ashenn
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"you must be the change you wish to see." - Ghandi
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Post by ashenn on Aug 25, 2005 13:44:00 GMT -5
i have these two huge buggers on my chin right now. no head to them, just a bump. i've tried everything to get them to go away: benzoyl, warm/cold compresses, steaming, excersise. last night i even two ibuprofen in hopes that would calm the swelling. (seriously, one of them is almost the diameter of a dime.)
they hurt so much! any suggestions to get them gone soon? i have to see my boyfriend tommorow and i can only imagine what kissing me will be like with Mt. Killimanjaro in the way.
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Post by anonymousartist on Aug 25, 2005 15:48:48 GMT -5
For a cystic pimple, salicylic acid usually brings it to a head (for me). Neutragena makes a liquid concealer with salicylic acid as well as other medicated make-up (other brands make that too, but that's the one I prefer) and then you can cover up and heal at the same time. If however, it wasn't like that until you squeezed the heck out of it (I've done it a couple times) it might be an infection that you've spread. So something anti-biotic would probably work best (neosporin is the only thing I know about that's available over the counter. I used erythromycin pads to get rid of it when I had it). Btw your new icon is cute  |
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Post by ashenn on Aug 25, 2005 16:43:48 GMT -5
hehe. aw...thank you.  i'll try your suggestions, Bec-- prolly the salycitic acid, although i'm scared that if it gets brought to a head i'll destroy it and then people will point at me and call me crater face. |
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Post by anonymousartist on Aug 25, 2005 18:13:56 GMT -5
Well, anyone who calls you that is a butt face  That's the plus to using the concealer with it. Salicylic acid also brings down redness because it's made from aspirin and is an anti-imflammatory, I believe. If it does happen to pop before he gets there some desitin creamy can help clear it (I can't imagine wanting to use it around your boyfriend or anyone else for that matter). |
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Post by ashenn on Aug 26, 2005 9:10:25 GMT -5
isn't that the diaper stuff?  amazing what we women will do to look attractive. apparently ancient egyptian women made a poultice out of crocidile poop to use on their faces, so in contrast the diaper stuff doesn't sound too bad. they look a lot better today, i can actually hide them under makeup. last night i slathered a bunch of neosporin antibiotic on them along with some good face cream and took a nap. i won't gross you out with the details about how they looked when i woke up. but this morning they're at least flatter. sigh.  |
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Post by anonymousartist on Aug 26, 2005 9:40:48 GMT -5
Yeah, it's the diaper stuff. My mom has been using it as long as I can remember. If I got a cut or scratch, usually that would go on it. I don't use the regular version that smells like fish and is too oily, but the Creamy version can sometimes work wonders overnight. Of course my mom (who's a nurse) always said to pop the zit then put on the desitin. I used to scratch at them but I wish I had never learned to pop the damn things (and I probably wouldn't have if not for her. It seriously grossed me out the first couple of times).
On Oprah one day they had the inventor of "butt paste". They said it could be used for all sorts of cuts and sores. I assume it's a very similar product, but you won't catch me buying anything called "butt paste" or putting on my face.
Glad you are doing better.
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ashenn
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Post by ashenn on Aug 26, 2005 11:37:11 GMT -5
butt paste?!!!!!
wow, what in world would you use it for?
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Post by anonymousartist on Aug 26, 2005 12:59:23 GMT -5
It's a diaper rash cream some pharmacist developed but he had the whole town using it for minor wounds, rashes, everything. And then he got on Oprah. I want to be on Oprah |
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That's the plus to using the concealer with it. Salicylic acid also brings down redness because it's made from aspirin and is an anti-imflammatory, I believe. If it does happen to pop before he gets there some desitin creamy can help clear it (I can't imagine wanting to use it around your boyfriend or anyone else for that matter).
amazing what we women will do to look attractive. apparently ancient egyptian women made a poultice out of crocidile poop to use on their faces, so in contrast the diaper stuff doesn't sound too bad.