I got suckered. I saw some posts about how men don’t take care of their skin, and how it has more of an effect as we age. So I thought, what’s the harm? Let’s give it a try!

Welp, after five days of putting a tiny bit of moisturiser on my face, I have a couple of tiny pimples on my nose. I haven’t had zits in decades, and here we are. I stopped applying the moisturiser a couple of weeks ago and I’m still getting those zits.

Thanks skincare.

  • psychOdelic@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    520·
    2 days ago

    IVE BEEN SAYING THIS ALL MY LIFE!! SKINCARE IS A FUCKING SCAM!!!

    I don’t use any of that crap, except yk, shampoo and eh, shower gel stuff.

    my skin’s very healthy, and I never even wash off my makeup. I get like 1 zit per month but that’s cuz I’m still young. Then I used to have friends that kept complaining that they had zits DESPITE their excessive use of “skincare” products. which is, duh its not DESPITE , its because. also I never got the deal, as long as your skin doesn’t rot or you know, hurt, what’s the issue?

    • .Donuts@lemmy.worldEnglish
      13·
      2 days ago

      Lots of downvotes, but nobody to unpack it. Let me try:

      my skin’s very healthy, and I never even wash off my makeup. I get like 1 zit per month but that’s cuz I’m still young.

      It’s because you are young that it doesn’t have much impact now.

      Then I used to have friends that kept complaining that they had zits DESPITE their excessive use of “skincare” products. which is, duh its not DESPITE , its because.

      The experiences of your friends is different because genetics are different. You might be blessed with good skin genes, or they might be cursed by bad skin genes

      I never got the deal, as long as your skin doesn’t rot or you know, hurt, what’s the issue?

      I mean, there’s a whole spectrum between rotting and healthy that you generally don’t want to experience for any prolonged amount of time. Leaving makeup on your face will clog up your pores, and (prolonged) exposure might harm the collagen and elastin in your face, so your face ages faster.

      Enjoy it while it lasts, I guess!

      • psychOdelic@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
        12·
        2 days ago

        yes I guess, I can’t articulate myself well. I just mean that putting random chemicals on ur face makes things worse (also, from a capitalists perspective, they don’t want you to get better, they want to make it worse or do nothing so you buy more of their product.) and its absolutely stupid to buy this stuff.

    • 🇨🇦🇩🇪🇨🇳张殿李🇨🇳🇩🇪🇨🇦@ttrpg.networkEnglish
      42·
      2 days ago

      I use water and soap. For everything. Including my hair. Unscented soap with no industrial chemicals to make it “smell good”.

      I horrify my coworkers when I tell them this. They’re convinced my hair is going to fall out, and that my skin will dry out and slough off despite literally years of me not showing any of this.

      I’m pretty sure the makeup industry is purely a scam.