Saturday, 6 December 2014

DRY FACE

I had the brilliant (<sarcasm) idea of changing up my daily face routine a few weeks ago which coincided with a doctors visit. I was prescribed a new acne pill and a new acid based cream for my face. 

A few days after I started on this new pill I noticed that my face both looked and felt dry, it would also react whenever I sprayed tea tree water on my face, which was odd because it had never done that before. After a week of being on the pill and using the cream, I decided to test out what it was that was making my skin so dry and decided that I would start with the pill.

The pill itself was supposed to stop my face from producing the oily build-up however I did not realise that it would take away every single drop of it! 


My skin wasn't really making any improvements that I could see, however I was still using tea tree water to cleanse my face in the morning and evening - not making the connection that it too was striping away the oiliness I needed back in my face. Once this had snapped in my mind (another week later) I cut that out of my routine as well. 

My routine now consisted of patting my face with cold water, drying it and applying a heavy duty moisturiser. It was tight and painful and made me miserable. 

This was only a few weeks ago and I am still having to use the same routine as my face is still not back to normal! However I do have a bit more movement in my face.

If anyone out there has painfully dry skin I would recommend you try honey face packs and try not to worry about how "greasy' your face looks as feeling good is better than looking it!

Another life lesson learned the hard way!!


Natasha