Learning to Love the Skin I’m in | The Skin Series

Time for a new series on the blog. Introducing The Skin Series.

I am a little obsessive with my skin, on the verge of borderline psychotic,  yes I would go that far. I truly wish I could wake up, for even just one morning, not worrying about my open pores, feeling frightened of new blemishes appearing or prodding the scar on my jaw. It is such a waste of energy, and let’s be honest here, a little pathetic.

The condition of my skin can alter my entire mood, which in turn reflects my attitude towards the rest of my day. If I catch a glimpse of any under the skin spots in a certain light, I will literally become Mr Grumpy Pants, with immediate effect. I get really irritable and I feel so angry, I mean, why was I not just blessed with perfect skin god dammit?

Nothing about me is perfect, my skin included. I am unique. This is something, us as human beans, should all be proud of. Each and every one of us are an entirely different genetic make-up. We should own this. Not pick at ourselves, listing flaws whilst continuously making notes on improvement.

Recently, my skin has gone through a little change. The first six months of this year, my skin had been great, rarely a blemish and it has even had a lovely little glow. Come June, however, my skin took a turn for the worst and I have been suffering with awful hormonal breakouts along my jawline, my neck, and even my back. I actually just winced admitting that. Spots embarrass me, I panic, like, FULL ON panic, when I can not find a decent concealer. Flawless skin has become my main goal upon waking every morning. It would be most refreshing to wake up, with an entirely different attitude, think meh, it’s a few spots, I’mma rock  this.

Writing this series, I hope, will be somewhat a way of therapy. Opening up on the skin issues I suffer with, whilst discussing ways of tackling these problems, with the key aim being  to not let it take over my daily routine, my life.

I drink plenty of water, have a healthy diet, exercise on the rare occasion (this needs to change) and I like to think my skincare routine is pretty fine tuned to my skin type. So I got to thinking: What can I do, further still, to try and improve my skin?

This is where the Sk:n Clinic comes in. You can read more about them by clicking here, but to summarise they are a bunch of medical professionals, specialising in the best technologies and clinically proven products.

I checked out their treatments for Acne Prone skin, having had minor acne in the past and being wrongly diagnosed with Roaccutane, long story, related to the scar on my face, I may cover this another day. I digress. I was worried my acne may be returning, and as this may be down to a hormonal imbalance I want to ask the experts for their advice. You can only rely on coconut oil to do it’s job to a certain degree…

They offer treatments such as Laser Acne Treatment, Salicylic Peels and Microdermabrasion. Now, I have had a few peels with Salicylic in, and I have tried an at home version of Microdermabrasion, but I would love to head to the Sk:n Clinic to have a proper treatment.

Salicylic acid is awesome, and an ingredient that I look out for in all my cleansers. One of the popular treatments has a high potency of this acid designed to clear your skin of acne causing bacteria, unblock your pores and overall clear your complexion.

Microdermabrasion, uses microcrystals to exfoliate the skin whilst unblocking all those pores. This would actually work well on my scar too, inconjunction with the peels and the laser treatment.

Laser treatment, is something I have never tried, yet have always been intrigued by this. This technique purifies the skin and has long lasting results. You can read more about all of these treatments by clicking here.

I am going to pop along to the clinic in Holborn, London and hopefully will be able to get some answers as to why my skin changed so drastically, and how I can go about healing it. Until my questions are answered, and treatments are tested, I am going to learn to love the skin I am in, spots, blemishes, scars, the lot.