Acne changed my life

Ahhh, I am back on this wonderful site yet again. Anywho, I went out with a friend from high school who happened to be visiting the city I now live in. So everything is going well and in the back of my mind the whole time I am thinking, "Is she noticing my scars?" Well, at the end of the night she sits down with me on an outside patio and proceeds to tell me that she can see scarring on my face and that I should probably get plastic surgery to correct it. Ugh. And then she tells me that when I went home last year for Thanksgiving a lot of my high school girlfriends (whom are no longer my friends) were all talking about my face behind my back. Last year when I went home I was experiencing the worst break out of my life, but I still went out with those losers anyway. They were saying that it was such a shame what has happened to my face. My face doesn't bother me as much as it did when I first noticed the scarring. I have come to accept myself for who I am. Trust me, it was a hard process and I still struggle with it from time to time. Last night when she said that I wanted to laugh in her face and say that she was a shallow person, but instead I went home and cried to my boyfriend. I know I have scarring on my face and that I still don't have perfect skin but I will NEVER be the person with flawless skin no matter what medicine I am on. Plus, acne scars are really hard to correct and procedures are pricey. Anyways, the point I wanted to make on here (because I know how acne KILLS your confidence and self esteem) is we have to keep on living and try not to worry about the small things. Yes, it is true that some people look at your face and get disgusted but most people, the majority of people, aren't shallow and don't even notice it. I know that when I see someone with scars and/or acne it doesn't phase me in the least. Honestly, people with acne are some of the strongest people out there. We face the world when all we want to do is hide, we struggle EVERYDAY with a negative self image but we still manage to live. No matter what we are all beautiful if you truly believe that you are. WE ARE BEAUTIFUL

Acneville?

Hi all. I was driving down the road today and I got a weird idea about a place called Acneville, haha. Wouldn't it be nice if all of us suffering from acne and acne scars could live together in one city? No one would judge you from your appearance and we would all be so supportive of each other. There would always be a shoulder to cry on and the other person would understand exactly what you were going through!