Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Confession About Zits

Every since I was pregnant with Kaylen I have been struggling with (minor - though they sure don't feel that way sometimes) breakouts. The really strange part is I had minor struggles with them all my life but then when I became pregnant with Kelton it was as if zits magically disappeared from my life. I loved that SO much and figured finally it was behind me. And then came my pregnancy with little Miss Thang. Poof! They were back. In fact, I think I started seeing pimples before the line changed on the pregnancy test.

I changed my skin care products which helped some but I'm still fighting them more than I would like. Honestly, I never figured at 42 years of age I'd still have zits popping up here and there. It just doesn't seem fair. I thought it was called "teenage acne" for a reason and once you were done being a teenager, the problem was done. *sigh*

I'm curious so let's get personal. Do you still have acne breakouts every now and again? What products are you finding helpful.

3 comments:

Lynilu said...

Yes, even at my ripe old age (63). They are less serious now, just one at a time usually. See??? Something GOOD about aging!!!

Kristen said...

I'll get the occassional one, but not breakouts really. I use noxema face wash (the one in the tub, not the squirt kind) and that's about it. I don't do make-up, I don't do moisturizers, though I do occasionally use this loreal stuff with sunblock in it.
Michele gets breakouts though and she uses the same stuff i do. it mostly has to do with stress and hormones.
if it bothers you a lot, you can get an Rx for it...i used to have bad acne as a teenager. i used retin-A and some antibiotic, which, as a lovely side effect, gave one long horrible yeast infection after another...TMI? LOL

Casey said...

Lynilu: Something to look forward to! :)

Kristen: I'm happy to say that they don't bother me enough to get an rx (which is good since it takes an act of God to get *me* to the doctor) - just annoying since I was hoping to be well passed this stage at this point in my life.