A Pox on Pox

[xraytheenforcer]

Bah. Ten days on the West Coast have left my complexion in a tizzy. I had to switch up face soaps to something ultra ultra mild because my skin got so dry and irritated (it helped, a lot), but now I'm in payback time. My skin is simultaneously oily, flaky, on the verge of a full-scale break-out (but mercifully that hasn't happened yet), and I've got a zit on my chin. OK, it's a small one, but as it emerged yesterday at work, I swear I could hear it laughing at me. Fucker.

If I had more of a sense of humor about these things, I'd change my avatar to Pizza the Hut. Instead, I give you ASS.

Comments

[isis-newton.livejournal.com]

My skin suffered (dried out) over the holidays, think it was prolly just central heating and lack of air/poor circulation. I'm alternating exfoliation (read: scrub face with dry, crunchy towel) and OTT moisturisation.

But I must say that I love, love, love Dermalogica's 'barrier repair' thingy. It's anhydrous and you put it on before your moisturiser. It doesn't sting even on the most delicate skin: it soooooothes. Hours later you can still feel its presence, even in the places that would usually be dry again by then. It's probably all lipid and silicone, who cares? :)

[eefster.livejournal.com]

Your post explained so much to me (about me).

I had even commented on the general dryness while I was there - most of us had static hair at one point or another - but I totally didn't connect it to my skin. I was trying to work out what cleansing products I had changed.

ASS, but thank you.

[regina-of-york.livejournal.com]

No, no, no--ASS is just so last year, remember?

I'm sure you still look wonderful, but I hereby declare that you should treat yourself to a nice facial to make yourself feel better. Call the spa right this second! ;-)

[silvertistel.livejournal.com]

Ugh that sounds awful and like a lot of ASS.

I thought I was the only one who sometimes got both oily and flaky skin and totally blamed it on the Tube/the weather/stress/ASS.

Hope it gets better soon!

[2pumps.livejournal.com]

I had a beauty on my forehead over the weekend and I called him Derek. We had fun but alas, Derek is no more. He met an untimely end when introduced to Mr Alcholbasedaftershave.

[the-corbie.livejournal.com]

Sympathy, my dear: zits really suck. And it's difficult to have a sense of humour when your skin's crappy.

[isis-newton.livejournal.com]

Do any of you in the UK remember the Young Ones book that had a pic of Vyvian where he'd drawn a huge circle round a spot and written 'look at my lovely spot' in marker pen?

Soz for spamming your LJ, Martha.

[blanchemains.livejournal.com]

This is simply the last remaining bits of the Year of ASS toxins being purged from your body?

I went to a dermatologist and got a prescription for antibiotics to clear up my skin. Because I don't think I should have to put up with acne AND wrinkles. That just isn't fair.

[bazzlebane.livejournal.com]

Seriosly, I thought the contract explained that I would be done with zits once I was no longer a teenager. I want a refund, god!

[scriva.livejournal.com]

Skin problems are no fun. I hope it's getting better soon and you find a good balance.

[goovery.livejournal.com]

Ahhh! Visits to the 'rents used to always make my skin all kinds of crazy (more so than usual!). I used to think it was stress, but after I fired the more unpleasant members of my family, I figured it was the air quality or water or something like that. Maybe its the recycled air in planes that turn me into a wrinkles + zits monster.
Meanwhile... I have a facial in my future (and I think I'm gonna ask my local place about Dermalogica, because a recommendation from a friend of Martha's is a good one indeed!

[fenryng.livejournal.com]

Now, now. Calm, calm.

Don't sweat the little things. There are much more deserving things to be referred to as such.

:-)