A protocol publication for men's skin. Every page here is a sequence, a decision tree or a troubleshooting path: what goes on first and why, how long an active takes to do anything, what to stop when skin reacts, and how to escalate when a routine has genuinely finished.
Six documents that between them cover most of what anyone needs. Each one specifies the sequence, the quantity, the frequency and the window before a judgement means anything.
Three products, four minutes a day, and the point at which adding more stops paying you back.
Steps 03Time 04:0002Frequency, not strength. Week by week, with the retinisation window drawn out.
Weeks 12Start 01/wk03Thinnest to thickest, water before oil, and the four cases where the rule does not hold.
Layers 05Wait 01:3004The comparative table. What responds in weeks, what responds in months, what never responds.
Actives 09Range 01 to 32wk05Blade angle, direction, preparation and the four week reset that clears a neck full of bumps.
Steps 07Reset 04wk06Fourteen days to a stable barrier, then a reintroduction that identifies the cause.
Phase 1 14dProducts 02Four rules that produce every page on this site.
Every protocol states all four. A page that cannot state all four does not get published as a protocol. Most skincare writing states none of them, which is why it cannot be followed.
Format ruleA change is a new product, a higher strength or an increase in frequency. Two changes in one fortnight destroys your ability to attribute anything to anything.
Method ruleIf this happens, do this. The failure mode of instructional writing is describing the happy path and leaving you with nothing when your face objects.
Format rulePore structure, atrophic scarring, lost volume and deep static lines are not topical problems. Several pages here exist to say so and to point at the right door.
Boundary ruleFive sections, 33 protocols. Routines are the sequences, actives are the ingredients that change something, shaving and conditions are the specific paths, and escalation is the boundary.
Nine protocols covering the whole of a working routine, from the three step minimum to the fourteen day reset. Each one specifies the order, the quantity, the.
09 documents02Eight documents covering the ingredients that change something, with the frequency schedule for each, the assessment criteria for buying one, and a comparative.
08 documents03Five documents. Ingrown hair is a mechanical problem with a mechanical fix, razor burn is a friction problem with eight testable causes, and both are made.
05 documents04Six documents covering the conditions men present with most often, each with a staged protocol, a defined escalation point, and a clear statement of where the.
06 documents05Five documents about the boundary. What a plateau is and how to tell it from a failure, the twelve questions to ask before any procedure, and the four routes.
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