Week 4 - Obagi

Welp, this week I am super flaky and peely. Still not able to wear any make up. I've been good at not touching my face for the last few weeks because if I did I would start a peel that wouldn't stop. But this week I don't even have to touch my face. My face looks like it has chunky dandruff. Is dry and appears wrinkly. I look awesome! (insert sarcasm) Although, my pores, wrinkles and brown spots have faded a lot since my first week. Yahhh! My face feels sunburned and is red/pink from my cheeks down to my chin. I knew this was going to be a process. But really can't wait to be finished with the crumbly peely stage. I can't remember when things started to look good the last time I did this. This time I am not going to stop the maintenance routine.

Zits almost heeled, redness around corners of my mouth.

After workout. Boy did my face sting.

Tuesday, August 21st, I burnt my hand pretty good on my clay meatloaf pan. I decided instead of lifting heavy I would do some cardio. My face was soooo red and tight after my workout http://youtu.be/4iOG82afyTw.  I could barely open my mouth to eat. Back to heavy lifting today.

Wednesday, August 22nd, I've decided to take a break from the blender and trentinoin until this Saturday. My husband has a company picnic this Saturday and I don't want to scare the little kids. I really hate to take a break with my face finally peeling the way it is. But he really wants me to go. *Sigh

I found this fantastic site http://www.truebeauty.com/q7.php It helps you help find your individual obagi protocol, lays out what you will experience throughout the process and the maintenance program. *Note: Seriously, I am not a Dr....

The overall appearance of my skin is more evenly toned, pores have greatly reduced, my t-zone is less oily by the end of the day and I am less itchy and red. Instead of my skin peeling off in dandruff like chunks the skin is peeling more like a snake in small pieces. I only took 2 days off of the tretinoin last week. Wednesday and Saturday. Friday night I upped the tretinoin to 0.1%. The skin was really tight and shiny on Saturday.