what do you guys use and how effective is it? i still get minor breakouts here and there and it seems i'm a bit old for that now. i currently use dove microbeads and olay moisturizer, but thats just because i have really sensitive skin

12/26/2007 7:19:18 PM

make sure all your moisturizers are oil free...i use apricot scrub like 3 times a week(any more and you could exfoliate too much), some pore cleaner by st ives, and noxzema, plus the walmart brand of clearisil pads...in the shower i use a wash cloth and bar o soap

12/26/2007 7:24:43 PM

This stuff (Clean & Clear Daily Pore Cleanser) works pretty well for me.

12/26/2007 7:35:22 PM

proactive, seriously

[Edited on December 26, 2007 at 7:40 PM. Reason : e]

12/26/2007 7:39:35 PM

12/26/2007 7:41:01 PM

The absolute cheapest soap they have at Food Lion. My gf gives me hell but I keep doing it.

12/26/2007 8:16:36 PM

proactive is too expensive when you can get cheaper shit that works just as well

12/26/2007 8:26:48 PM

12/26/2007 8:51:29 PM

I use that apricot scrub stuff and then cetaphil face lotion.

12/26/2007 9:42:44 PM

12/26/2007 10:10:52 PM

I really like this stuff:

12/26/2007 10:10:59 PM

i knew it

12/26/2007 10:29:39 PM

If you wanna spend some money, Kiehls is amazing. My brother uses their shave creams, and that in itself has improved his bumpiness. Their skin care is awesome, IMO. It's sold at Nordstrom's (Southpoint in Durham) or online.

12/26/2007 10:30:19 PM

I'm just going to say that Mary Kay makes this cleanser that feels like pure acid on your face, but it makes your skin look really good. You put it on and it just burns and burns, but then you look really really really thoroughly good.

12/26/2007 10:36:22 PM

^^^ I know guys who've used it based on the recommendation and liked it.

12/26/2007 10:39:03 PM

Belks in Crabtree has Keihls now too, but more than anything, you should use a toner....I use cheap Neutrogena facewash, and then take a toner and put it on a cotton ball and rub it all over your face.....it cleans up all the dirt and shit and closes up your pores, works wonders....

12/26/2007 10:55:44 PM

Quote :

"Kiehls is amazing."

i second this

12/26/2007 11:11:43 PM

I just use cheap soap

12/27/2007 4:40:19 AM

my boo uses this:

12/27/2007 8:14:33 AM

[Edited on December 27, 2007 at 8:45 AM. Reason : .]

12/27/2007 8:44:49 AM

This should have been posted on the UNC message board....

12/27/2007 4:10:53 PM

why so i could wait a year for a response? faggy as it may be, i really don't want to have a pizza face and soap and water doesn't work for everyone

12/27/2007 4:37:31 PM

soap and water

12/27/2007 4:44:04 PM

I got this stuff at whole foods, and it helped clear up my ex's skin, its got Tea Tree oil in it :
Thoroughly Clean Face Wash from Desert Essence :
(the bottle i have looks like this, though : )

FYI, I watered it down, so it was 50% water and 50% face wash, because it was too strong for my skin.



also, wash your face in the morning and as night before you go to bed
and using a moisturizer with salicylic acid it it should help

fyi, anything new (that works better than what youre doing) will probably cause you to break out more for the first week or two, while its clearing out whats already in your pores

[Edited on December 27, 2007 at 6:01 PM. Reason : .]

12/27/2007 5:58:59 PM

also, make sure you're washing your sheets regularly as well. That makes a big difference!

12/27/2007 6:34:24 PM

too much Tea Tree drops your test count

12/27/2007 6:51:33 PM

wtf

12/27/2007 6:52:11 PM

I hear the Nivea stuff works really well.

12/27/2007 7:16:24 PM

nivea is the best

12/27/2007 7:22:13 PM

I use

12/27/2007 8:03:41 PM

yeap heres what you do

STEP 1] Use a dime size amount of face scrub to remove all the dead skin off of your face

Step 2] then use the double action face wash to clean , a small amount will work

step 3] use the lotion to moisturize your face the q10 is the best

12/27/2007 8:14:01 PM

As legit as all of the men's facial cleanser talk is, I still have a hard time seeing a dude type "exfoliate" and not think he's gay.

12/27/2007 11:01:27 PM

The greatest generation would kick the ass of every single person in this thread.

12/27/2007 11:04:46 PM

1) grow a fucking beard
2) profit

12/27/2007 11:45:09 PM

I agree it is alittle on the gay side

12/27/2007 11:48:06 PM

i actually use gojo pumice on my face. it helps alot w. the ingrown hairs etc. i usually go back afterwards and wash my face with some type of moisturizer afters but you can get a tube of the gojo for the price of a small tube on the "microbead" stuff.

12/28/2007 12:14:18 AM

In the morning if my face is a little puffy I'll put on an ice pack while doing stomach crunches. I can do 1000 now. After I remove the ice pack I use a deep pore cleanser lotion. In the shower I use a water activated gel cleanser, then a honey almond body scrub, and on the face an exfoliating gel scrub. Then I apply an herb-mint facial mask which I leave on for 10 minutes while I prepare the rest of my routine. I always use an after shave lotion with little or no alcohol, because alcohol dries your face out and makes you look older. Then moisturizer, then an anti-aging eye balm followed by a final moisturizing protective lotion.

12/28/2007 12:19:26 AM

what is this gay shit?

12/28/2007 12:31:28 AM

^^laid it on too think to make it believable

12/28/2007 12:42:29 AM

american psycho i believe

12/28/2007 12:44:13 AM

I always use an after shave lotion with little or no alcohol, because alcohol dries your face out and makes you look older.

12/28/2007 1:07:42 AM

I've tried proactive and it does seem to be effective. I got the cheaper trial size they sell because I really didn't find the point in spending a billion dollars on that crap and w/out it being of use. It's not worth it; worked just as well as the stuff you can find in the store. The only thing I have not found in the store that proactive has is their face scrub has what is akin to sandpaper size particles in it that make you feel like you are really taking your dead skin off your face.

12/28/2007 5:45:30 AM

all gheyness aside...

Nivea ftw

12/28/2007 5:51:48 AM

Quote :

"In the morning if my face is a little puffy I'll put on an ice pack while doing stomach crunches. I can do 1000 now. After I remove the ice pack I use a deep pore cleanser lotion. In the shower I use a water activated gel cleanser, then a honey almond body scrub, and on the face an exfoliating gel scrub. Then I apply an herb-mint facial mask which I leave on for 10 minutes while I prepare the rest of my routine. I always use an after shave lotion with little or no alcohol, because alcohol dries your face out and makes you look older. Then moisturizer, then an anti-aging eye balm followed by a final moisturizing protective lotion."

nice

I use proactive, it has a cleanser, toner, and lotion. It takes little to no time to apply. But everyone's skin is different so my advice would be to try a few things until you find something you like.


[Edited on December 28, 2007 at 9:33 AM. Reason : ()]

12/28/2007 9:30:27 AM

I store the sweat that I accrue from beating my wife and scrawny gay men, then I use that sweat to wet a towel and wash my face. The pure manliness of the sweat burns away any impurities and needs for homosexual cleansers.

12/28/2007 9:38:19 AM

I use a tea tree liquid soap from The Body Shop. I noticed instant improvements in my face. I'd broken out just a few days earlier (I recently found that I'm mildly allergic to blueberries) and my face was clear by the 2nd day I used it.

12/28/2007 10:05:23 AM

I wonder if tea tree would help with my bachne? I could lower my T-levels and solve the problem hormonally.

12/28/2007 12:16:57 PM

you know, i have gone through probably 80% of the products in this thread. I never tried proactive because i became so fed up with my acne that i went on accutane. On accutane i was forced to go a different route with my face washing. I finished accutane last spring and am still using the same routine with great results.



I use this every morning in the shower and every night before I go to sleep. About a nickel's size, wash and rinse.

I then follow that up after I'm all dried off with



Honestly the best moisturizer i've ever used. I used to hate them b/c they clogged my poors and made me feel greasy. This stuff is so light and makes your face feel great.

[Edited on December 28, 2007 at 12:53 PM. Reason : pics]

12/28/2007 12:51:17 PM

wow, this thread


i use irish spring bar soap when i shower, works fine for me


though the only time i break out any more is this time of year after going home for a couple days and essentially taking in holiday sugars intravenously

12/28/2007 2:58:05 PM

there is some neutrogena cleanser I get from target that works really well for me. It is in a white bottle and uses benzoyl peroxide. I read from somewhere that benzoyl peroxide isn't like other cleaners where your face will get used to it after a while and then no longer work. If it works for you once it'll work for you always.

12/28/2007 3:38:20 PM