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Skincare Routine advice
Hello,
I am about a month shy of 24 years old, and i'm going to be really honest, I haven't been so kind to my skin through the years. I have a combination skin type so the cheeks are usually dry while my forehead, nose, and chin are oily. I do not wear much makeup but tend to try to purchase higher quality products for when I do. Basically I just try to avoid the bottom shelf foundation cause I know it has tons of gunk and nasty pore clogging stuff.
I never had acne as a teen until I started birth control at 16. Then at 18 I developed a subcutaneous cyst the size of a quarter which had to be cut and removed. Now I have this massive scar from that is almost where my natural smile line i,s but now my face looks funny on one side and even pulls my lip slightly upward from where it was sewn so tightly. On top of this, at the highest point of the scar has a bulge, from again, being sewn shut too tightly. The tissue underneath is literally like jello, or even softer like pudding. It's just a soft mess on my cheek. So my cheek to the medial part of my face is looking like it is beginning to sag around the line.
So in sum, I have acne, acne scars, a surgical scar next to my smile line, and a 'furrowed brow' wrinkle that is just as deep as the surgical scar. Plus a few under eye wrinkles coming in.
I have NEVER had a consistent skin care routine in my life. Sure I followed my own random procedures but honestly have never felt like I've known how to *actually* take care of my skin...plus I am shitty at routines on top of this.
So, advicenators, I am asking for product advice to treat my scars, and probably more importantly, how to develop a good skin care routine. Right now I've been using Simple foaming cleanser, and I have a good moisturizer, Aveeno Apricot scrub, and a pack of collagen masks that I've bought to help my wrinkles. I have no idea what 'toner' is, and why so many products are necessary, although I am ready to try them all if they fix my skin. I need help finding out what order to use each product in. I really want something to work for my skin and make me at least feel decent about my appearance.
Thanks in advance, and phew, who knew this would turn into such a rant.
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I do not believe that applying something to your skin will help with whats going on with the scar issue. Facial exercises are great to help with certain things like taking out fine wrinkles and strengthening the underlying muscles to eliminate sagging. There is much to find on the net. Just do searches for face exercise, how to treat facial scars. or best scar treatment after surgery (otherwise you'll only get ones on acne scar only so use the word surgery in a search too)
Here's one:
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Never used this next product by heres an article on it
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in the next, the author gets answers from a couple doctors on post-op facial scars:
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Since massage was mentioned often and bringing blood circulation to the affected area, you may want to look up articles or videos on each of those specific things, whether they list it as treatment for scars. Any proper way to massage without causing more skin stretching in the wrong direction is important. So I suggest you try to see what you can do to make it appear better. Drs say a scar isn't mature until often 2 years after it was caused. If nothing helps and your skin was pulled too tight, you might need to check with a plastic surgeon what they can do if anything to help and the cost and start saving up for that as a last resort.
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