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[liralen]

I love my husband, and it's a very good thing, too.

On Tuesday, I broke out the worst I have in my memory, I got six pimples all at the SAME TIME...

... and John says, "Ooohhh... under a little stress, hm?"

Grrrr...

I hate these things. I clean like a maniac, I try to avoid chocolate around PMS time, and ONLY when I'm under stress anyway, there it goes... and I'm trying everything under the sun from Lush's herbalism to Origin's Spot Remover to contemplating those damned medicated pad thingy's again. I'm NOT a teenager, damnit.

Ahem.

Yes. It is actually an excellent indicator of when I'm under stress. Only a spouse can get away with pointing that out, though. *grin*

Yeah... I can finally admit that the whole transition thing has been really, really stressful and I have to give myself some time and room and pampering to recover. Jaw aches, back aches, and I'm not getting the sleep I really need. I'll deal...

Comments

[robotech-master.livejournal.com]

You know, with most women, "you have the skin of a teenager" could be considered a compliment. :)

[liralen.livejournal.com]

*falls over laughing*

Yes. Yes, indeed.

[writeanya.livejournal.com]

perhaps in the realm of self-care, you go and get a facial.

a relaxing, zit-zapping, jaw-releasing, shoulder-lowering facial with nummy products.

many birds, one stone.

hm. i want a facial!

[liralen.livejournal.com]

Woo... I didn't know facials could do that! I will definitely have to look into it, now. Ooo...

[sjgross.livejournal.com]

Hon,

You're lucky you only breakout during stress. I still breakout pretty continuously (maybe that means I'm continuously under stress ;) )

Anyway.... here's a couple things I use:

Dr Bronner's liquid Castile Soap - The unscented kind.

Clean and Clear astringent - After I wash my face before bedtime, I use little circular bandaids, and put some of the astringent on the pad of the bandaid and cover the blemish. I sleep with that and remove the bandaid in the morning. It seems to help. I used to love the overnight blemish pads that you could get. But they don't make them anymore. So I make my own.

I hope this helps!

*hugs*

Susan

[liralen.livejournal.com]

Thanks!! I'll have to try that... :-) But it seems that less stress and getting over my PMS the hard way has relieved the poor skin bits. Whew.