I got suckered. I saw some posts about how men don’t take care of their skin, and how it has more of an effect as we age. So I thought, what’s the harm? Let’s give it a try!
Welp, after five days of putting a tiny bit of moisturiser on my face, I have a couple of tiny pimples on my nose. I haven’t had zits in decades, and here we are. I stopped applying the moisturiser a couple of weeks ago and I’m still getting those zits.
Thanks skincare.
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There’s a word for that: noncomedogenic. That means it doesn’t clog pores.
Face moisturizers try to be noncomedogenic. Other types of moisturizers don’t care as much.
Skin care isn’t a sham. Skin care is like anything else. Everyone is different. You have to find whatever works. For some people it’s very simple, and other people will find themselves going down a rabbit hole trying to improve their skin.
How will I know when it’s working?
Depends on what you want out of it. I use one (1) daily face lotion thing with a light sunblock in it. It helps prevent UV damage & keeps me from feeling itchy/flaky in the winter.
But I am pale as the damn grave, so someone with a different complexion might not care as much about that as a heavier duty moisturizer, for example.
It’s easy to get sucked down the cosmetics rabbit hole- you just need to decide what you actually want out of it & find the product(s) that help you towards that. That said, look for things labeled as specifically for your face & possibly unscented or for sensitive skin to start- they’ll be less likely to clog up your pores or cause an allergic reaction.
IVE BEEN SAYING THIS ALL MY LIFE!! SKINCARE IS A FUCKING SCAM!!!
I don’t use any of that crap, except yk, shampoo and eh, shower gel stuff.
my skin’s very healthy, and I never even wash off my makeup. I get like 1 zit per month but that’s cuz I’m still young. Then I used to have friends that kept complaining that they had zits DESPITE their excessive use of “skincare” products. which is, duh its not DESPITE , its because. also I never got the deal, as long as your skin doesn’t rot or you know, hurt, what’s the issue?
I use water and soap. For everything. Including my hair. Unscented soap with no industrial chemicals to make it “smell good”.
I horrify my coworkers when I tell them this. They’re convinced my hair is going to fall out, and that my skin will dry out and slough off despite literally years of me not showing any of this.
I’m pretty sure the makeup industry is purely a scam.
Are you washing your face before putting moisturizer on? Did you get a moisturizer that says you can use it on your face?
If yes to both, it could be that that particular moisturizer just isn’t for you and you might want to try a different one.
Yes, I am washing my face, but no, it does not explicitly mention faces on the package. I guess that’s my first mistake.
If you want a recommendation, Nivea soft is quite lightweight, I used it for a while before I got an SPF moisturizer (more expensive but they do make a difference in aging/preventing skin cancer)
Correlation yadayada causation.
Sorry to hear about that. Pimples are no fun! Each skincare product will affect each person’s skin differently, and some products are more comedrogenic than others. If your moisturizer has cocoa butter in it, you might be getting breakouts because cocoa butter is known to be rather comedrogenic, meaning that it easily clogs pores. Shea butter on the other hand has a very low comedrogenic rating so I would check the ingredients of the moisturizer that you’ve been using to see exactly what might be clogging your pores. A lot of it is about trial and error and finding the product that your skin agrees with! 🙂
