I got suckered. I saw some posts about how men don’t take care of their skin, and how it has more of an effect as we age. So I thought, what’s the harm? Let’s give it a try!

Welp, after five days of putting a tiny bit of moisturiser on my face, I have a couple of tiny pimples on my nose. I haven’t had zits in decades, and here we are. I stopped applying the moisturiser a couple of weeks ago and I’m still getting those zits.

Thanks skincare.

  • .Donuts@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Lots of downvotes, but nobody to unpack it. Let me try:

    my skin’s very healthy, and I never even wash off my makeup. I get like 1 zit per month but that’s cuz I’m still young.

    It’s because you are young that it doesn’t have much impact now.

    Then I used to have friends that kept complaining that they had zits DESPITE their excessive use of “skincare” products. which is, duh its not DESPITE , its because.

    The experiences of your friends is different because genetics are different. You might be blessed with good skin genes, or they might be cursed by bad skin genes

    I never got the deal, as long as your skin doesn’t rot or you know, hurt, what’s the issue?

    I mean, there’s a whole spectrum between rotting and healthy that you generally don’t want to experience for any prolonged amount of time. Leaving makeup on your face will clog up your pores, and (prolonged) exposure might harm the collagen and elastin in your face, so your face ages faster.

    Enjoy it while it lasts, I guess!

    • psychOdelic@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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      2 days ago

      yes I guess, I can’t articulate myself well. I just mean that putting random chemicals on ur face makes things worse (also, from a capitalists perspective, they don’t want you to get better, they want to make it worse or do nothing so you buy more of their product.) and its absolutely stupid to buy this stuff.