We can be afflicted with more than one kind of spot. And they need to be treated in different ways, or we can actually make them worse rather than better. (Ouch.) The first kind of spot is trauma induced. You know, like, a scar. Say, the kind you get when you do what you swore you'd never do, pick at a zit or manually extract a blackhead.
These horrible spots are visual reminders of our shame, our inability to control ourselves, a veritable scarlet letter. Until they turn a sort of brownish color that seems to take forever to go away, and is impervious to concealer.
The best defense is not to pick at your face. Or decollete. But now that you have, if the wound is still fresh, try Mario Badescu's Healing Mask or SKII's Repair Serum. (The former is a LOT more economical, and is specifically forumulated for blemishes; the latter works better on that red, peeling skin that you got from freaking out with the isopropyl alcohol when the blemish was active.) Keep using the MBHC until all of the redness has gone away. Hopefully, the dread dark spot won't set in if you're careful and didn't go off the reservation too far while the blemish was active. If the worst occurs, apply a salcylic acid cream nightly (love Aveeno's Blemish Control, totally non-drying), let it absorb thoroughly, and then a tiny dab of Mederma. In a few weeks, you should see significant improvement.
These horrible spots are visual reminders of our shame, our inability to control ourselves, a veritable scarlet letter. Until they turn a sort of brownish color that seems to take forever to go away, and is impervious to concealer.
The best defense is not to pick at your face. Or decollete. But now that you have, if the wound is still fresh, try Mario Badescu's Healing Mask or SKII's Repair Serum. (The former is a LOT more economical, and is specifically forumulated for blemishes; the latter works better on that red, peeling skin that you got from freaking out with the isopropyl alcohol when the blemish was active.) Keep using the MBHC until all of the redness has gone away. Hopefully, the dread dark spot won't set in if you're careful and didn't go off the reservation too far while the blemish was active. If the worst occurs, apply a salcylic acid cream nightly (love Aveeno's Blemish Control, totally non-drying), let it absorb thoroughly, and then a tiny dab of Mederma. In a few weeks, you should see significant improvement.
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