Assalamualaikum :)

I have not written anything here in such a long time... wow... seems like I nearly violated one of my 2016 resolutions :/

Still, it's not like anyone is looking foward to my posts (ha ha). But this blog is kind of like a life journal for me, so that when I get older I can read back my old posts and laugh at how silly I was. And that, my dear readers, is why to this very day I never deleted my past posts, but only chose to hide them.

Sooooo... I'm gonna write about my super sensitive face here.

Those who know me probably know how bad my skin is. I started getting pimples when I was 14 and THE NEXT 3 YEARS WERE ABSOLUTE HELL *cries*. I think the reason why my skin got so bad once I hit puberty is because I kept using different facial products. My poor skin, all the chemicals I washed you with :(

As far as I could recall, I think I started off with Safi. And then some other products, OXY, Nivea, Clean & Clear... you name it. Apparently none of those suited me. Sometimes my mom would dab her SK-II stuff on me, saying how it's good for me and all but mannn, mom should know that she should not mess with my young skin... but it's not like I'm trying to blame her or anything. SK-II is really good by the way, it works like magic on mom.

Somehow things got really bad to the point that my face actually bled (it's disgusting, I know) so I started seeing doctors to resolve my problem.

Guess what, I got consulted with 4 doctors.

And nope, I didn't consult with dermatologists, those 4 doctors were just fine. They gave me the usual stuff, creams to apply, pills to eat, advices on practising a healthier lifestyle. The consultations I had with the first 2 doctors were somewhat basic... and I wasn't being consistent on having appointments with them either. And then mom came up with the idea to see Dr. Reddy in Kajang, since she consulted with him when she got really bad sunburns back in her SMK Sungai Long teaching days.

So yeah. I went to see Dr. Reddy. That was in mid-2013, if I'm not mistaken. He's a very nice man and he actually remembered my mom even though we had moved away to Kuala Pilah for years. He gave me a facial cream that worked very, very well, and some pretty pink pills that looked like Panadol Menstrual... haha. He also recommended a facial wash to me, which is Isoderm, and I used that for a good 1 year. And a half. It's pretty hard to find Isoderm in pharmacies ㅠ.ㅠ

His consultations were great, BUT. His clinic is in Kajang and I rarely went back there since I was studying in MRSM Felda at that time. And the price!!!! God, the price. I think I (oh wait it's actually mom's money) spent RM300 for every time I had an appointment with him. I stopped seeing him because I found it hard to find the time to do so and my skin was getting better anyway, thanks to him. It wasn't all smooth but well, it did get a little better. At least I got rid of the dreadful bleeding pimples which made everyone shakes their head in symphathy and asks me 'Sakit tak?'.

But in mid-2014 my skin started acting up again. And it was nearly the Raya season when everyone is supposed to look presentable!!!!!!! I went to see another doctor and she was like, 'Alaaaa, why didn't you see me sooner, it's gonna take time for you to recover. Dah tak boleh cantik waktu raya.'.

I knew she was joking but I seriously felt like punching her in the face.

But hey, she gave me a tiny bottle of Axel Clindamycin, some pills, and recommended me to use Enummi skincare products(yup, that's just Immune spellled backwards). It took some time, but they worked splendidly on me, and I still use Enummi facial wash to this very day. And Alhamdulillah, my skin got A WHOLE LOT better than before. There's this one time in Form 5 when I just looked into the mirror and I got so emotional thinking, 'Oh... So this is how my face actually looks like without pimples...'. Bless my weak heart.

Another thing that helped my skin to recover is my daily routine as a student. And as a Muslim, taking wudhu' 5 times a day helps a lot!!! I also made brown sugar scrub once in a while, and diligently applied Jorubi Aloe Vera gel on my face a few times a day. I drank a lot of plain water too. 2 litres a day, something I could not even imagine myself doing in my younger days.

But now... let's just say these 3 months holiday did a lot of bad than good things for me.

Mid-2015, I stopped using Axel Clindamycin because I was satisfied with how my skin looked. On a recent trip to Sabah, I bought a RM10 rice soap bar for facial wash just to try it out and oh... I should have stuck to Enummi :( I kept sleeping late and missing out on my skincare routine. I also skipped my 2 litres drinking regime!!! So as a result, a few pimples started to show up just to remind me that I should remain consistent with my routine.

But oh well, who were they kidding. I swear it's a lot harder to discipline myself at home than in school ㅠ.ㅠ

So recently I bought Axel Clindamycin again and started having this nutritious beet root + chia seed + ginseng + some other healthy things drink for breakfast every day. It's hard to start drinking 2l plain water every day again so I'm taking baby steps by drinking 500ml, at the very least.

Well, let's just say for someone who has very sensitive skin like me, it's a tough job to care for your face. Being consistent is extremely hard, especially at home. AND SKINCARE COSTS MONEY TOO, LOTS OF IT ㅠ.ㅠ Still, I'm grateful to the people who have helped me a lot in taking care of my face problem and continued to support me even though I looked like I suffered a lot hehe but it's all bearable thanks to you special people :)

My word of advice, be consistent in every good thing you're doing, not just your ibadah, but in taking care of your looks too, haha. Everyone deserves to look nice and presentable, right? What shows outside your body also shows what's happening inside your body.

So... 'til the next post!!!

I can't believe I wrote this long... and it's just about my face problem...

Assalamualaikum :)

I have not written anything here in such a long time... wow... seems like I nearly violated one of my 2016 resolutions :/

Still, it's not like anyone is looking foward to my posts (ha ha). But this blog is kind of like a life journal for me, so that when I get older I can read back my old posts and laugh at how silly I was. And that, my dear readers, is why to this very day I never deleted my past posts, but only chose to hide them.

Sooooo... I'm gonna write about my super sensitive face here.

Those who know me probably know how bad my skin is. I started getting pimples when I was 14 and THE NEXT 3 YEARS WERE ABSOLUTE HELL *cries*. I think the reason why my skin got so bad once I hit puberty is because I kept using different facial products. My poor skin, all the chemicals I washed you with :(

As far as I could recall, I think I started off with Safi. And then some other products, OXY, Nivea, Clean & Clear... you name it. Apparently none of those suited me. Sometimes my mom would dab her SK-II stuff on me, saying how it's good for me and all but mannn, mom should know that she should not mess with my young skin... but it's not like I'm trying to blame her or anything. SK-II is really good by the way, it works like magic on mom.

Somehow things got really bad to the point that my face actually bled (it's disgusting, I know) so I started seeing doctors to resolve my problem.

Guess what, I got consulted with 4 doctors.

And nope, I didn't consult with dermatologists, those 4 doctors were just fine. They gave me the usual stuff, creams to apply, pills to eat, advices on practising a healthier lifestyle. The consultations I had with the first 2 doctors were somewhat basic... and I wasn't being consistent on having appointments with them either. And then mom came up with the idea to see Dr. Reddy in Kajang, since she consulted with him when she got really bad sunburns back in her SMK Sungai Long teaching days.

So yeah. I went to see Dr. Reddy. That was in mid-2013, if I'm not mistaken. He's a very nice man and he actually remembered my mom even though we had moved away to Kuala Pilah for years. He gave me a facial cream that worked very, very well, and some pretty pink pills that looked like Panadol Menstrual... haha. He also recommended a facial wash to me, which is Isoderm, and I used that for a good 1 year. And a half. It's pretty hard to find Isoderm in pharmacies ㅠ.ㅠ

His consultations were great, BUT. His clinic is in Kajang and I rarely went back there since I was studying in MRSM Felda at that time. And the price!!!! God, the price. I think I (oh wait it's actually mom's money) spent RM300 for every time I had an appointment with him. I stopped seeing him because I found it hard to find the time to do so and my skin was getting better anyway, thanks to him. It wasn't all smooth but well, it did get a little better. At least I got rid of the dreadful bleeding pimples which made everyone shakes their head in symphathy and asks me 'Sakit tak?'.

But in mid-2014 my skin started acting up again. And it was nearly the Raya season when everyone is supposed to look presentable!!!!!!! I went to see another doctor and she was like, 'Alaaaa, why didn't you see me sooner, it's gonna take time for you to recover. Dah tak boleh cantik waktu raya.'.

I knew she was joking but I seriously felt like punching her in the face.

But hey, she gave me a tiny bottle of Axel Clindamycin, some pills, and recommended me to use Enummi skincare products(yup, that's just Immune spellled backwards). It took some time, but they worked splendidly on me, and I still use Enummi facial wash to this very day. And Alhamdulillah, my skin got A WHOLE LOT better than before. There's this one time in Form 5 when I just looked into the mirror and I got so emotional thinking, 'Oh... So this is how my face actually looks like without pimples...'. Bless my weak heart.

Another thing that helped my skin to recover is my daily routine as a student. And as a Muslim, taking wudhu' 5 times a day helps a lot!!! I also made brown sugar scrub once in a while, and diligently applied Jorubi Aloe Vera gel on my face a few times a day. I drank a lot of plain water too. 2 litres a day, something I could not even imagine myself doing in my younger days.

But now... let's just say these 3 months holiday did a lot of bad than good things for me.

Mid-2015, I stopped using Axel Clindamycin because I was satisfied with how my skin looked. On a recent trip to Sabah, I bought a RM10 rice soap bar for facial wash just to try it out and oh... I should have stuck to Enummi :( I kept sleeping late and missing out on my skincare routine. I also skipped my 2 litres drinking regime!!! So as a result, a few pimples started to show up just to remind me that I should remain consistent with my routine.

But oh well, who were they kidding. I swear it's a lot harder to discipline myself at home than in school ㅠ.ㅠ

So recently I bought Axel Clindamycin again and started having this nutritious beet root + chia seed + ginseng + some other healthy things drink for breakfast every day. It's hard to start drinking 2l plain water every day again so I'm taking baby steps by drinking 500ml, at the very least.

Well, let's just say for someone who has very sensitive skin like me, it's a tough job to care for your face. Being consistent is extremely hard, especially at home. AND SKINCARE COSTS MONEY TOO, LOTS OF IT ㅠ.ㅠ Still, I'm grateful to the people who have helped me a lot in taking care of my face problem and continued to support me even though I looked like I suffered a lot hehe but it's all bearable thanks to you special people :)

My word of advice, be consistent in every good thing you're doing, not just your ibadah, but in taking care of your looks too, haha. Everyone deserves to look nice and presentable, right? What shows outside your body also shows what's happening inside your body.

So... 'til the next post!!!

I can't believe I wrote this long... and it's just about my face problem...