Reddit mentions of Meisyoku Beautiful Face Water - 80ml

Cleansers (Unless you're using a medicated cleanser most skincare products aren't really going to prevent acne.)

Mochitto Mochi Mochi Face Wash

Hada Labo Gokujun Oil Cleanser (200ml)

Hada Labo Gokujun Hyaluronic Cleansing Foam (160ml)

Medicated Deep Cleansing Oil L (200ml)

Cow Brand Additive-Free Foaming Facial Cleanser (200ml)

Rohto Hadalabo es cleansing foam type (160ML)

Hada Labo Gokujyun Premium Hyaluronic Acid Lotion (170ml)

Spot Treatment

Since your acne is deep in the skin I would look for a dermatologist that also serves foreigners because unless I'm mistaken a lot of products with Benzoyl Peroxide etc are prescription only.

Hydrating Toners

Meishoku Cosmetics Meishoku Facial Water Medicated Skin Lotion 2.7 oz (80 ml) - Acne Prevention

Hada Labo Gokujyun Hyaluronic Acid Solution (170ml)

Hada Labo Gokujyun "Hyaluronic-Eki" Large-Capacity Pump-Type 400ml

Matsuyama Skin Moisturizing Water, Light Type

Kikumasamune High Moist Lotion

Mebika Moist Lotion

Cezanne High Moist Lotion


Meishoku Cosmetics Ceracolla Super Moist Face Lotion 6 fl oz (180ml)


Gels

Hada Labo Shirojyun Cool Hyaluronic Jelly (200ml)

Naturie Skin Conditioning Gel

Rosette Ceramide Gel

Meishoku Cerracolla Perfect Gel

Moisturisers

Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Eaude Muge Medicated Skin Cream - 40g - Acne Prevention


Lion Pair Acne Clean Lotion - Look for the cream as well!

Meishoku Cerracolla Perfect Cream

MUJI Sensitive Skin Moisturizing Milk - Moisture (200ml)

Hada Labo Gokujyun Hyaluronic Cream 50g

Hada Labo Gokujyun Hyaluronic Milky Lotion 140ml

Hada Labo Gokujyun Premium Hyaluronic Acid Milky Emulsion (140ml)

Sunscreens

CANMAKE Mermaid Skin Gel UV

Nivea Protect Water Gel SPF35/PA+++ Pump 140g

Biore Sarasara UV Perfect Face Milk SPF50+/PA++++ 30ml

Biore Sarasara UV Perfect Milk SPF50+/PA++++ 40ml

Hada Labo Gokujun Perfect UV Gel (50g)

> Everytime I go in for any of this nobody knows a damn thing.

So, it's really important to understand and recognize that PCOS is still something that Western doctors haven't 100% figured out and learned how to treat. Knowing that, and knowing the abysmal quality of OBGYN care in Japan, I would expect that the cluelessness and lack of understanding would be significantly more frustrating here.

Second, get to /r/PCOS if you haven't already. Granted, there's a lot of crap posting from self-diagnosed obese women who attribute their inability to get pregnant/lose weight to PCOS and not their weight/laziness, but I digress...Just use a critical eye and learn to recognize bullshit posts.

It's not PCOS, but it's similar and worth sharing my friend's story: She left Japan last year after 5-6 years of living in the country to return to the US — not because she wanted to, but because she was unable to find a doctor who could understand, let alone properly treat, her endometriosis. She'd been diagnosed in the US about a year prior to her departure while visiting home, and when she was back in Japan, it was a literal nightmare situation for her. It took her months to get birth control/hormonal treatment and she couldn't find a doctor in Tokyo (of all places) who'd had experience with the disorder before — which is surprising, considering it's a very real, well-documented and rather well-understood OBGYN ailment. My friend was consistently told to "ganbare" through her paid (which, if you're familiar with endometriosis, is a fucking laugh and a half) and that she didn't need surgery (which is the #1 best way to help cure/treat endometriosis). At the end of it all, she understood her health was more important than her life here — so she reluctantly left her friends/career/life behind to go home and get the treatment she needed.

Anyway back to PCOS — I was diagnosed, then undiagnosed, then rediagnosed with it throughout my teens and early 20s. (Remember that whole part about it not being understood? I had a doctor tell me that because I wasn't "obese or overweight with a beard" there was no way I could have PCOS. Right.) The #1 treatment method is birth control, so I suggest you get back on it right away. I've had a lot of success with microgestin, but YMMV. Keep in mind it took me switching four different birth control pills/brands over ~5-6 years before finding something that worked. I have a few friends who also have it and they all take some form of oral contraceptive as well.

The birth control will help tremendously with the acne. A lot of women also have success with spironolactone — but I've never taken it, and I'm not sure if you can get it in Japan. Acne and melasma are my biggest symptoms — the other being painful cysts that burst and sent me to the ER — so this is the one area I have a lot of experience with. General OTC acne stuff does not address or help with hormonal cystic acne that's caused by PCOS. The topic stuff that is prescribed in the West (Diffrin, Retinol etc.) isn't legal in Japan. You can manage it in the meantime by using a good salicylic acid product — I actually swear by 明色化粧品 明色美顔水, a Japanese anti-acne lotion (toner) that's been around for 130+ years.

The only other option is, if you can, return to your home country for a doctor visit and get on a good treatment plan with them. You're not going to find help for PCOS and other OBGYN ailments in Japan. They simply refuse to acknowledge their existence.

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