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Joenie · 05-14-2006, 03:01 PM

I am new to this forum so let me write my piece first (about Acne) and ill catch up once i am done.

I have had keratosis pilaris (arms and back) when I was 15. All along I thought these were acne but when I finally talked to an aesthetician about it, she told me that it was not. It is KP and that I got it from my father. Thanks dad! She gave me samples of ZNP bar soap to use for the scars and for my acne scars around my pelvic and pubis area too. I feel so self-conscious about it because they look worse than others that I have read about because I have "pacific islander" kinda color skin. My husband always tells me that it is no big deal and he loves me and will always love me for who/what I am. But it does affect my self-esteem when I see them.
Anyweis, I am still trying to find out if thie ZNP bar will work for me. It can get your skin so dry so I apply lotion before I pat myself dry after shower.

for pore refining: Back in college, my sister and I used neutorgena pre refining. And it worked perfect. I havent used it for a while though.

What else can i say? Oh yeah, back home (philippines) before I moved here. I have seen people using the OTC chemical peels, but never used them because im scared to get that reddish look on your face plus I love to be under the sun.

Years ago, i used some chinese cream (OTC) for years on my face, and it was great. I have never seen them on Asian stores and ofcourse they are not as cheap as they were back home, but not bad either. I stopped using them for 3 yrs now. This cream helped clear my skin free of acne and clear my scars.
I have seen a lot of people using papaya soap as bath soaps and swears it helps them clear their skin.

Happy Mother's Day to all moms and to thos that are TTC #1 like me, I wish that this same time next year we receive our first Mother's day card and wishes too.