I'm looking for some new face creams for combination skin and found something that didn't make sense to me. Anyone want to ELI5 why prebiotics are a positive thing for skin creams? I've seen several products advertising it. But doesn't prebiotic just mean it's something that bacteria likes to eat? So, in a skin cream that seems like it would promote bacterial growth, which I get why that combined with probiotics can be good for digestion, but can't get why it's a plus and not a minus for skin creams, especially in areas of the skin like the face that tend to gather a lot of bad bacteria.

Anyway, just trying to decide if it's just marketing nonsense, there's an actual benefit, or as it seems with my initial reaction, that it's actually a negative thing that would potentially promote acne/rosacea.

Also, feel free to interject any recommendations on good ingredients/products for aging, combination skin, but not the primary reason for the post.

For real. When I can get my skin to clear up, people guess my age accurately. When I have a breakout, I get carded for beer, which is 16+. I'm 27.

Looking young isn't the be all, end all imo. I prefer to look my age. As I get wiser and more experienced and know myself better, I develop white hairs and fine lines and I wouldn't have it any other way.

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Hello skincare friends! Do any of you swim regularly?

I'm wondering how to synchronize my twice-weekly swimming sessions with my skincare routine. Chlorine is quite drying and can cause breakouts.

I usually do: am: Wash with water-sunscreen pm: wash with cleanser, retinol, moisturise (5 times a week) wash with cleanser, bha, rinse, moisturise (other 2 days)

How would you coordinate this with swimming? No bha on the swim days to avoid drying out too much? No retinol either to avoid breakouts?

I have noticed that my skin has been feeling more tight pretty much every day since I've started swimming.

If anyone has additional advice on preventing ear infections in eczema filled ears (ie the skin in the outer ear canal has eczema) when swimming, let me know!

TIA!

I had been using a mixture of betaderm and vaseline for years. It would work sometimes, but I have difficulty keeping up with the three days at a time application with the betaderm so it kept coming back and I would absently scratch it when I was focused on something.

Tea tree oil stopped the itchiness, betaderm healed the spots up while vaseline kept things from drying out. I can safely say I don't have eczema anymore! All this time, multiple doctor appointments and all I needed to add was tea tree oil. ;-;

For the last three months or so I've just been applying the occasional vaseline after I wash my face. Sometimes it gets a bit itchy again so I put on some oil, but otherwise it's finally gone after almost two decades.

*The oil is also toxic, especially to pets and children. Be careful if you use it and don't put it in diffuser. IIRC all essential oils are toxic to pets; if using a diffuser, it will build up on their fur and they will eventually ingest it which may cause issues.

So, I’m notoriously bad at exfoliating my face. I’ve never really been a fan of the mechanical scrubs, and I normally have facial stubble. I intermittently use one of the green Korean exfoliating cloths on my nose and forehead.

I’ve been seeing enzymatic exfoliators here and there, and was curious if they’d be worth a try.

Any commentary, recommendations, etc?

Abstract

Background: Topical clindamycin phosphate 1.2%/adapalene 0.15%/benzoyl peroxide 3.1% (CAB) gel is the only fixed-dose triple-combination approved for acne (indicated in patients 12 years and older). As topical acne treatment in pediatric patients may be complicated by tolerability and/or a perceived lack of efficacy, post hoc analyses were used to investigate efficacy/safety of CAB in children and adolescents.

Methods: Data were pooled from 2 phase 3, double-blind, 12-week studies (NCT04214639; NCT04214652). Participants aged 9 years and older with moderate-to-severe acne were randomized (2:1) to once-daily CAB or vehicle gel. Endpoints included treatment success (at least 2-grade reduction from baseline in Evaluator's Global Severity Score and clear/almost clear skin) and least-squares mean percent change from baseline in inflammatory/noninflammatory lesions. Treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs) and cutaneous safety/tolerability were evaluated. Post hoc analyses were c

Hello all! So a few months ago I stopped taking my oral birth control after using it regularly for many years. Ever since then I noticed I've developed some nasty acne along my jawline that just never goes away. It's always really large thick pimples that can be quite deep and painful. I'm assuming this is from the hormonal change since stopping birth control. I recall birth control helping a bit with my acne (though I still always had some) but I don't remember having this cystic acne on my jawline before first taking it.

Is there a way to help with this via specific products, diet, etc? Thank ya!

Hi skincare people,

I normally apply moisturiser to my face daily, but rarely ever moisturise my body which I'm pretty sure I should be doing.

So my question is how often should I be moisturising my full body?

I found the following products at my local TKMaxx for anyone else located in the UK

NIOD

Multi-Molecular Hyaluronic Complex (MMHC2), 15ml

Non-Acid Acid Precursor 15% (NAAP)

The INKEY List

Excess Oil Solution

Polyglutamic Acid Serum

Dry and Rough Skin Solution

Rosehip Oil

Interestingly the study is not industry sponsored!

Anything new to share?

Please recommend me a shampoo! I have long 2b/2c wavy hair. I currently use tresemme flawless curls shampoo+conditioner 2x/week. I'm looking to start using a gentle shampoo more often now that it's summer and I'm working out 6 days a week.

US drugstore brands preferred but I wouldn't mind driving to a cosmetics store to stock up. :)

(I hope it's okay to post here - the hair communities I could find are all inactive.)

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/17710499

It's pretty great for finding a soap or sunscreen that will be easy on your body and the planet. Thanks, Environmental Working Group!