Beauty Care

[Beautiful]

my facial skin is a combination skin.... my 'T' zone is oily n recently i hav started havin pimples over it......rest of my face is dry, bt i hav started havin very dry patches over my cheeks........i do wash n scrub my face regularly........i have a fair complexion so the above mentioned things r causing a problem.......the pimples go by livin marks on the face....... presently i live whr the weather is very cold.....my body is still adapting to ths severe cold.........
kindly, help with ur suggestions.......thanks

[bina]

It seems that you have a normal to oily skin. Dryness on the cheeks is because of the cold weather. you can use any good moisturising lotion that comes in the range of normal to oily skin. Normally, pimples and acne are associated with an oily skin. In case these occur on a dry skin then this is the ideal treatment. Take a few tomatoes and puree them. Freeze the puree into cubes (in an ice cube tray). Store these frozen tomato ice cubes in a bag or a container in the freezer. During the day, apply one cube each on either cheek, all the time rubbing gently. Repeat the treatment everday. A very effective way of getting rid of pimples.
always use water base creams for face and dont use soap as it is harsh for skin. my own kitchen remedy for acne is which is quite effective too, take one egg white and add some powdered champhore in it apply it gently over ur skin and then leave it to dry and afterwards wash your face with luke warm water it will help a lot.it will also help you tighten your pores.
For dry cheek zone, massage gently with fresh milk cream before going to bed only. This will help you a lot.

[Galso]

The fact that you suddenly started to have these break outs and your skin on the cheeks is dry is most probably due to the dramatic change in the environment.
First of all - Do not scrub but use enzyme based peeling products or exfoliators with round shaped particles. Do not use scrubs with irregular shaped particles as peach kernel as they cause micro cuts and cause even more acne and irritation. Natural enzyme peeling is papaya pulp.
Second, since there is such a difference between T-zone and chees I would recommend to use a combined skin-care approach. Use oil-balancing moisturizer marked oily/combination skin on the T-zone and moisturizer marked "dry skin" on cheeks.
Third, since you have spots after acne not fading for a long time, this could mean that either your skin cell turn over is slowed down (age?) - use creams/serums with glucosamine, Vitamin C (lightens spots) or your skin's immune system, restoring ability is down - this could be due to extreme weather, bad diet, smoking (?), not enough vitamin intake....