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[MysteryGirl]

I've found that very clean mirrors make me look horrible. I realize that's obviously what I look like in reality but I can't deal with that so I finger them all up and make them dirty and it makes me look a little more human. If I didn't do that, I don't think i could walk out the door. Try it sometime. And yeah, I think everyone with acne (and even those without) knows how horrible flourescent lights are. It's as if they magnify every red mark/pimple and make them even more red. It's a pain in the ass to try and not look at your face when you're trying on clothes and what not.

It amazes me how alike most of us on here are. I finger up my mirrors and dirty them as much as possible too. I thought I was the only person in the world that did this. I love this messageboard. Makes me feel somewhat normal. And yes, clean mirrors are a bitch....

[girl3900]

haha, I honestly thought I was the only one that did it. Even if I am lying to myself, it boosts my confidence and that's all that matters.

To the original poster, how is the Finacea gel working for you? I'm also using it but it's only about my 3rd week into it and i'm told it takes as long as 12 weeks to kick in. I don't know if i'll be renewing my rx...it's too expensive and i'm not seeing any improvement. I will say that retin-a has significantly helped fade my marks.

[MartinaL]

I dont see a big difference at all, if anything im still breaking out and its spreading worse than it was and i have more red marks...if that fucking shit takes up to 12 weels, im telling the bitch to put me on something else..cause i cant take this

[girl3900]

Yeah, it's not doing anything for me. I also seem to be breaking out a lot (big ones, not minor zits) and I'm not sure if it's the Finacea gel or not but ever since i started using it, I won't stop getting zits. I'm thinking it's just a scheme to get all the money they can. I paid 50 bucks for one tiny tube of it. Meh

[MartinaL]

god...give us something that workssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Avi]

argh i have an obsession with looking at the condition of my face in mirrors. One thing I've learned is that: The more public the mirror, the worse your face will be, at least for me that is true. My face looks best in my bathroom mirror, probably because of the lighting. It looks very healthy and has a nice glow to it. Then when i enter the school bathroom to check my face out i barely even recognize who the fuck is staring back at me. My red marks look 300% worse and my skin looks all pale like im a fucking zombie or something. Just thought I'd add my 2 cents

[izelemontea]

ditto.

[tm6]

god...give us something that workssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!

hey chick i understand exactly how you feel, i obsess over my face and am always looking at other peoples faces haha. the worst for me is Im a model, and its embarassing when i break out really bad and have to go to a photoshoot, because makeup only covers up redness not bumps. and im always worried shoots will go over like 4 or 5 hours, because then my faceis so oily by then and shiny even through makeup and it all runs and looks gross.

and girl3900 while fluorescent lights are bad, black lights are worse! i was at a party one time that had black lights and i looked in a mirror, and my face looked like a dalmation because you could see all the spot-coverup makeup i had on!

[hikari128]

i stare at the mirror for long periods of time... not because im conceited, but because i look at EVERY flaw i have and just get depressed over it.

i wonder how i would look like with clear skin...

the korean culture is very much based around looks. they have something called ulzzang (literal translation: best face), and people post their pics on sites, get voted King and Queen, and become internet celebrities (they go on to be pop singers, actors, and models too.. just for being pretty!!). there are so many sites and so many Kings and Queens that i feel uglier and uglier when i see them. but i cant stop visiting those sites and looking at their pictures. i keep thinking, if i get surgery to have a straighter nose.. if i have surgery to have bigger eyes.. if my skin ever clears...

i dont know... everyday is a constant battle with the mind for me. some days, i just want to break the mirror into pieces.

*sigh*

if only those damn clear skinned people would realize how much people with acne suffer.

[Red_Butterfly]

I was looking so good at the bathroom mirror and at my vanity mirror...but when i opened up my compact to apply concealing make-up...ooooh lord every scar and pores were magnified like crazy!!!

I should stop looking at mirrors, but honestly i'm addicted to them. I'm just fascinated by watching my skin in different lights and angles.

ACNE MADE ME VAIN!

[arya]

I was looking so good at the bathroom mirror and at my vanity mirror...but when i opened up my compact to apply concealing make-up...ooooh lord every scar and pores were magnified like crazy!!!

I should stop looking at mirrors, but honestly i'm addicted to them. I'm just fascinated by watching my skin in different lights and angles.

ACNE MADE ME VAIN!

I have forbidden myself to look at a compact mirror! seriuosly, everytime I do, I get soooo depressed, so I just tell myself to never look into one. Like you said, it magnifies EVERY BLOODY blemish!! anyway, not looking into one helps!!

[girl3900]

and girl3900 while fluorescent lights are bad, black lights are worse!  i was at a party one time that had black lights and i looked in a mirror, and my face looked like a dalmation because you could see all the spot-coverup makeup i had on!

lol, yes. I've had this happen to me. Thankfully i noticed it in the privacy of my home. I guess there's something in the foundation that makes it glow...i looked in the mirror and it looked like I had a purple mask on. haha. Just a warning to anyone who wears makeup, stay clear of black lights!

[liva]

Tell me about it... I had a "mirror depression" last year, was so bad my boyfriend had to literally remove all mirrors in our flat, 'cause I would stop in front of them and just stand there gawking and crying for hours, and never get out of the house. Practically didn't go anywhere for months. My doctor wanted me to go on anti depressant medicine, but I refused. It's way better now, the feelings just disappeared one day, but still get the occational anxiety attack, because I'm terrified I will look like a monster in the mirror. So generally try to avoid mirrors apart from when I wash my face in the bathroom. Have had hard time accepting the fact that I have to live with this condition, but it has helped me a lot knowing I'm not the only one... Wish someone would invent a free acne-be-gone miracle drug

[ChristianK]

Hi MartinaL
When I read this, I remembered how my life was like a few years ago. I couldn't accept it either, and felt somewhat like you do. Try to ignore it. (yeah, right, easy, you'r thinking). But try to think about how other people see you and ignore how you feel about your acne. When I see someone with acne today(I am clear now), I notice it, but then after that I don't really see it anymore... well... of course I see it, but it doesn't change my view on that person.(Wouldn't I be really shallow if I did?) You see your acne. I would see you and just notice your acne at first but then I wouldn't really give it much thought after that. It is not really part of you. Just temporary, and as other people have written, you look so beautiful.

I was just about to suggest to take a vacation and visit my cousins in New York if you would show me the sights, until you wrote that you have a boyfiend. And I live in Europe.
Not everyone cares about acne. You are cute with or without acne. Try to force yourself to ignore it. I couldn't do it, and now that I am clear I regret that I couldn't. I would love to have been the kind of person who could do that. I think it says something about me as a person that I couldn't ignore it, and I don't like what it says about me. When you are clear you will think back on the experience, and remember how acne affected you. Try not to let i affect you so much.

[kathryn]

ditto about fluorescent lighting. it makes clear skinned girls and school even pale and ashy n marked. so i just now avoid them altogether.

also when i am using a cleanser 2 wash my face at the sink and it gets quite foamy i look and myself i think wow my face would great if i didnt have acne, cause the foam hides all the marks.

oo yes compact mirrors r a bitch

[headswapop]

You given dans godlike regimen a try martinal? works for me

[ChristianK]

You given dans godlike regimen a try martinal? works for me

Works for me too. And I tried about 5 different things my doctor gave me that had no to little effekt.