Reading. British TV. Rose garden. Computers.

A little bit of everything. "Alternative", classic rock, punk, new wave, country, etc.

ALL OF THEM!!! MUA-HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Neutrogena, by far. I don't have allergic reactions to their stuff, and they have yet to leave me red and raw.

But I'm mad at them. They had the BEST treatment for those owie under-the-skin lump zits. It was the "On The Spot Acne Patch." You'd peel off a patch that had salicylic acid on it, and stick it over the lump. I'd wash my face when I got home, stick one on, wear it for the evening, then remove, wash again, and put another on for overnight. Usually the lump was gone the next day; a really tough zit might take 2 or 3 patches, but even that was an improvement over waiting 2 or 3 WEEKS for the thing to leave on its own.

They seem to have been taken off the market. I was referred to On the Spot gel, but it sucks.

38. Unhealthy obsession with weird stuff that comes out of your body. Unhealthy obsession with Torchwood and Doctor Who on BBC America, too. :-)

Lives at home with 4 cats and one aging parent. It's less pathetic than it sounds. :-)

Minocycline once a day. Yaz birth control pill.

Wash in AM with Neutrogena Anti Wrinkle Anti Blemish cream cleanser (salicylic acid and retinol). Use Olay Anti-Wrinkle Daily SPF 15 Lotion (it has retinol and beta-hydroxy in it) all over face, neck, and chest.

P.M. -- Wash with Olay Definity Cream Cleanser. Neutrogena Deep Wrinkle treatment all over face, neck, and chest. Klaron lotion on face.

I have bad allergies, and my skin is sensitive and will flare up into hives or dermatitis. When that happens, the AHAs, retinol, and BHAs go by the wayside. If I have dermatitis, I remove makeup and cleanse with cold cream. If I have hives, I use Cetaphil soap. I follow with my prescribed cortisone lotion on the owie parts, and then with a moisturizer, usually Curel. After a couple of weeks, I go back to my usual regimen.

When I was in my mid-20s, I developed acne for the first time. Literally. I didn't even have acne as a teenager! So I tried some stuff from the dermatologist, and it made my skin angry, red, raw, and chapped. I thought, "Hmmm. This isn't any more attractive than the zits," and threw the meds in the back of my skincare basket.

And then I ordered Proactiv solution.

And it worked in less than a week!

However...what I didn't realize is that even after you wash your hands with soap nine times, and after the lotion has soaked into your skin for an hour, there is still enough benzoyl peroxide on your skin to bleach your towels, your sheets, your dishtowels, and your bed linens. How I escaped bleaching my thousand-dollar red chenille couch, I don't know. Pure luck, I suppose.

And that's why I have white pillowcases and towels.

But, gods, it worked. I was amazed. And saddened because it didn't work when my skin started running amok about 18 months ago. Perimenopause, they tell me.