This is gona be a very graphic post.

 

And while my posts normally include photos of places, people, objects such as food, stupid stuff or funny stuff, this post has many photos of something I don’t post very often:

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My face. Woohoo! <3

(Okay, I do post my own face quite often, but it’s usually accompanied by other faces xD This post, there’s gonna be only mine. Yes, I am a full-fledged bimbo. For ONE post only lol).

It’s for a good reason, cos I wanna share with you my journey through…the world of pimples.

 

I believe (based on momentary mental demographics) that most of you knew me when I looked like this:Boiler_Room_14Taken in February 2009 at Boiler Room launch (with sexy Stephanie Kennedy)

 

I had patches of strange growth on both sides of my face. I don’t know what they are exactly (really!), they’re either pimples / acne / blackheads…I just knew that they made me look bad in pics. I resisted countless temptations from the Photoshop devil to reduce the ‘eww’ factor while processing my own pics.

 

 

Rewind back a few years, before most of you knew me, and this is how I used to looked like.

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Pic 011 I know…the headgear and glasses is not really… *ahem* (Okay, I’m giving you 5 minutes to laugh). (pic taken with @Lainegal during my convo).

 

…but my point is, I used to have enviable complexion. The type where I can roll my head around in a patch of mud, not wash it for days, and still emerge victoriously with my face as clear as a baby’s ass.

 

 

However, my baby’s-ass complexion era soon came to an end, when I started playing paintball for team Yakuza in MYNPL (here and here) last year.

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If there’s one thing you should always, always do if you’re gona take paintball seriously, it is getting your own face mask.

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Because if you don’t, you have to use the house masks. And that’s what happened to me. Shortly after heavy training (and LOTS of sharing house masks with a thousand other people), the little infestation party started on my face, from cheeks to under my eyes. Damn scared okay!

 

 

And it got bad…real bad.

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Now, this post IS a product endorsement. But it also happens a product beating-up >:) Here’s what I did try to erm…’save my skin’. Heh. :

 

1. Skin Doctors

I tried 2 doctors: Ting Skin Specialist on Jln Imbi, and Ranjit Clinic in SS15, but believe me when I say that they’re just like any other doctor. They dope you with some medicine to try, then when it doesn’t work, they’ll dope you with stronger medicine. And it ain’t cheap man..RM300 within 2 months with little effect is hardly any consolation! I stopped this treatment after 4 months.

2. Home remedies.

Arhh, the unbelievable remedies that I tried. There was lemon juice..cleansers..alcoholic lotion..masks..even tiger balm, but all it did was successfully make me feel like a guinea pig. One of the things I tried, pegaga soap, did help a little, but new breakouts still happened, and there was no sign of improvement.

 

At this point, I was almost desperate. And also at that time, there were many flashing commercials..posters..about Brand X skincare. I thought my saviour had come.

 

While I would have loved to say that Brand X was my solution, it was not. Because after 2 months of usage, not only did the pimples not go away, but I had a new infestation..

 

 

 

And this time, it came in the form of whiteheads on my forehead.

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Imagine my panic level. Damn scared x 2 okay!

 

I’ll be fair here lah. There are a few possibilities..maybe:

1. Brand X wasn’t compatible with my face.
2. I chose the wrong range of products within Brand X
3. Brand X’s marketing department’s best friend is also Adobe Photoshop. Cos their models all look so beautiful.

I don’t know. I Guess only haha.

 

I took a final gamble and risked trying something else again. Remember when I posted on Biotherm Homme’s Race to Gain in March?

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I was tempted to try out their stuff.  I had nothing to lose. Worse worse also have pimples growing on my eyeballs or inside my nostrils or something.

 

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So I decided to take the plunge. I grabbed a pack of the cleanser, energy splash, moisturizer and I’m telling you, Biotherm High Recharge is the shit. The results were astounding.

 

This is my face after 2-3 months of usage (as of few hours ago):

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‘ After Biotherm Homme’

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My face feels light and I never get oil clogging up anymore under my skin. I used to wash my face at 5pm everyday because it got so oily, but with Biotherm, it was hardly necessary. Unless I rolled in a patch of mud again :D

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There’s no way that I can fully convince readers that it’s not (photoshop) touched up, but here’s my personal guarantee : these pics of me ‘After Biotherm Homme’ were Not Touched Up. At all. Do take my word for it (cos myself, there’s nothing more I hate than a fake testimonial, really). What I can do, however, is to link you to other recent pics of me taken by other photographers, yes?

 

Here’s one by Suresh89 taken during Mad2Max competition last Saturday. (click for Tweet link)

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This one’s taken by @joshuachay at Sid’s Pub, about 3 weeks back. (Click for FB link)

(Once more, the beer is a prop. Heidi is the main subject ;) The hand…hmm, I’m not so sure *ahemgaryahem*)

 

Or…. you could date me to dinner to personally see the improvements. Female dates are preferred :D

 

I cannot wait to see the results after using it for another 3 months! Baby’s-ass face come back to me again! :)

 

If you need more info, it’s here : Biotherm Homme. Check it out ;) You’ll find deets of Biotherm range of products….but always remember, you’ve gota find the type that suits your face. My selection of High Recharge came after free over-counter consultation from Biotherm Homme beauty consultants… that should help you decide what you actually need. I won’t be held responsible if you start growing mushrooms on your face from wrong usage…keke.

 

There’s only 1 problem left now, though.

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I’ve enough left to use for only another 4-5 days. Biotherm sponsor me my next pack please? :) :)

Cheers!
EVo