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16 Mar 2009
I know all I ever do when I come on here is complain, but this allows me to vent even if no one will ever read this.
I quit using products, starting take 3 1200mg fish oil pills, 1 vitamin d pill, and 1 shot of apple cider vinegar a day. I also started taking cold showers and running cold water over my face in the morning. At first, my skin started to look better. Red marks were going away, my skin became less oily, and i started to see pimples disappearing left and right. After 2 weeks, my skin started to revert back to its old ways. New pimples are starting to form, my skin is back to its extremely oily self, and my frustration level has hit an all time high. I don't feel like leaving my dorm room. I have a paper due in a couple days, which has become impossible to write with thinking about what my skin looks like constantly. The only time I left my room today was to take a final. I couldnt even get up the courage to leave my dorm to get something to eat. It's so frustrating to think that things were starting to brighten up and then to have it all come crashing down. I'm stuck here thinking about all the great times I had in Middle School and the beginning of high school when I didn't think about what my skin looked like. I'm almost 20 and here I am reflecting on middle school memories while everyone else is having the time of their lives. I don't know what else to. I've tried everything. Every day, I feel more and more invisible, losing contact with once close friends.
Sorry for the rant. I hope someone will respond just so I don't feel so miserable and alone. My roommate, who I've been friends with since we were 12, doesn't realize the kind of mental anguish that acne causes me.
18 Jan 2009
Hellooooo all, I have had acne since I was about 15. I am now 19 and still just as frustrated with it as ever. Long story short, I have always had a problem with the products I use. Sometimes my face clears up about 75 to 80 percent and even sometimes a little more than that, but I always end up getting really dry and oily skin. I have tried so many different moisturizers in my life and most of them make me break out, or just make my skin even more greasy looking. Very rarely do they succeed at my main goal, which is to make my face not so dry/flaky/tight/whatever the problem may be at that time. I was wondering if anyone could give me adivice on what products to use, such as if there are any products that anyone has experience with that cause less dryness or if there are any moisturizers out there that help with dryness and oily skin while not causing breakout. Any advice would be helpful.

Here's a list of some of the products I have used off the top of my head:
    Proactiv, Including the Oil-Free Moisturizer
    Dan's Regimen, Including The AHA and Jojoba Oil
    Clearasil Ultra Face Wash and BP
    Nivea For Men Face Wash and Moisturizer
    Clean and Clear Moisturizers and Cleansers
    Acne Free
    Carly's Clear and Smooth Soap, Treatment, and Moisturizer
    Noxzema


There are more, but can't think of them right now.
23 Oct 2008
So I am in college. I love to party. Unlike the other guys i live with though, my thoughts don't revolve around what girl i'm going to hook up with that night, but what my face looks like. Not that I'd be looking for random hook ups if i had clear skin, because I was always more of a relationship person before my acne got realll bad, but sometimes I feel that i drink just to not feel so self-conscious about my acne and be more myself around people. Of course, it never works, and I end up just trashed with thoughts about how people are looking at my skin. Does anybody else do this? It sucks, cause even though I used to have a couple pimples here and there, I wasn't that self-conscious about it and I had friends that I was very close to and could talk to about anything, but now I can barely talk to anyone about anything face to face. I feel like acne has drained my personality. I talk to people with my head down and with my hands around my face to cover my acne. And then I drink so that I can be more comfortable around people, but that never ends up working, and I just end up depressed about the whole situation.
22 Sep 2008
I just moved in to my dorm a few days ago. I'm rooming with one of my best friends from high school. My acne has just begun to get worse than it's ever been, and I don't really have anyone to talk to. I just stay in my dorm the entire day, not feeling confident to meet new people. Not even confident to see the people i was friends with in high school. While my friend goes out, I just sit in the dorm and do nothing, and today I just broke down. I haven't been getting involved in activities, haven't gone out to eat, I just sit here thinking about how my life got to where it is and how acne has pretty brought everything I worked so hard for come to an end. I don't know where else to turn, so if there's anyone out there I can talk to it would brighten up my day just a little bit.
3 Jul 2008
I'll be leaving for my freshman year of college in september, and I'm worried about what kinda issues I'll have with the regimen and being in a dorm. Will I have the time to do the regimen morning and night? What will people think if I'm in the bathroom for an hour just to get ready in the morning? Being a guy and using all these products has me worried that I'll get crap all the time for it. Does anybody have any experience with living in a dorm while being on the regimen?

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