Thursday Thirteen #17
It’s been more than a month since I’ve posted my last Thursday Thirteen. I’m glad I’ve got the mood to write my list again. 
I’ll reveal some of the steps I’ve taken to battle off an enemy for over a decade: acne. I was so desperate (and still am), that I even did some idiotic unique things just to get rid of it.
(1) I’ve been using Shiseido’s Pimplit for a few months. So far, so good.
(2) I heard from a friend that Cutina, an over-the-counter medication here in Japan, is effective. But I guess it really depends on some physical factors, because I think it made my acne worse.
(3) When my father was still working in Saudi Arabia, he often brought home Magic Cream. But my father’s now retired, I ran out of supply, and it became hard to find that certain brand (I forgot the brand name).
(4) Natural Living’s Aloe Vera Jelly was also effective and I can’t remember why I stopped using it.
(5) A friend from college used Chin Chun Su beauty cream. In a way, it helped minimize the pimples but it made my face and my neck skin abnormally lighter than my arms’ and it felt weird so I stopped using it.
(6) San-ing Cream also had the same effects as the Chin Chun Su.
High school days…
(7) I also tried applying aloe vera THE plant. I can’t remember if that was effective, but growing aloe vera wasn’t easy.
(8) Of course I sought the help of the dermatologists but no medication seemed to work!
(9) I think I’ve tried scrubbing my face with every kind of Eskinol. It helped only a little. After all, it’s only a cleanser.
(10) Queens bathe in milk, you say? So I’ve tried washing my face with fresh milk, then leaving it on overnight. It made no difference, aside from the unpleasant smell and the sticky feeling.
(11) Perla soap. To those who are not from the Philippines, Perla is a laundry soap. Many claimed that washing your face with it then leaving it on overnight could eliminate those uglies. But all I got was the burning sensation in my face, sometimes in my eyes!
(12) Face mask from egg whites, then leave them on overnight. How I hated the smell and my scary look when I wake up.
(13) The craziest of all: my mother brought me to an albularyo/folk healer! I was 13 years old at that time and I was made to believe that “curses” might have caused my pimple outbreak! To prevent more outbreaks, I had to wear an amulet! Yep, wear an amulet to prevent pimples. haha! (This is really embarrassing but I can’t help laughing at my stupidity when I think about it. All for acne’s sake!)
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May 15th, 2008 at 4:13 am
No make up and just washing your face with soap and water. Happy TT.
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May 15th, 2008 at 9:35 am
hahaha! this post is funny, made me laugh
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May 15th, 2008 at 11:58 am
haha, wow…what an experience to be taken to the quack doctor at 13! you’re a teenager then…it’s peak season for pimples! hehe.
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May 15th, 2008 at 6:13 pm
wow 13’s way to fight acne! and u washed your face wth laundry soap too…i couldnt believe my eyes when i read it…hahaha shiera u r very adventurous!
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May 16th, 2008 at 4:58 am
I need to find an amulet to wear so I can be 20 years younger.
…if only such things could solve the list of peoples problems.
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May 16th, 2008 at 11:15 pm
You forgot to do one important thing: moisturizing (with an oil free moisturizer like Neutrogena). Too much cleansing can dry your skin making it produce more oil. The more oil, the more acne breakout.
Also, going to sauna and steam baths can help unclog pores and keep it clean - the natural way. I try to do that here because Dubai is so polluted I had pimples for the first time in 10 years!
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May 16th, 2008 at 11:16 pm
I have to add: Retin A is proven to alleviate acne.
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June 4th, 2008 at 1:35 pm
try VMV products, they’re hypoallergenic.
June 29th, 2008 at 9:06 pm
I’ve had the worst problems with acne, and tried everything just like you have, and I have to say that I really hate to be suggesting it but if you’ve tried everything and nothing works, ACUTANE is the way to go. From the time I was 15 until 21, I resisted, and then finally broke and took it. Let me tell you, if I knew at 15 what a profound different this drug would make to my life, I would have taken it at 15. It’s really worth talking to your doctor about!
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October 5th, 2008 at 4:46 pm
This one is funny. I mean not you but the thing you did in number 13 with your mom. I was left chuckling then a huge laugh.