Being Proactiv.

In my teen years I have found my skin to be subject to my moody and hormonal states. As you all probably know - we have our good skin days and our absolute horrible ones. At current, I am 18 years old, stressed out about trivial school issues (the work-load and things that are out of my control), not being able to see my close friends or boyfriend as much, my general health and every little challenge I am faced through-out the day. It was like they were suppressed and decided it was way too much for them to handle - so they exploded! On my face! Yes I have broken out; let me tell you it is horrible.

Over the previous weekend I visited my long-term-side-kick and best friend - Christina. She too has faced many break-outs over the years and informed me that a month ago she decided to invest in and try-out the acne solution - Proactiv. She was quick to state the result of using it for the past month - "It is amazing; the first week my skin just broke out but after that week it just improved and improved and i have not had a break-out since. My skin feels really nice". She also mentioned that although it is a solution which works - it drys out your skin. I fully understood what she was saying. Finally, she advised that i use it.

I considered it. Though a side of me was totally against it. If you are not aware I am a very strong believer of natural products/medicine. I detest western medicine. I believe it is made to make the consumer dependent on the product and therefore continuously buy the said product. Anyway - I was too curious and decided to 'invest' and try out the Proactiv treatment.

I bought the product from an Internet store a few days ago and promptly received it this morning. After much analysis of the warnings, ingredients and directions of use- I made a decision to only use the treatment once daily (at night)-even though it suggests 2 times daily. This decision was made because I feel my skin would become insanely dry -I have sensitive skin. This is another issue I faced before buying the product - my sensitive skin. However I have now taken the risk and I am prepared to see how my skin reacts with this product.

I will blog daily and comment on my skin and how the product affects it and If their are any visible results.

Day 1:
I was very cautious of how much product I applied to my face. After application my skin feels very smooth.