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[kathyanne11]

so, Hi everyone. I'm 19; young and vibrant in everything and it seems like the only thing holding me back is my skin. I never talk about how much it bugs me but my brother told me about this site today and it's time to start taking this seriously.

I flipflop between clear skin for a day or two and then a bacterial meltdown for a month. My skin likes to taunt me with radiance before it shows its true colors. I used to tan once a week during the winter while I lifeguarded in the summer which generally helped my skin stay clear (especially body acne) until I had two precancerous moles removed. Again.. I'm 19 so cancer doesn't sound better than acne.

It's been about a year since that and I'm still struggling for a solution. I've used proactiv, retin-a, differin, cerave, etc and nothing (permanently) helps.

I'm looking forward to the support this site offers in helping me publicly confront what I've privately resented for a decade.