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[*jellybeans*]

Hey all
I'm not really new but its been ages and I created a new account because I hated my old username so I thought that was a good excuse to start again.
I've had mild to moderate acne since I was 14 with all the crappy emotional side effects that go with it. There are been long periods during that time when I have had 100 % perfect clear skin. I have tried everything like most people here; including diet changes. My touble is hormone balance and without taking some kind of pill my skin is all over the place. I also have ocd and not diagnosed but I think I have body dysformic disorder (spelling?) so everything seems 10 times worse to me than what it actually is, however recently I have this courage from somewhere that helps be get up and actually go to college/work everyday. I don't know if its to do with growing up or because I have this amazing bf who tells me I'm beautiful everyday or probally because I can cover up spots much better than I used to but now they don't bother me as much as before. Don't get me wrong they do bother me ALOT but my skin isn't as important or as noticeable as I thought it was and healing it is going to take some time so what will be will be.
Aside from poop acne I'm a really girly girl quite confident (sometimes) and friendly. I can be stubborn but none of us are perfect. I like the gym when I can be botherd, motown,rnb and soul. For all the english people on here I love that programme snog, marry, avoid? Haha it cracks me up I love animals as well.
Oh I have the docs tomorrow and hopefully I will be going on Spironolactone; wish me luck!

Hannah x

[Imthorpedo]

OCD people Unite!!! How many times a day do you wash your hands??? or is it just the dysformia thing?

[AKL]

Good luck, Hannah! And if that's you in the pic: your bf is absolutely right!

[*jellybeans*]

No not a washing hands kinda ocd gal - I used to have to look in the mirror a certain amount of times in a dozen different lights before i left the house - things like that

Thank you AKL that was a good skin time

x

[Imthorpedo]

I totally know what your talking about....I look really good in some mirrors/lighting, but in some mirrors/lighting I think I look like crap.....then I start freaking out wondering what I actually look like and what others see when they look at me. So then you take the lighting you look worst in, and try to get your skin to look decent when your under it. Yeah I got that dysformia thing down. Then I wash my hands...

[Hi I'm John!]

I heard over washing is bad, any truth?

[acnefree24]

speaking of pizza face... i had me some dominoes pizza today it was bomb

[Pixxe]

No not a washing hands kinda ocd gal - I used to have to look in the mirror a certain amount of times in a dozen different lights before i left the house - things like that

Thank you AKL that was a good skin time

x

That's a symptom of BDD that often gets confused with OCD. I feel you =)

[Imthorpedo]

VW overwashing hands or overwashing your face? Face Bad, Hands Not Bad.

[Hi I'm John!]

speaking of pizza face... i had me some dominoes pizza today it was bomb

that made me lol