u/DAYUMdelion

38F here. I also just posted about my angry upper lip skin. My skin is not happy sometimes lol
This post is about my back skin that gets this ugly acne rash when it’s sunny out. This can be whether I get sweaty or not, expose my skin directly to the sun or not. I usually shower each day including washing my back with a sensitive dove soap bar. I try to moisturize with fragrance free Aveeno lotion.

I’ve gone a few months with just a random whitehead here and there but we’ve just had a stretch of warm sunny days and boom - my back broke out in hundreds of tiny whiteheads this week.

When these whiteheads show up, I use a 5% benzoyl peroxide acne gel and just slather it on my back where I can reach. It mayyyybe helps a little bit but the whiteheads are definitely still there even after 3 or so days of that treatment.

I once suspected it was yeast rash so tried slathering canesten on it. That just felt foolish but I once heard someone talking about yeast acne rash so wanted to try it. I wouldn’t say that helped lol

I’m desperate. I feel ugly and dirty. The weather is finally nice enough to wear a dress but I just want to cover myself up completely in shame.

38F here. I have been eliminating and/or waxing my upper lip every couple of weeks. If I don’t I get very self conscious of my dark upper lip hairs that make me feel ugly so I can’t stop doing that. But these whiteheads are also making me feel ashamed of how I look.

I try to wipe my upper lip with alcohol before I epilate, and then don’t touch it for a while afterwards. I give it a days rest and then use The Ordinary’s 0.5% retinol in squalane on it (hadn’t used it before and the whiteheads seemed to be worse).

They only seem to be at the ends of my mouth. Not so bad on top right under my nose.

But this time the whiteheads are quite persistent. It’s been a couple weeks since I’ve epilated, I’m due to epilate again any day now, but they still haven’t calmed down.

Any idea what they are? Can I be doing anything differently?