Posts Tagged ‘ chemical peels ’

Sunscreen helps with fading hyperpigmentation and blemishes

November 14, 2012
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Sunscreen helps with fading hyperpigmentation and blemishes

One of the biggest concerns about my skin, outside the hair, is the hyperpigmentation my skin has suffered from years of shaving and tweezing and ingrowns. I am honestly more self-conscious about the dark marks than the hair! I can epilate the hair no problem but the scars stay for quite some time. Sometimes, it…

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Post Inflammatory Hyperpigmentation and DIY treatments

October 28, 2012
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Post Inflammatory Hyperpigmentation and DIY treatments

Post Inflammatory Hyperpigmentation (PIH) and hirsutism are often related. Because of the constant tweezing, shaving, razor bumps, and waxing, it is likely that your skin will scar up from the extra melanin that works to heal broken skin…thus creating dark spots. Honestly, many days my PIH bothers me more than the hair. The main reason…

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Chemical Peel for Hirsutism Scars (with photo!)

September 20, 2012
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Chemical Peel for Hirsutism Scars (with photo!)

So this morning I woke up morning to a face full of this!   A few days after the salicylic acid, my face started to “peel.” My first felt smooth but tight. You know how when you smile or move your mouth from side to side and your face feels like it’s saying “snap, crackle,…

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Salicylic Acid peel for Hirsutism scars; Working for me!

September 18, 2012
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So I have had blemishes and such for years after tweezing and shaving and yadda yadda! I got the idea to try a chemical peel to even out my skin tone after all the blemishes after chatting with some folks on my Facebook support page Girl Talk for Female Hormonal Issues! I ordered a 30%…

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DIY blemish removing tonic for ingrown hair and acne scars

September 2, 2012
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DIY blemish removing tonic for ingrown hair and acne scars

Hello All! So after buying my glycolic acid toner for my dark spots on my face and bikini line after YEARS of shaving and tweezing and ingrowns and mild acne, I decided to delve a little more into glycolic and salicylic acid and found out both are derived from natural extracts…as I suspected! Glycolic acid…

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