HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!

I haven't updated this blog in quite a while. Like most college students I've been busy with school, but since this semester is finally over I have a lot more time to blog and what not. So what's new with me? I'm stoked I passed all my classes, my skin is finally clearing up and my boyfriend is taking me to the Philippines in January. YIPEE!!! During the semester we don't really get to do much, so its great that during my break we actually get to go somewhere and take a mini vacation.

As far as my skin goes I started breaking out in early February. When I say breaking out, I'm not referring to one or two pimples. My face was literally covered with acne. It got worse and worse until in August I finally got the courage to go to the dermatologist. Though my copay is quite high, I must say it was worth the trip. I got prescribed a couple of topical acne medications, as well as an oral antibiotic which I never took. Out of the 3 topical medications she prescribed what worked best for my skin was the ACANYA GEL (shown below).

The Acanya gel pretty much dried up my acne. I was told to put this twice a day, once in the morning and once at night. When I first started the treatment, I would put this gel all over my face at night. In the morning I would wake up and my face would be very dry, it was also flaking in some areas. So I never ended up putting this in the morning. I didn't mind the dryness because it was helping with my breakouts. After two months, give or take a couple of weeks I started to see a great improvement in my skin. Fast forward to now I only apply the Acanya gel on problem areas. I'm very happy to say that I am no longer suffering with acne. What I am suffering with is the gift acne leaves behind. I have a lot of acne scars which are still healing. But as far as Acanya gel goes for acne I rate it a 5 out of 5.

I have changed my skin care routine so I'll put that up on my next blog entry. I'll leave you guys with some eye candy of my last day of clinicals. We didn't have to wear uniforms because we weren't being assigned patients that day. We were all so happy. Tired, but happy. :)

We were all holding our papers, getting ready to present them. I loathe presentations.

-Nicole-