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Even boys care about their skin

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A while back I wrote about how my nephew has been having a lot of trouble with acne.

He’s a teenager and he plays hockey … maybe every day. He has NHL dreams and he’s good enough that they might just come true. However all that sweating doesn’t seem to be doing his skin any good .. or it wasn’t a few months ago.

Since I’m a nurse he decided to ask me about what he could do to clear up his skin and I gave him some advice and suggested an acne treatment. He started following some of my suggestions and I’m pleased to say that his skin has really cleared up.

He still has a little bit of acne, but nothing like he used to have. He’s such a handsome boy. I’m so glad that I was able to help him. He’s also more confident now – or seems to be – now that his skin looks better. I think his acne was really getting him down and making him self conscious.

Fair skin and sunny days

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I was just saying on my other blog that I have a real problem with freckles in the summer. My skin is fair and when the sun starts to get stronger in late spring I suddenly find myself covered in freckles.

I never used to freckle … nope I’d just burn to a crisp, even if I was wearing sunscreen … but lately I don’t seem to burn, I just freckle and then freckle some more. LOL

Anyway I was just reading a prevera review and I discovered that not only might this cream help me prevent wrinkles but it might help with my freckle situation too. I’ll have to look into it a little more to find out if it really works but it looks promising.

Are you fair skinned too? How do you protect your skin and keep it looking great?

Maybe I should buy a parasol?

Gotta take care of your skin

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Sometime in March I went on a mission to take better care of my skin. I’d gotten lazy in the past year or so and had pretty much stopped using moisturizer and well .. a few months ago I took a good look at my skin and decided I’d better start using moisturizers again and fast!


Ok it wasn’t that bad … I have fairly nice skin, but if I don’t take care of it, it won’t be nice for long – right?

So I went on a hunt for an anti wrinkle cream that suited my skin type and I’ve been using it regularly for the last three months.

What a difference! My skin looks fresh and well .. dewy. I’m getting a little older so I have a few wrinkle lines in the corner of my eyes – but nothing too bad .. and I think they’re a little less noticeable now.

Do you use moisturizer or anti wrinkle cream regularly? Has your skin benefited from it’s use?

How do you take care of your skin?

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I guess I’ve been fairly lucky to be blessed with good skin. Actually my whole family has nice skin and I guess you could say good genes as far as aging goes, because everyone in my family, from my parents to my brothers and sister all look at least 10 years if not more younger than they actually are.

Oh sure, I had some skin problems when I was a teenager. A little bit of acne and some blackheads but nothing too bad.

I do battle enlarged pores on a constant basis though. If I don’t take care of my skin -well, especially on my nose, I’ll get some blackheads.

Lately I’ve taken to cleaning my face with Noxema. I did that when I was a teen and about a month ago I started using the skin cleanser again.

What I do is get a face cloth and wet it with hot water. I then place the hot cloth over my face to open up the pores. Then I gently massage some Noxema into my skin and rinse it off with a warm cloth. When I’m done cleaning my face I rinse the cloth out in cold water and pat my face with the cold cloth to close my pores.

My skin always feels fresh and tingly clean when I’m done. I like washing my face that way in the morning because it’s invigorating.

At night I usually just wash my face with a mild soap and then use facial creams that are meant for night use.

I guess that since I have Crohn’s and I’m sick quite often it’s at least nice that I have fairly good skin and look younger than I am.

How do you take care of your skin? Have you had problems with acne, blackheads or enlarged pores?

Smaller pores, Clearer skin

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I’ve been on a skin care kick for the last month or so.

I realized that since I’ve been home on medical leave I haven’t been taking care of my skin the way I used to. I’d all but stopped using moisturizers and pretty much any other kind of advanced skin care formulas.

Well .. in the last month I started using Noxema to wash my face with at least once a day. I actually put a warm to hot cloth over my face to open the pores and then apply the Noxema. I do this so it can really help clean my pores out. Then once I rinse it off the Noxema I rinse my face with cold water to close the pores again. Then I apply some moisturizer and I’m done.

I’ve always had large pores. Well not everywhere … just on my nose for some reason. I used to get blackheads .. mostly when I was a teen, but I find that when I clean my face this way my pores get smaller and clearer. No more looking up how to get rid of blackheads for me!

Now that I’ve gotten back to really taking care of my skin properly I can see a huge improvement.

Do you have a special skin care regime that you do once a day or once a week? If so, what is it?

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