{"id":8311,"date":"2011-09-08T08:30:14","date_gmt":"2011-09-08T00:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/?p=8311"},"modified":"2013-04-17T11:44:55","modified_gmt":"2013-04-17T03:44:55","slug":"breakouts-met-their-waterloo-with-my-lethal-tea-tree-oil-and-vichy-normaderm-combo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/2011\/09\/breakouts-met-their-waterloo-with-my-lethal-tea-tree-oil-and-vichy-normaderm-combo\/","title":{"rendered":"Breakouts Met Their Waterloo With My Lethal Tea Tree Oil And Vichy Normaderm Combo!"},"content":{"rendered":"
Some of you may remember my wail of distress at combating a sudden attack of breakouts and pimples<\/a> quite recently. I thank you all so much for your tips and advice but before I went to see a dermatologist, I made one last ditched attempt to wage my battle.<\/p>\n Thankfully, I won. *whew*<\/p>\n <\/p>\n My deadly spot fighting combination was a mixture of tea tree oil and a tea tree oil cleanser, and a couple of products from Vichy Normaderm. I was actually going to give away the Vichy products to someone who might be more breakout prone than I am, but I’m glad I held onto it because I swear it helped my skin.<\/p>\n I also recently returned from a holiday with a pizza face, much to my horror. It must have been the polluted air or the daily sun exposure and sweat or just holiday stress and improper food and insuffucient sleep. But it was horrible to look in the mirror each evening and discover a new pimple sprouting. When I got home, 3 days of my lethal combination did the trick to stabilize things. *whew again*<\/p>\n I must note that barring the first time, my breakouts are relatively minor. One or two cystic acne for which the Nexcare Acne patch<\/a> does help, but mostly small surface pimples and bumpy skin with clogged pores. So I start out by cleansing with a tea tree oil cleanser. You can use any one. I happen to have one by The Body Shop<\/a> on hand that I usually use, so that became my day cleanser.\u00a0In the evenings, I use the Vichy Normaderm Purifying Cleansing gel\u00a0which I desperately have to replenish!<\/p>\n