If you visit this blog occasionally, you should know my battle with acne. I'm currently 23 years old and it's a war I still face every day when I get up and look at myself in the mirror. 

With late nights, constantly eating fast foods and hormones going abuzz during when mother nature decides to give us a dosage of the red sea; our skin (or rather MY skin) tends to go off the deep porous end and break out especially when i don't want it to. Dear readers, you know me; I've suffered major cases of acne - mostly during my teen years and at random intervals in my 20s.

I even went to a skin clinic to get it fixed, but alas, even though it is not as bad as before, it is still frustrating to see my skin break out during my period daze. So much for being over 21 and you will stop seeing acne. Ugh. I have sensitive oily combination skin and recently broke out in HIVES of pores because of my irregular sleeping patterns, sigh.

BUT FEAR NOT, for here comes Hiruscar's newest Anti Acne products! 



Hiruscar's Anti-Acne range is literally what it's stated. Created to address mild to moderate acne conditions from Blackheads, Whiteheads, Papules and Pustules, it helps to:


It is specially formulated to be gentle on skin, to help sensitive skin users such as myself for it is non-irritating and perfect for facial usage and acne-prone skin. It's also supposed to be lightweight which allows quick absorption into your skin - that's a definite plus for people who enjoy putting on makeup - no one wants over-oily products on your skin.

• Gentle formulation  
• Deeply cleanses without drying the skin 
• Removes excessive dirt and sebum 
• Balances the skin’s moisture

It is proven* to improve pimple conditions, reducing dark marks and you can see acne improvement in 2 days! (*individual results varies) So let's put it to the test then, it's just nice that my skin has recently decided to break out like an overgrown lawn so you can definitely see the acne on my cheek ugh.

LOOK AT MY ANGRY PIMPLES.


So, what happens after 2 days of usage? See for yourself.


IT'S GONE. All that's left is basically semi-scar redness. exccuuuuuuuseee me whattttt???


A close up look with NO EDITS DONE WHAT IS THIS SORCERY??? 

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been a while since i did one of these but HELLO everyone, here's a quick update on my skin. I've been using NIKS maple clinic products for perhaps a good two and a half years now and so far I've not gone back to having the red pimply blotches on my face. thank heavens (ugh)

HOWEVER, of recent, I am noticing a pattern of pores(?), big and small bumps around my forehead, eye and chin area. They aren't bulbous and red for sure, but they sure are nasty to look at close up. I don't know why I've been getting said bumps but other than that, my cheeks are relatively clean from red ugly pimples like before - kinda like the picture down below.



I'm glad to be rid of that, and I hope it continues to be less of a pain in the future, but right now I'm still trying to figure out whats up with the bumps near my T-zone and eyes and chin. Probably have to go to NIKS Maple Clinic after a good hiatus of a year (hoho) and head down to see whats up. Will update this space when that happens next Monday.

Keep an eye out here!


Update:

Hello!
I'm back from my incredibly lucky trip from NIKS Maple Clinic - why you ask? I was honestly LAZY as all hell, pardon me, to visit the clinic on Monday (yesterday) because I had just came back from an extremely long Malaysia getaway. I didn't want to face the awful morning queue so I decided against waking up way too early and sleeping in. If you guys don't know, Niks Clinic is infamously cROWDED on Monday mornings, trust me, I've been there, done that.

Because Dr Ong has been raved on countless of blogs, articles, forums sites and etc, many flock to visit the clinic on specific dates when shes in. Hence, Monday is usually overcrowded with people of all ages, a snaking queue that makes you wonder if waking up at 8am is worth it.

So yesterday I sort of gave up and went ah I'm not going to queue up at 8am because I'm tired and it's not THAT bad. Samuel came over and out of sheer curiosity, I asked him to help me check if the clinic was crowded - I thought it would be overbooked, but since he was somewhat on the way; I inquired if it was alright for him to take a look.

Lo, and behold. He told me that it wasn't that crowded and he got a number queue ticket for me. I was to head back there in an hour or so for my checkup. I was befuddled. Monday afternoon? Empty? Is it not Dr Ong?

Yes, Samuel assured. It is Dr Ong.

And it dawned on me. I never went on Monday afternoons. I always thought that if their mornings were overbooked, their afternoons would be hell. Apparently, I may be wrong, but I'll get back to that.

Anyway waited for a long while because I thought my number 9 ticket was a number 5, and finally went in to get my face examined. As usual, Dr Ong was cheery and friendly - immediately noticing my breakout pores and pimples, she asked me about my routine and if I was following it. She told me that I was having a breakout because of my oily t-zone. My recent thailand trip + Malaysia trip was the cause of it because I did not take care of my skin with little sleep and water. Pores apparently can take up to 2-3mths to fully appear - gasp.

I gave her my brief run down and she offered me advice. I wasn't using enough of the stevia cream - true, I had been putting on light layers and she advised me to plaster my face with a thicker layer of it. She prescribed me their sun block as well as another cream to put on my T-zone in the morning.

As usual, she told me to sleep earlier, drink more water and USE SUN BLOCK. Yes, Dr Ong I will. She told me to come back in 4 weeks to check on my skin and we bid our farewells.

So right now my face is covered in multiple layers of cream and my pocket is busted from the $160 bill. Cross my fingers it will recover soon, until then, I'll update you guys!

xoxo
evelyn

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Stop making fun of people with acne.

Stop even pointing it out. We know. It's the biggest blotchiest elephant in the room. For some, it's the biggest hurdle of social anxiety. It's the thing that's caused our low self esteem, our heads hung low and our hesitant nature to look at another person in the eye. I know, I've been through it, still going through it, albeit, thank god it's not as bad anymore.

But every single time I hear someone point out the reddish zits on someone's face, I can't help but feel immensely annoyed.

Look buddy, for some, even changing their lifestyle or food choices can't cut it. For some, the problem lies in heredity and acne can still plague a person way over their 20's all the way into adulthood. It's such a cruel thing to look at someone suffering from acne and point out how 'gross' or 'disgusting' their face looks. Some, like myself, have ruined our skin with more zits and scars with the harsh treatments we thought were going to make a difference. Do you know how it feels like to wake up in the morning and avoid the mirror because you are afraid of how hideous you look?

Stop telling us to wear makeup to cover it up. Some of us have sensitive skin and can't wear too much makeup - in fear that it might irritate the skin even more. Why should we cover up our pimples? Why should you be in command of how we should look? I've gotten so many comments before, asking me why I don't wear makeup to cover up the blemishes on my face, that I will look so much pleasant if I do cover it up. Have you ever considered for even a god-damned minute; that that minuscule comment you've just made might have just crushed someone's world?

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"It's out of concern," some say, appalled. "We thought you didn't know."

A good portion of what attracts people to you is not how you look, as much as that matters so much in this post-modernistic narcissistic world. I chastise the idea: to be visually beauteous is to be right, and anything else, wrong, that's an awful stigma that should be banished. Stop making it seem as if having acne is an abhorrent problem that the world should not come witness to.

It's not wrong, it's not wrong, it's not wrong. Stop making fun of people with acne.

We don't need finger wagging, we don't need constant updates about how our skin looks like. We don't need you to tell us how horrid we look, we are not here to impress you. It's not like we want to look like this. Some of us suffer from depression, hiding in our houses all day long because we are afraid to go out looking like this, feeling the shame: not from the zits but from the stares of people.

Judging, they stare.

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Please, for those who have suffered, or are still suffering from acne, you are not alone. Hang in there, keep your head up high. It's not easy to ignore the constant berating and bullying, but nothing worth having ever is.

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PS: If you are still looking for a way to treat your acne, you can read about my acne journey with NIKS Maple Clinic here.

Them eyebags are not coverd but at least my skin doesn't look oily even after jumping up and down for hours