Skincare Routine

If you follow me on Instagram, then you know I've leveled up my skincare routine in preparation for my wedding in March! I want to look and feel my best, so I decided to invest a little more in skincare up until then. Once the wedding passes, I'll probably scale back my facials, just to save some money.

I'm going to give you little background before I get into what I am currently using, and seeing benefits/results with! Growing up, I struggled with acne. While I thought I had the worst breakouts ever, looking back I realize I really didn't have it as bad as some of my siblings did, but I have always taken skincare very seriously.

I started going to a dermatologist around the age of 13 and was put on Doxycycline, an antibiotic that helps prevent breakouts. I was also put on Differin Gel, a topical you can actually purchase at Target now. That helped, but didn't completely take away my breakouts because, hello... I was a teenager going through puberty, but I didn't understand that then, so I kept trying different things until I was happy. Something that really helped me at that age, and I believe still helps me, was taking dairy out of my diet. I stopped drinking milk, and tried really hard to reduce the amount of dairy I was eating. Now, I am lactose intolerant for the most part, so I don't struggle keeping it out of my diet anymore. Later on in high school, I was told I shouldn't be on Doxycycline because it is an antibiotic, and honestly, I don't think it was working anymore. My new dermatologist decided to put me on Spironolactone instead, plus a topical cream called Tazorac for night time and Aczone for day time. I am still currently using the topicals, but recently decided to stop taking Spironolactone (after over 10 years of being on it), and replaced it with vitamins to see how my body would react and so far it's been great! 

I had a bunch of scars from my teenage years of dealing with acne, so a few years ago, I decided to get three treatments of VIVA, basically micro-needling, which increases collagen production, therefore taking away acne scars, and boy did it work! I was so happy the $1,200 I spent wasn't for nothing! Everything was great until I had to come off of the birth control pill because I had blood clotting issues in my right leg, which resulted in having to have 3 veins removed from my leg. Anyways, all of that being said, hormonal acne quickly started, so I had to figure out what to do. Below I am going to share the HUM Nutrition vitamins I am taking that I truly think help cleared up my hormonal acne! 

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Now, let's get to the whole reason why you clicked on this blog post! My daily skincare routine is below, and you can shop for each product by clicking on it, on the graphic! I still use the topical creams I mentioned above too, but those require a prescription. I highly recommend going to see a Dermatologist to be prescribed a Retinol! If you are in Charleston, check out theCenter for Regenerative Medicine in Mount Pleasant. I see Doctor Ella once a month for a HydraFacial, plus I get all of my SkinCeuticals products from her and she does my Botox! She carries all of the SkinCeuticals products I use, and she will ship, if you'd like to support local! 

I have truly never been so happy with the appearance of my skin! I work really hard to make sure it is glowing, but it is so worth it! I'll share a few progress photos of my skin below!