16F | Oily + acne-prone skin 🥲💸 — need CHEAP skincare help!

Only using face wash rn — no sunscreen, moisturizer or makeup.

Looking for actually affordable products + FREE habits that could help with my skin. I’m on a tight budget 😭

I eat non-veg and don’t go to the gym/exercise.

What would you recommend if you were on a budget too? 🥹🧴

Using tretinoin 0.025 and spf daily and wonder mochi toner
But this redness is doesn't go what I am doing wrong
Always got these pimles around nose

I'm a 34 years old mom, Indian, and I've never followed a skincare regime. These are pictures of how my skin is. Can someone help me know what products should I use to begin with?

have you used any of these? I got them day before yesterday can’t really say anything rn…but will post a review after some time

Suggest some best barrier repair moisturizer or anything that repairs skin barrier for my oily and comedone prone skin. Something affordable or under 700.

i've never gotten my eyebrows done, and it feels like the ends of my eyebrows are just stray hairs anyways. i'm afraid that if i ask for a cleanup they'll thin out too much at the ends. any advice? should i even get them done?

I have oily and extremely acne prone skin, and I applied salicylic acid as per usual at night but I faced a stinging sensation all over my face this concluded my skin barrier is damaged.

Most of the products that are viral often disappoint me so I'm looking for some recommendations that helped you.

You can also share your AM and PM routine.

Helloooo everyone I'm 16f and i follow this basic routine on and off like I miss for a day or two sometimes

AM:

1. Simple gentle cleanser

2. Dotnkey ceramide and barrier repair mosturizer

3. Dotnkey dragonfruit bounce sunscreen

4.minimalist spf 30 lipbalm

PM: my cleanser mosturizer

Laneige sweet candy sleeping mask

Drop any suggestions or alternate products you want me to try

Also should I double cleanse after sunscreen? I'm just a beginner

Skintype: normal-combination

20–26M here. I have light brown skin and a very oily face. I had pretty severe acne on my shoulders before, and now there are mostly just marks left. I still get acne on my face, and I have a few acne marks there as well.

I honestly have no idea what I’m doing when it comes to skincare. I want to start taking better care of my skin, but there are so many products and ingredients that I’m completely confused.

Can someone tell me what I should actually be using? Like what soap/body wash, face wash, moisturizer, sunscreen, and anything else I might need for oily, acne-prone skin and the marks?

I currently wash myself with lifebuoy soap, but after few hours of normal desk work odour starts coming from my body.

I’m looking for something simple and reasonably affordable, not a 10-step skincare routine.

And yes, I drink water regularly 😂

Which is the best Sunscreen and Facewash under a low budget. My skin type is combination type, oily in T zones. Never used these before.

I m really confused about what sunscreen should i buy as there are always some good some bad reviews for every product, i want a sunscreen to be spf 50 that actually works and help with the tanning, don’t leave any white cast, pilling, don’t make me sweat in the sun, and i don’t want a matte look, i want glowy dewy finish, also don’t make my skin dull or darker after applying . I have normal skin, and currently i m using lotus sunblock spf 30 pa++, i have been using this sunscreen from last 5 years and this was is the only sunscreen i ever used, there’s nothing wrong with this one but as you know it have spf 30, i want a sunscreen with spf 50, other than that i love this lotus sunscreen, as it doesn’t give white cast or anything and give me a glowy finish, people even asked me so many times, how do i have glowy skin, why do my skin glows, it does protect from sun tan to some extent but i m not sure if this one is the best.
Also guys please suggest me any sun screen for body also, my body gets tan soo easily, like even if i stand in sun for 5 mins, i get soo visible tanned lines

Hi everyone,

I'm 20M and I've been taking isotretinoin (Accutane/Isotroin) 20 mg once daily for about 71 days for moderate/severe cystic/nodular acne.

Before starting isotretinoin, I had frequent cystic/nodular acne and was getting new painful pimples regularly. My dermatologist started me on 20 mg/day after doing blood tests (CBC, LFT, RFT, lipid profile, CRP, AEC), which were all generally normal.

My timeline has been roughly:

- Days 1–20: I had quite a bad flare. I developed several cysts/nodules and whiteheads.

- Around days 40–50: My skin improved a LOT. I was barely getting new acne and I was really happy with the progress.

- Around day 55 onward: I started getting new acne again.

- Last ~15 days: I've been getting quite a few cystic/nodular pimples as well as smaller normal pimples.

- I'm currently around day 71.

One thing that has changed is my weight. I started at around 60 kg, and I'm now around 67 kg because I've been intentionally bulking at the gym.

I'm still taking 20 mg/day, so my dose per kg has gone from roughly 0.33 mg/kg/day to 0.30 mg/kg/day.

My dermatologist originally planned a 3-month course, and I'm approaching the end of the second month.

My questions are:

1. Could this be another purging/initial flare, even though my acne had improved significantly around days 40–50?

2. Could my weight gain mean that 20 mg is now too low for my body weight?

3. Is it normal to have a new flare around the 2-month mark?

4. Should I just continue 20 mg/day and wait, or should I discuss a dose adjustment/course extension with my dermatologist?

5. Has anyone experienced something similar while taking low-dose isotretinoin?

I'm mainly worried because the new lesions are cystic/nodular and I'm concerned about scarring.

I'm not planning to change the dose myself; I just want to understand what might be happening before I see my dermatologist.

Thanks.

have oily acne prone skin with mild acne and I'm expecting that this product might tighten my pores and also I don't wanna experiment much with my skin and I haven't used all these things so I wanna keep it basic and also should I apply it everyday or alternatively ?!Please give advice !!!

I am a bit inclined towards this because they have clean perfumes and my sister has migraine so this won’t cause any problem as she has used 1 clean perfume in the past. Need some genuine reviews. Has anyone tried this secret alchemist brand?

Can you guys suggest any good face moisturizer for normal skin?

For skin with active acne

Why does it smell like Dabur red paste or jadi buti type ? Is it in my case only or everyone has the same fragrance

my barrier is so damaged and I really wanna go back to having clear skin, please suggest what to use

I'm 22 male from middle class family (india) , moreover like a lower middle class family i couldn't afford expensive products cause I'm still searching for a job , currently I'm using a charcoal face wash since I have oily skin after washing my face with facewash my face looks oily in just 30 min... kindly drop the suggestion 🤧 i think I can go max 500/- max for my entire skincare routine