Skin Journal — Sample journal
See whether your skincare routine is working — photo by photo, and honest about what photos can and can't show.
A made-up four-week journal that shows how MediQuest Skin works. No real person's photos or scores are shown.
Sample: Amani, Monk 9, using niacinamide in the morning and SPF 30 daily.
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Your Niacinamide 5% serum test is ready to read
It has run its planned length and has a closing check-in that can be compared with its baseline.
Sun-sensitivity estimate (optional)
A one-time estimate of how your skin tends to respond to sun (Fitzpatrick type I–VI), used only for sun-care tips. It's an estimate — you can correct it.
Your type: VI
Your skin rarely burns, but sun still deepens dark spots and uneven tone. Daily broad-spectrum SPF 30+ helps even out the look of tone — tinted or mineral formulas avoid a white cast.
Latest check-in
Taken Sep 29, 2026
Compared with your check-in on Sep 15, 2026
Visible dark spots & uneven tone
63.4Appearance index
Index up +9.4 — beyond normal photo variation
Texture
71.2Appearance index
Within normal photo variation
Shine
58.9Appearance index
Within normal photo variation
Visible pores
73.1Appearance index
Within normal photo variation
Visible blemishes
74.8Appearance index
Within normal photo variation
Visible redness (appearance)
Hidden for your skin tone — photos can't measure this reliably yet
Look of hydration
61.5Appearance index
Within normal photo variation
Radiance
57.3Appearance index
Within normal photo variation
0–100, from the provider's unadjusted score. Higher means the model sees less of that feature. Compare it with your own earlier check-ins, not with other people.
We show the provider's unadjusted raw score, not its flattering display score.
Product tests
Is it working? Test one product at a time: a baseline photo, a few weeks of use, then a comparison that ignores ordinary photo variation.
- Ready to read
Niacinamide 5% serum
Started Sep 1, 2026 · 4 weeks · Visible pores · Shine
Baseline Sep 1, 2026 → compared with your check-in on Sep 29, 2026
Visible pores
Appearance index 64.4 → 73.1
Index up +8.7 — beyond normal photo variation
Shine
Appearance index 63.0 → 58.9
Within normal photo variation
This shows how the look changed in photos, not why. Whether to keep using it is your call.
Ingredient list
Aqua, Niacinamide, Pentylene Glycol, Zinc PCA, Glycerin, Sodium Hyaluronate, Phenoxyethanol
Your progress
Shaded band: normal photo variation around your first check-in.
Safe shelf
Over-the-counter cosmetic ingredients to look for, based on your latest check-in. No brands and no paid placements.
Your focus: Radiance · Shine
Broad-spectrum sunscreen, SPF 30+
Zinc oxide / Titanium dioxide / Bemotrizinol
The biggest single step for the look of dark spots and even tone.
Vitamin C
Ascorbic acid / Ascorbyl glucoside
Supports radiance and a more even-looking tone.
Niacinamide
Niacinamide
Helps the look of uneven tone, shine and visible pores.
Salicylic acid (up to 2%)
Salicylic acid (up to 2%)
Clears pores and helps the look of blemishes and shine.
Introduce one new product at a time and patch-test it first.
Outbound links. We have no paid relationship with these pharmacies.
Before you buy: check a product
Paste the ingredient list from the label. You'll see whether it contains anything banned in cosmetics in Kenya, which shelf ingredients it has, and how it fits your skin.
Runs on your device. Nothing is sent anywhere.
Check-ins
Sep 29, 07:10 AM
During test: Niacinamide 5% serum
Routine: Niacinamide 5% every morning, SPF 30 daily
Perfect Corp confirmed deletion of the photo on Sep 29, 07:10 AM
Sep 22, 07:40 PM
During test: Niacinamide 5% serum
Routine: Niacinamide 5% every morning, SPF 30 daily
Perfect Corp confirmed deletion of the photo on Sep 22, 07:40 PM
Sep 15, 07:05 AM
During test: Niacinamide 5% serum
Routine: Niacinamide 5% every morning, SPF 30 daily
Perfect Corp confirmed deletion of the photo on Sep 15, 07:05 AM
Sep 3, 07:20 AM
During test: Niacinamide 5% serum
Routine: Started niacinamide 5% every morning, SPF 30 daily
Perfect Corp confirmed deletion of the photo on Sep 3, 07:20 AM
Sep 1, 07:15 AM
During test: Niacinamide 5% serum
Perfect Corp confirmed deletion of the photo on Sep 1, 07:15 AM
Known limitations
- Photos show how skin looks, not what is happening in it. Light, angle and camera all move the numbers.
- A change smaller than normal photo-to-photo variation is shown as "within normal photo variation" — never as progress or a setback.
- A product test shows how the look of a feature changed in photos during the test, not why. Season, sleep, stress and other products all play a part, so run one test at a time.
- Redness is hard to see in photos of deeper skin because melanin masks it. We hide it for Monk 8–10 until our own measurements show it can be read reliably.
- Our per-tone reliability settings are provisional and based on published research. A consistency check across skin tones is planned, and its results will be published here.
- The analysis provider has not published accuracy by skin tone for this model version.
- We commit to keep checking how the journal performs across skin tones after launch.
Want a professional opinion?
A clinician can help with anything about your skin, whatever your scores say. This option is always here.
Analysis by Perfect Corp YouCam Skin Analysis (v2.1). Scores are the provider's unadjusted raw scores.
For cosmetic and wellness use only. The journal describes how your skin looks in photos. It can't tell you anything about medical problems and is not a substitute for a clinician.