My Face

For the past month, I've been agonizing over my skin. I'm pretty sure it was hormones because my skin was going crazy the week right before my period. I was breaking out under my jaw, the area between my eyebrows was red, and I was flaking around my nose and eyebrows.

I had been trying something new since at least August of this year-- instead of using facial cleansers or scrubs to wash my face, I was using water. I just wanted my face to be normal! Not super oily and not super flaky. I figured that I had nothing to lose since the cleansers weren't working anyway. There wasn't really any difference at all and I was kind of relieved. It didn't make it any worse but it didn't make it better. Also, I don't have to buy different pimple junk anymore since water does the same thing for me. But my skin still needed help.

About two weeks ago, the day before my period started, my mom suggested I try some Cortizone cream stuff on my eyebrows and nose and it worked!! My skin hasn't felt or looked like this in so long. The skin on my cheeks around my nose is smooth and soft, not hard and flaky. My eyebrows have stopped flaking. I haven't used it on my pimples though because I'm afraid to so other than the jaw area, my face is... normal (!). And I don't even have to use it anymore! I used it for a couple days after I got out of the shower and now I don't need it. Which is good because I googled it and apparently it thins your skin and you shouldn't use it unless it's your very last resort.

Now, I have some doubts. My period ended a couple of days ago... enough time for my skin flare up, which I suspect is hormonal, to calm down. So, maybe it was all just a coincidence. I'll just have to wait until the next one and compare.