what's up guys welcome to another video
about acne this one specifically is
gonna focus on a question that I get
asked all the time and this is one of
the most frustrating parts about having
acne and dealing with it is how do I get
rid of these red marks all over my face
after I've eliminated the acne when do
they go away how do I get rid of them
now if you're not familiar with what I'm
talking about basically after you get
acne a lot of people will experience red
marks that have no white head there's no
black head there's no goo underneath the
skin or anything like that just large
areas of hyperpigmentation these marks
are different than actual acne scars as
acne scars are the results of pits or
texture differences in the skin but
these marks are the result of
inflammatory responses under the skin
that's why they're called post
inflammatory hyperpigmentation now how
do you deal with these right well the
first thing that most people turn to or
the thing that most people kind of
recommend especially when they don't
really necessarily know how to deal with
this is a skin lightening treatment so
it's usually with some sort of ointment
or something and it's based off of
changing the melanin production in your
skin now melanin contributes the actual
darkness of our skin people with more
melanin our darker colors but this
actual redness under the skin has
nothing to do with melanin production
again like I said it's an inflammatory
response
now this inflammation is different for
every single person so some people will
see that inflammation disappear and
dissipate in a couple of months other
people will have to wait a year or even
longer but they will naturally go away
on their own you can just continue doing
your life and they'll go away but if you
do want to kind of speed the process up
you want to try your own treatments and
try to do things to speed it up then
here are some of the things you could
try I think I should also mention that
this inflammatory redness is not going
to start going away naturally until
you've cleared your acting so if you're
still going through breakouts they're
probably not gonna be just getting
better on their own you should address
getting rid of your acne first then
focusing on this retina first off and
this advice goes all the time you never
want to use a strong strong strong
cleanse or anything like that use very
gentle topical treatments if you use
something that's very very strong
intense and it irritates your skin
irritation is gonna cause that
inflammatory response to either increase
or it's just gonna make it take way
longer to go away so use very gentle
gentle skin cleanse for example some of
my favorite cleansers are 2.5% or
or benzoyl peroxide or aqua nil and aqua
knows great to take right after you
finish a workout of something that wash
your face off very gentle stuff using a
chemical exfoliant every couple of days
can help a lot by taking the top layer
of dead skin off your face BH a beta
hydroxy acid seems to be the best one
that everybody kind of recommends using
something that actually has pieces of
hard rock or walnut shell or using a
pumice stone something that's a
mechanical destruction of your skin and
abrasion is actually not gonna be a good
idea so stay away from hardcore scrubs
that are very granulated in things like
that and aim more for the chemical stuff
apparently I've heard that for BHA acids
that polished choice has a very good one
that's very cheap compared to the other
ones this one's super important but I
feel like a lot of people don't do this
one and honestly back when I had a lot
of acne it was hard for me to do this
too now I respect this rule a lot more
especially after saying how much the Sun
changes the color of your skin and
especially those postmarks use a
sunscreen that's at least 30 SPF or
higher and wear everyday if you're gonna
go out in the Sun make sure that it is
non-comedogenic and non comedogenic
means that it does not clog pores if you
don't get one that's non comedogenic you
will break out like crazy but yes the UV
lights from the Sun actually cause your
face more damage and prolong how long it
takes for your body to get rid of that
inflammatory redness now this tip does
not come from my own anecdotal
experience I've never tried this one
before I have no idea about this but
I've read a million reviews about this
I've heard this so much if you have very
intense spots just in small areas but
they're very very bright or red or brown
or whatever color they are you can
actually use a high vitamin C serum so
this one is 25% is the one that
everybody kind of recommends and you can
actually spot reduce I suppose those red
marks or those colored discolored marks
on your face then from here it gets a
lot more serious so if none of those
things work and if you're not patient
enough to wait until they naturally fade
you can actually go into a little bit
more intensive styles of treatments like
IPL which is intense pulsed light
entreat meant which basically just gonna
shoot a bunch of little lasers into your
face you probably seen a picture of this
at some point and that is supposed to
reduce and break up the discoloration a
bit there are stronger chemical acid
peels so these are not ones that you
would apply on your own these are the
ones that you would actually go and get
a
tense session of I think once a month
not even that very often and then
occasionally people will say that
microdermabrasion and needling and
things like that can help but that one
I'm a little bit more on the fence with
so that's that it's it's a relatively
simple topic it's a very irritating
topic because like you get rid of your
acne you change your lifestyle you go
through all these different treatments
you finally see your skin getting a
little bit better if inconsistency
starting to get smooth there's not as
much whiteheads blackheads and stuff but
you still look like you have acne
maybe not the texture of acne but you've
still got all these red marks all over
your face and it's very discouraging and
I understand but just keep in mind that
be patient you've been patient enough
this far into the journey getting rid of
your acne just be a little bit more
patient and let those red marks heal up
or or if you want to go through these
treatments but be patient because it
will get better finally I want to note
that these red marks that I'm talking
about are different than rosacea rosacea
is where you see it flushing of redness
you can go up on the face or me on the
chest for me personally how'd it go all
across the shoulders the upper chest and
then just up into my neck and this
happens from all sorts of different
things whether it's heat or some sort of
a reaction something that you're
drinking or eating but this is a
temporary thing that will happen for a
few hours or a few days there's nothing
really that you can do in terms of the
same type of treatment that you can give
this hyperpigmentation so that is it for
this video and this is one that has been
requested for so long I'm so glad to get
this one out because I understand it's
very confusing subject it's hard to
understand what these red marks are
coming from how to get rid of them so
I'm glad to finally put this video up on
my channel and you guys were the ones
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it's very very busy I'm working on the
last part of my first feature-length
documentary that last part will be up
later in this week also I am going to
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