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[helena870]

I feel terrible, i've had acne for about 7 years now and i've always had a problem with skin picking. i would literally pick away at my acne until it looked like someone had taken a cigarette and burned holes in my face. I couldnt understand why i had such an urge to make matters worse for myself...what was wrong with me:"(. I looked it up and it is most likely stress induced, everytime life was getting hard i would go to the mirror and pick away. The scarier part is that sometimes I'll do it and i begin to lose myself...ill go to the bathroom just to wash my hands and come out of there a suprising 3 hours later!!!! i feel like i have no self control and i feel so ashamed of myself afterwards. For awhile now i was actually doing pretty good, I was no longer using any harsh acne products like bp because i really could not stand to walk around with my face looking like a lobster and having to lie to people and tell them i got sunburnt, all i was using was cetaphil cleanser....i still had acne but atleast my face didnt sting and burn. However i always remembered that my freshmen year i managed to have nearly perfect skin(this was a miracle because it was terrible cystic acne in the 7th and 8th grade) i was using oxy face pads and spot treating with bp. Some how or another i got too used to my clear skin and got lazy and stopped using it....broke out terribly i tried to use the oxy pads again but my face would get red because i was sooo anxious to get that good skin back that i was slathering all kinds of junk on my face and it made things worse. But i do know what gave me the awsome skin...it was the bha that salycilic acid provided me. So i decided to go with a bha lotion from bare escentuals because it doesnt contain harsh alcohol like oxy pads. Also i originally wanted to get paula's choice but my parents are fed up with having to pay for all kind of acne products that they sort have given up on me:"( so my friend who works at bare minerals gave me this for free( i checked the rest of the ingredients and they were all safe). but now my face is breaking out like crazy!! i have bumps everywhere places where i dont even usually get that much acne:(. then i heard bha has a purging period where it getss all the junk out of your pores. i know some of you out there are skeptical about this claim but i think it does make some sense. i noticed all the whiteheads i had are becoming full blown zits but the bha is probably just speeding up the process. i know bha has worked on me before and it got me completely clear. i want that again but i dont know if i can cope with the purging period. i have literally locked myself in my room for a week now and things are only getting worse. I have controlled myself to not pick at my skin up until today....there were just soo many whiteheads popping out of my face that i couldnt bare to look at them anymore......so now my face looks all red and scared up:( ugh i dont know how im going to get through the next couple of weeks. i went out yesterday because i just couldnt stand to be inthe house anymore...but when i went out peopl were making remarks about my face and i just wanted to drop dead:(. if anyone can relate please comment or give me feedback it would really help

[outofcharacter]

Hi Helena,

it was alarming to read that your parents are fed up with paying for your acne products. They should be supporting you... Maybe your relationship is not that good? I'm currently reading this book: http://www.grossbart.com/SkinDeep.pdf and it talks about the importance of relationships in the family, among other things.

[Lapis lazuli]

i went out yesterday because i just couldnt stand to be inthe house anymore...but when i went out peopl were making remarks about my face and i just wanted to drop dead:(.

Oh man. That always sucks when that happens. But don't let those people's actions (or mistakes?) * be the cause of you feeling bad. You have to let what they say bounce off of you, ok? I know it's hard but you shouldn't let the presence of immature people keep you from being out and about, doing things. Just ignore them or avoid them... And let what they say go out the other ear once it has gone in the first one.

I hope acne will have less and less a negative impact on your life as time goes by. It may seem like an impossibility sometimes but things really can get better... They have gotten better for so many people who were in the same situation as yours.




* With remarks I assumed you were referring to things people said with the intention to make you feel bad.

Edited by Lapis lazuli, 20 June 2011 - 05:52 AM.

[helena870]

Hi Helena,

it was alarming to read that your parents are fed up with paying for your acne products. They should be supporting you... Maybe your relationship is not that good? I'm currently reading this book: http://www.grossbart.com/SkinDeep.pdf and it talks about the importance of relationships in the family, among other things.

I know but in a way i dont blame them bc i use to be so desperate for them to buy me any new thing that could possibley make my skin better and it has really costed them:(

[helena870]

i went out yesterday because i just couldnt stand to be inthe house anymore...but when i went out peopl were making remarks about my face and i just wanted to drop dead:(.

Oh man. That always sucks when that happens. But don't let those people's actions (or mistakes?) * be the cause of you feeling bad. You have to let what they say bounce off of you, ok? I know it's hard but you shouldn't let the presence of immature people keep you from being out and about, doing things. Just ignore them or avoid them... And let what they say go out the other ear once it has gone in the first one.

I hope acne will have less and less a negative impact on your life as time goes by. It may seem like an impossibility sometimes but things really can get better... They have gotten better for so many people who were in the same situation as yours.




* With remarks I assumed you were referring to things people said with the intention to make you feel bad.

Yeah i know what you mean and i try but it is always difficult. Words can hurt bc they take longer to heal than any punch or kick but thankyou for the support and i'll keep it in mind next time im out:)

[helena870]

Hi Helena,

it was alarming to read that your parents are fed up with paying for your acne products. They should be supporting you... Maybe your relationship is not that good? I'm currently reading this book: http://www.grossbart.com/SkinDeep.pdf and it talks about the importance of relationships in the family, among other things.

Thankyou for this link, im currently reading it...i didnt even know there was something out there like this:)