronic acid-collagen and so on, than go around testing unnatural creams.
But back to silk pillowcases. According to Dr. Google, it is an Asian (I think Chinese) beauty hack that has been used for centuries. The idea is that cotton is a moisture-wicking fabric: that’s why towels are made of cotton. So, if one spends 8 hours a day sleeping, all her life, with her face resting on a cotton pillowcase, what happens is that her skin loses water, becomes dehydrated, and that favors the appearance of wrinkles. In addition, having your face resting on the pillow causes it to “squeeze”, waking up with pillow marks on the face, and wrinkles form as well. And not only on the face but also, to those who have big breasts, in the neckline. Ideally, you should sleep on your back and not rest your face on either side. I’m trying to sleep on my back, but it seems a bit impossible. Does anyone sleep on their back? So, buying some silk covers (which because of the material are soft and do not “rub” against the skin or take away moisture) seemed much more feasible.
I started searching and it turns out that real silk pillowcase are quite expensive. Although they do seem like a good investment, because they can last you many years. But what I did was to buy some that, although they are called “Spasilk”, are not made of silk. They are made of polyester. This fabric comes from oil and resists moisture, so is not recommended for shirts. Well, that’s supposed to be what we want for the face, that the pillowcase doesn’t absorb the moisture from our skin.
According to the Internet, silk pillowcases also help prevent hair from frizz and prevent acne. Regarding the latter, I have already explained that I use each pillowcase 4 times (one for each side, then I reverse it and use it other two times). I do this because my face and hair rest there each night, and they’re not always that clean.
Finally I bought a real silk pillowcase. Y already had the White Lotus silk sleeping mask. I only use it for naps, because where I live now they don’t know what blinds are and I like sleeping in darkness. This brand also has silk pillowcases.
Silk pillowcases, an Asian luxury
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After the post about electric hair removal I thought it would be convenient to go a little deeper on the subject of hirsutism and acne. These are two problems that I have suffered since I was a teenager (now I am going to be 30 years old) and which have taken me so much time to have under control. It really is a problem that has made me suffer a lot, and I had to do a lot of research on my own to see how to solve it. Doctors do not take you seriously because they do not consider them a health problem, just an aesthetic issue (in my case I do not even have polycystic ovaries), my mother did not give it any importance, all the insecurities I had when putting on a bikini or to intimate with a boy … and some years ago there was not as much information on the Internet as now! I did not know that electrolysis hair removal (very important to know for girls with hair problems) existed until I was 25, although it is a method that has been working more than 100 years!
Let’s start with the issue of hair and then I will move on to acne. As I explained in the previous post, laser (Diode Lightseer is the one I know and I know it works, as long as the person who applies it takes his time-minimum 2 hours for legs-and puts it at a considerable power) only works in very terminal hairs (very “hard” hair), and even though it does not work impeccably. For me it worked more or less in my legs, even though my hair is black and my skin is quite pale so that I am the ideal client. Well, even after 5 laser sessions, I had to go over my legs with electrolysis (although much more on the thighs than down my knees, since on the thighs my hair was less thick). Having done electrolysis in the first place on my legs would have been too much because it is a very large surface, although I know people who have done it and spent less money than me. Laser works better on your groins because it is the hardest hair we have in our body. As for the armpits, I think I would have saved money by doing electrolysis directly, since it is not such a large area (after 5 laser sessions, I left it and I have removed the rest with electrolysis, by myself). For arms it will depend on the person, but I do not recommend laser since they ask you to shave them before, and at least in my case I have fine hairs there. Although whole arms are also a large surface, I think it is worth doing them directly with electrolysis.
Let’s move on to treatments that are not laser /electrolysis. When I was a teen I bleached my lower back for the summer, using a bleaching creme. I had quite good results. But when the hairs grow back, they have black roots! I also used to bleach my facial hair at first, but I do not recommend it: hairs started appearing longer and longer because of the bleaching. So I started waxing my face. At the beginning it was great, but with the wax you also eliminate fuzz, and then that fuzz starts growing stronger. In the end I opted for tweezers, to remove only those hairs that were black. But tweezers make hairs grow stronger and bent. If you then want to start with electrolysis, you must wait a few weeks without tweezing. When I started with electrolysis my nightmare (at least in my face) disappeared, in addition to achieving perfect eyebrows! (When I tweezed my face and eyebrows I used to spend half an hour every day with the tweezers, which added to the body hair removal once a week).
Now let’s see treatments: contraceptives Diane 35 (for 9 years). Yes, it works perfect, it improves skin and hair … some people gain weight or have depression, it was not my case and that’s why I took them for so many years. But it does not solve the problem and it’s not the best solution for your health. I took Androcur for a few months, but I do not recommend it because when I stopped (although I did not stop Diane 35 at the same time) I had a horrible outbreak of acne: that’s when my treatment with Roacutan began. Ant egg oil: I tried it and it’s a scam, it does not do anything. Peppermint tea: I drink tea twice a day, I really do not know if it works or not, but it is harmless. Ovusitol (inositol+vitamine B): I started with it when I stopped with Diane, I have one per day and the same thing: I do not really know if it is doing something but it is a supplement, and it has very good reviews
Regarding the issue of acne, I had teenage acne but not very serious, just some spots on my forehead. To get rid of them I started buying all kinds of treatments at the pharmacy, and they only made it worse. Just two years or so after having my period for the first time the doctors put me on Diane 35 and I forgot the problem. But when I was 20 (I forgot including this in the previous paragraph) I tried laser hair removal on my face. BIG MISTAKE!!!! I have to say, first, that I did not shave before (and I’m happy I didnt do it!!!!). The medical laser center where I went (opportunists with no ethics at all, taking into account that I was just 20 years old, with a low self esteem and going by myself) charged me almost 90 euros per session and I had a total of only four hairs eliminated (just the super black ones) and spent about three months (I think I did three sessions in total) avoiding social life and classes because they would not let me tweezing, or waxing, or bleaching or anything. I had to avoid sun completely. A total nightmare. And it did not work at all. Just in those months I stopped taking Androcur (I only had it for some months, I started feeling depressed but I dont know if it was due to Androcur or to all those circumstances). So, I do not know if it was the laser or stopping with Androcur, but I started having a cystic acne that I had never have before. Laser on your face, which is an hormonal zone, can produce more hairs, you only have to Google it: laser + paradoxical effect. I had never had severe acne, with painful pimples leaving scars. Trying to fix a problem I got a worse one. The solution was Roacutan: six months and problem solved. For all those girls who have problematic acne, it’s really worth it. It’s worth 6 months of not drinking alcohol (better for you!) and avoiding sun and putting on cream and chap stick all the time, really. Contraceptives only hide the problem. It’s not the same case if you just have the typical hormonal pimples before your period, I still have those, but it’s not a big deal.
Love Roacutan!
Although some say it doesn’t, I think diet has an influence, not only in acne but in the general appearance of your skin. I recommend having plenty of fruits and vegetables, for me it was quite difficult but I made a total change in my diet and I have been drinking smoothies for years. Down here I put a link to a page that I follow (in Spanish), where they propose very varied juices. The author proposes juices because they are easy to digest and smoothies may have too much fiber, which can cause some people bad digestions. I do not have a juice extractor, just a simple blender, so I always drink smoothies with fiber and it’s fine for me. Also, I do not like wasting food and I dont see myself cooking with the leftovers:
Enough for today. I still have things to say about cosmetics and different foods (also associated with the topic of acne), but I will develop these topics in other posts.
I hope my experience may help you, and if you have any question do not hesitate to comment or contact me !! :))
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As an alternative to Ovusitol you can buy inositol+folate (as long as you ingest the same quantity of inositol and folate as in one ovusitol dose). The resulting price per day is almost the same and folate is supposed to be better absorbed than folic acid.
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Como alternativa al Ovusitol se puede tomar inositol+folato (calcular que sean en las mismas cantidades que en un sobre de Ovusitol). El precio por día sale casi igual y se supone que el folato se absorbe mejor que el ácido fólico:
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