{"id":22,"date":"2018-04-02T22:58:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-02T22:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alexisadrienne.net\/index.php\/2018\/04\/02\/my-acne-story-how-i-deal-with-acne-vulgaris\/"},"modified":"2023-03-24T23:04:41","modified_gmt":"2023-03-24T23:04:41","slug":"my-acne-story-how-i-deal-with-acne-vulgaris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alexisadrienne.net\/my-acne-story-how-i-deal-with-acne-vulgaris\/","title":{"rendered":"My Acne Story: How I Deal With Acne Vulgaris"},"content":{"rendered":"
My name is Alexis, I\u2019m 25 years old, and I have adult acne<\/i><\/b>. (Aka, acne vulgaris you get when you’re older than 20. Yay me!)<\/p>\n
Today\u2019s post is going to be a little different. As a beauty and skincare blogger, it\u2019s all well and good for me to post about products that work for my skin while it\u2019s all lovely and smooth, and my acne is under control. But today, I really wanna show you how exactly how my skincare journey has gone, and how I manage my acne. I’ll include acne before and after photos, including Differin before and after photos plus retin-a before and after photos so you can see my whole acne story. To list it out in full, the treatments (script or otherwise) that I\u2019ve ever tried for my acne vulgaris (what a beautiful phrase!) are:<\/p>\n
Lemon Juice,\u00a0<\/i>Benzoyl Peroxide,\u00a0<\/i>Differin,\u00a0<\/i>Tretinoin,\u00a0<\/i>Topical Clindamycin,\u00a0<\/i>Oral Doxycycline,\u00a0<\/i>Lactic Acid<\/i><\/p>\n I can STILL remember the sting\u2014this was the most torturous treatment ever, and I can\u2019t help but wonder how much permanent skin damage I actually caused by doing this. This is one of the worst acne home remedies out there\u2014please do not EVER do this to your skin! Some other awful acne home remedies I’ve seen include baking soda and cinnamon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n After a few years of regularly getting facials to help with my congestion, my mom took me to the derm and I walked away with a handy little script for Clindamycin and Differin. These two were great for managing my acne vulgaris (although I probably STILL didn\u2019t use enough recommended SPF with Differin oops) and I used them up until I moved to New Zealand for university and was no longer covered by my parents\u2019 health insurance.<\/p>\nThe Benzoyl Peroxide Era<\/h3>\n