Adult achne is the worst! Just when you think you’re too old for it, it strikes again. And achne on older skin means scarring is terrible, something I’ve experienced all too well.

As a bit of background, I pursued the ‘find myself route’, LOL and had spent a few years living in hot climates which didn’t help my achne at all. The heat, strong sun and excessive use of occlusive skincare products such as thick moisturisers and gloopy sunscreens really wreaked havoc and caused my skin to get even worse. I always knew I needed good skincare, and thought I was helping my skin by using all these products, but in reality, this made my skin even worse. Also, the lack of variety in affordable but useful skincare products in these places made it difficult to get what I needed for my skin. The intensity of my achne was made worse by wrong skincare and lack of active products in tackling it.

Now ultimately, as my achne is hormonal, I still battle with it and get the odd giant invading zit every now and then, and am still battling the scarring caused by the achne ( which is the worst thing, as all achne suffering babes will tell you!) but I will tell you that my skin has improved 100% since learning more about ingredients in skincare and using key inexpensive products to keep my skin in optimum condition. My skin is clearer, smoother, healthier looking and honestly, I have better skin in my early 30s than I had in my mid and late 20’s! So now, achne strikes much less, and when it does, it goes away faster and the scares heal a lot quicker.

I want to share with you a few products that I discovered along my journey, that really helped my skin heal and brought out its good side 😊 Hopefully some of you ladies suffering with adult achne will be helped by this. My journey is by no means over, and I will be trying new products and letting you know about these too.