Comments on: Skin Deep – Great skin care advice for women at forty

By: womenatforty

womenatforty — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:30:31 +0000

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By: Grace

Grace — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:28:58 +0000

Thanks JeffrieAnn – I’m bad about sticking to a skin care regimen and I definitely don’t exfoliate as often as I should. I’ll check out the products you recommended.

By: JeffrieAnn

JeffrieAnn — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:59:37 +0000

Hi Grace, Gosh, I am so sorry I didn't respond to this earlier! What was I thinking? I get caught up in my own site, I guess....
Anyway. It is very common and normal to still have breakouts over 40. At this stage of life our bodies are gearing up for menopause, so our hormones are fluctuating. This "perimenopause" stage can start as early as 35!
With this fluctuating of hormones lots of un-fun things happen. Acne or occasional breakouts being one, and I at 54, still have that occasional breakout.
A couple things to help. Exfoliation is one. Use a BHA product as it cleans the inside of your pores as well as removing the dead skin cell build up on the surface. Another thing is to try is topical spot treatments. There are many different ones to chose from, some containing benzoyl peroxide and others salicylic acid. You would need to experiment to see which works best for your skin.
For concealing these pesty breakouts, find a concealer that matches your skin tone exactly. Apply with a clean cotton swab by pressing the product directly onto your offender. Then with the other end of that swab, very lightly dab on translucent colorless powder or a powder foundation that matches your skin. I find this generally works very well and lasts all day.
Hope this helps. I have a post on BHA and AHA products that I use daily for exfoliation on my blog. I have tried a lot of them and the recommendations I have there are the best I have found, to date.
The post is here: http://bit.ly/67zyNl

By: Grace

Grace — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 06:32:29 +0000

Great post Jeffrie. I'm surprised to find that I'm still having he occasional breakout even at this age. Any recommendations?

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