Face

When I lost my health insurance last summer, I ran out of birth control pills. Not a huge deal, what with my slower-than-slow love life, but it did make a difference in my complexion. For a few months now, I've had the worst problem with acne and redness and bumpiness. My skin has felt terrible, and my self-esteem has suffered for it.

Last week, I went to WalGreens for some new facial wash, as I had run out of my Neutrogena. It hadn't really been doing anything for me, so I bought a new kind I hadn't yet tried, St. Ives Clear Green Tea Cleanser, which is supposed to help with redness.

I'd also had an inspiration--maybe my problem wasn't so much acne as rosacea. I had looked up rosacea online and found that many adults suffer from it without even knowing, and I started to figure that could account for my general redness and all of the non-acne bumps I had on my cheeks. I found Prosacea, a homeopathic cream, and bought a tube. It's not cheap--a .75 ounce tube cost about ten bucks. But I was reaching that desperate point.

I've been using it one to two times every day for a whole week, and the difference is amazing. My skin is already much smoother, less red, and my incidence of pimples has reduced drastically. It makes my skin a bit dry, but I am naturally oily so I never stay dry for long.

Anyway, it's been a relief to see my skin gradually getting better.