girls4thor answered:
hey you’ve asked me this like 74 times sorry for not answering
aha - glycolic, lactic
bha - salicylic
good product containing both glycolic & salicylic :
m61 power glow exfoliating pads
good genes sunday riley luna night oil sunday riley
clinique acne 3 step
paula’s choice acne system
acne.org system
acne products that are also gonna exfoliate your skin
retin-a, differin, tazorac, benzoyl peroxide
it’s important to remember to not use scrubs on open pimples, that’s just going to spead the acne bacteria all over your face, be careful with scrubs in general bc they can cause your skin to create even more oil bc you’re stripping your skin and your skin will try to overcompensate by creating more oil, leading to more dead skin buildup, leading to an unhealthy moisture barrier which is imbalance in oil and water in your skin, think of your skin as a sponge, a new sponge is gonna have a lot of bounce back, it’s not gonna let that much water go directly through it at first, if you put it directly under the faucet the water will probably roll to the sides of the sponge on the rough side for at least the first few seconds until you squeeze it and the sponge absorbs the water, now think of a sponge that’s seen some wear and tear, the water almost goes directly through it bc the sponge has been breaking down, that’s how your moisture barrier works, if you have dry skin, not enough oil is coming to the surface bc the sponge is too tight, leading to dry patches and tightness if you have oily skin, too much oil is coming to the surface bc the sponge has been worn down and oil is flowing freely leading to shininess, clogged pores and enlarged pores, when you have the oil and water in your skin balanced you will have normal skin, not too dry not to oily this was a really long analogy as to why i stick to chemical exfoliants as someone who has acne. too many scrubs strip the skin of the natural oils and a lot of scrubs have things like walnut shells in them??? and menthol????? no thanks