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[PaulH85]

Feeling low today... I met one of my boyfriend's friends that keeps inviting him to things and she's absolutley gorgeous and actually does modelling. Her skin is entirely clear unlike my PIH ridden face. I was starting to feel so much better about myself too, then she came along with her perfect face and skin and lovely personality and interest in my boyfriend.

Aww, don't be so hard on yourself. I know how easy it to do so, but there's no real point in comparing yourself to others. Besides, even if you saw her skin as being "gorgeous", doesn't mean she sees herself that way because everyone has their own insecurities. By the same token, there's no real reason why she'd see your skin in the way you described it because we're our own worst critics. I saw your pictures; your skin is improving and you've every reason to start feeling better about it.
Plus I get the impression that you've got enough about you as a person to interest people on more than just a physical level. Sure your boyfriend would agree.
Just be yourself - there's no one better qualified!

[amy91]

Feeling scared becoz of these 2 new spots on my face after being clear for 8 months. These are like flashbacks of those horrible days of suffering.

[hayleyx90]

Feeling low today... I met one of my boyfriend's friends that keeps inviting him to things and she's absolutley gorgeous and actually does modelling. Her skin is entirely clear unlike my PIH ridden face. I was starting to feel so much better about myself too, then she came along with her perfect face and skin and lovely personality and interest in my boyfriend.

That always happened to me when I was with my boyfriend! He had this friend who was so gorgeous with completely clear skin and they were really goof friends, it made me feel so insecure!

Anyway I feel so crap today. I started new antibiotics a couple of days ago and I have been feeling so nauseous and have had a constant stomach ache. I know its the meds because I haven't eaten anything strange or done anything different from what I normally do. I'm about to leave for work, my skins a mess, my stomach is killing me and I'm SO tired! :'(

[nick93]

Feeling scared becoz of these 2 new spots on my face after being clear for 8 months. These are like flashbacks of those horrible days of suffering.

That's scary. I really hope that it doesn't break out of control. It happened to me before the one time I cleared up.

Feeling low today... I met one of my boyfriend's friends that keeps inviting him to things and she's absolutley gorgeous and actually does modelling. Her skin is entirely clear unlike my PIH ridden face. I was starting to feel so much better about myself too, then she came along with her perfect face and skin and lovely personality and interest in my boyfriend.

That always happened to me when I was with my boyfriend! He had this friend who was so gorgeous with completely clear skin and they were really goof friends, it made me feel so insecure!

Anyway I feel so crap today. I started new antibiotics a couple of days ago and I have been feeling so nauseous and have had a constant stomach ache. I know its the meds because I haven't eaten anything strange or done anything different from what I normally do. I'm about to leave for work, my skins a mess, my stomach is killing me and I'm SO tired! :'(

Hey, just remember that your boyfriends see a lot more in you than your skin!! The inside counts more and more the longer you are in a relationship. Speaking first-hand here, good luck! Hopefully, your body gets used to it after a few days, and you start to feel better.

My skin isn't looking too great. Only about 5 new pimples today, which is pretty good for me, so I'm happy about that! Looking forward to the day when I wake up with zero new pimples. I saw an old friend the other night who has acne, not quite as bad as mine, but enough to effect his looks. Anyway, he was happy, he has made tons of new friends. After talking and hanging out, he noticed how I barely shared anything about school and asked if I was lonely, and I just said I'm doing pretty good. Then he was like "I'm surprised your not the most popular guy on campus, everybody liked hanging out with you in high school, your a really funny guy. You just have to get out there and talk to people." So, I just found that really encouraging, and I thought someone else might too. Still hoping my skin clears up! But if it doesn't, I hope I can at least try to make new friends.

[Ghostunit]

^^;; I've been gaming a lot and studying a bit. I have to study more though 'cause I have an exam in 9 days. Plenty of time. I must start tomorrow.
I'm glad it is almost over.. I am not going to register in the summer.. I used to always register in the summer, but not this time. Even though my skin isn't bad compared to many people here, but it bothers me. I am still a little concerned about my forehead because it went nuts. I have lots of red marks and a few blackheads .. I had a lot, but most turned into ugly pimple.. there's one that doesn't minimize, probably need to pop it, but don't want to. ;\

[hayleyx90]

Feeling scared becoz of these 2 new spots on my face after being clear for 8 months. These are like flashbacks of those horrible days of suffering.

That's scary. I really hope that it doesn't break out of control. It happened to me before the one time I cleared up.

Feeling low today... I met one of my boyfriend's friends that keeps inviting him to things and she's absolutley gorgeous and actually does modelling. Her skin is entirely clear unlike my PIH ridden face. I was starting to feel so much better about myself too, then she came along with her perfect face and skin and lovely personality and interest in my boyfriend.

That always happened to me when I was with my boyfriend! He had this friend who was so gorgeous with completely clear skin and they were really goof friends, it made me feel so insecure!

Anyway I feel so crap today. I started new antibiotics a couple of days ago and I have been feeling so nauseous and have had a constant stomach ache. I know its the meds because I haven't eaten anything strange or done anything different from what I normally do. I'm about to leave for work, my skins a mess, my stomach is killing me and I'm SO tired! :'(

Hey, just remember that your boyfriends see a lot more in you than your skin!! The inside counts more and more the longer you are in a relationship. Speaking first-hand here, good luck! Hopefully, your body gets used to it after a few days, and you start to feel better.

My skin isn't looking too great. Only about 5 new pimples today, which is pretty good for me, so I'm happy about that! Looking forward to the day when I wake up with zero new pimples. I saw an old friend the other night who has acne, not quite as bad as mine, but enough to effect his looks. Anyway, he was happy, he has made tons of new friends. After talking and hanging out, he noticed how I barely shared anything about school and asked if I was lonely, and I just said I'm doing pretty good. Then he was like "I'm surprised your not the most popular guy on campus, everybody liked hanging out with you in high school, your a really funny guy. You just have to get out there and talk to people." So, I just found that really encouraging, and I thought someone else might too. Still hoping my skin clears up! But if it doesn't, I hope I can at least try to make new friends.

I really love how positive you are! Still feel really horrible after taking the med, had bad stomach pains all day. Hopefully my body will get used to it. Spoke to my manager at work today, had a long convo about her skin problems too, she told me how she had crazy acne when she was my age and it really effected her confidence. Now she has lovely skin, made me think I might grow out of this. At 21 though not so sure....:S xx

[nick93]

Thanks haleyey I hope you grow out of it soon. I think your chances are still pretty good. One of my aunts had acne until she was 25 and now her skin is completely clear!

[Ghostunit]

Thanks haleyey I hope you grow out of it soon. I think your chances are still pretty good. One of my aunts had acne until she was 25 and now her skin is completely clear!

Thanks haleyey I hope you grow out of it soon. I think your chances are still pretty good. One of my aunts had acne until she was 25 and now her skin is completely clear!

That's what happened to my aunts and father! They all stopped getting acne at around 23-28. I am 25, still have acne, I started to break out a month ago. Maybe almost over? I hope.. =\ My sister is lucky 'cause she stopped breaking out pretty bad at 23-24. She used to get big pimples every time she had a period. Probably worse than me, but she still had confidence. We're both different! I am too shy and quiet and she's the opposite.

Edited by EddieE, 14 April 2012 - 04:53 PM.

[Ghostunit]

Hmmm!! So I wanted to play with my niece, but I always get yelled at which I have no freaking idea why. I am a nice person and I know about kids more than they do..
Seriously!! I want to consider moving soon. I just wanna be alone and adopt some animals. They will be my best friends. Anyways, I was like, I am not gonna do anything to her! So my mom somehow changed subject and said something about my skin.. "Why you stopped using proactiv?,Your skin is going to be like your Dad."
Yeah, my dad had bad acne problems even though I never saw his skin with acne on any pictures, but I can tell by all the scars on cheeks. To be honest, my skin is healing and I am not breaking out at all, redness is kinda fading, etc.. I think that's cause I got 2 new pimples on left cheek.. I have red spot around them since I keep breaking out on that area ;\ I will have to use BP again though if I keep breaking out on cheeks. No choice I decided to wait until May. If I am clear by then, good! No Bp needed.

Edited by EddieE, 15 April 2012 - 08:22 AM.

[nick93]

I understand why you would get yelled at, sounds weird to me. Nobody should be yelling at your or disrespecting you like that, you don't have to take that.

Sounds like your slowly clearing up. That's great!!

I got a few nasty spots on my face today and I have a big one I can feel coming through on my forehead, but I only had a few pimples on my face this morning, and that's really good for me! I'm pretty addicted to squeezing my pimples though, but I probably shouldn't do that because I'm probably damaging my skin, but the yellow ones look pretty gross. So, apart from those really bad spots, it looks like my face might just be slowly be getting better. I think I have really resistant acne, so this might take a few months, fingers crossed aha. So, overall, I'm feeling pretty good!

[Emma_86]

Well, today skin is not good breakout on my chin and some on upper lip, went to see jersey boys in london with family and friends but felt so self conscious that I was just quiet and pretended to look at my nails alot, you know the classic avoid eye contact so they won't notice how bad my skin looks.

Anyway I'm going to purchase a clarisonic plus soon, as I've heard such great things, hopefully will have great skin for my sisters wedding next year, I want to enjoy that day without worrying about my skin!

Keep hopeful is what I always say.

[Geeking]

ugh.
Here I am again! It's not as if I've had clear skin during my absense, but I've had other things to worry about but I'm breaking out a lot lately and I'm just so damn frustrated. I hate acne so much, I wouldn't wish this curse on anyone, not a soul. I didn't think I'd still be struggling with this at my age now.

[hayleyx90]

I'm really exhausted with it all.

[nick93]

Well, today skin is not good breakout on my chin and some on upper lip, went to see jersey boys in london with family and friends but felt so self conscious that I was just quiet and pretended to look at my nails alot, you know the classic avoid eye contact so they won't notice how bad my skin looks.

Anyway I'm going to purchase a clarisonic plus soon, as I've heard such great things, hopefully will have great skin for my sisters wedding next year, I want to enjoy that day without worrying about my skin!

Keep hopeful is what I always say.

Acne does really suck. Turns a lot of us into introverts, it has done it to me as well, but I'm really fighting that now. I hope clarisonic works for you! Way to be positive!
I hope you can beat your acne Geeking. A lot of older and younger people found their cure after years of searching, so maybe you will find yours soon too! Stay hopeful! Good luck!
We all feel like that sometimes hayley. Just remember that people see way more in you than just your acne. If you need to vent, do it! It really helps sometimes.

Again, I only have a few new zits on my face! I'm really, really excited about this! I think I might have finally found something that is working for me after four years. Fingers crossed, it keeps working. I think its due in part to the new products I'm taking, summer getting close (I can't wait to go to the beach!), and removing some of the negative from my life (my ex gf). I haven't stressed as much because I know summer is close, I'm not stressing about my old relationship although I still miss her a lot sometimes, but overall life is better! I have to write an exam in a couple hours. I'm about 90% sure I'm going to get the credit, but I'm still a little nervous aha. I can't wait to be done.

[Ghostunit]

I understand why you would get yelled at, sounds weird to me. Nobody should be yelling at your or disrespecting you like that, you don't have to take that.

Sounds like your slowly clearing up. That's great!!

I got a few nasty spots on my face today and I have a big one I can feel coming through on my forehead, but I only had a few pimples on my face this morning, and that's really good for me! I'm pretty addicted to squeezing my pimples though, but I probably shouldn't do that because I'm probably damaging my skin, but the yellow ones look pretty gross. So, apart from those really bad spots, it looks like my face might just be slowly be getting better. I think I have really resistant acne, so this might take a few months, fingers crossed aha. So, overall, I'm feeling pretty good!

I understand why you would get yelled at, sounds weird to me. Nobody should be yelling at your or disrespecting you like that, you don't have to take that.

Sounds like your slowly clearing up. That's great!!

I got a few nasty spots on my face today and I have a big one I can feel coming through on my forehead, but I only had a few pimples on my face this morning, and that's really good for me! I'm pretty addicted to squeezing my pimples though, but I probably shouldn't do that because I'm probably damaging my skin, but the yellow ones look pretty gross. So, apart from those really bad spots, it looks like my face might just be slowly be getting better. I think I have really resistant acne, so this might take a few months, fingers crossed aha. So, overall, I'm feeling pretty good!

Lol, They're dumb! hah.. I called my family dumb.. They don't read this anyways^^;; I don't really hate them. I love my family, but my sister won't let me play her daughter. My skin isn't clearing It is actually getting a bit worse. I plan to apply BP again because I can't take it anymore. I really wanted to treat my skin naturally, but doesn't work. I would do anything to have clear skin, but at the same time.. I don't want to age faster and I don't my skin to look bad.. like not natural. I heard BP can damage your skin.

[nick93]

Haha, its good that you have that kind of relationship with your family. My relationship with my parents definitely isn't good. It could be that she is just a little overprotective. Yeah, I'd like to go natural too, but, to be honest, if there was a solution that I knew would work 100% for me and wouldn't damage me internally, I'd definitely go for it aha.

So, this morning I was doing great, but then I had a breakout throughout the day. Pretty frustrating aha, my hyper-pigmentation is also really bad, but I'm not too worried about that because summer is close, so I'll just get super tanned! Hopefully, I can get my acne under control this summer and go into next school year with a clear face!

[Ghostunit]

Haha, its good that you have that kind of relationship with your family. My relationship with my parents definitely isn't good. It could be that she is just a little overprotective. Yeah, I'd like to go natural too, but, to be honest, if there was a solution that I knew would work 100% for me and wouldn't damage me internally, I'd definitely go for it aha.

So, this morning I was doing great, but then I had a breakout throughout the day. Pretty frustrating aha, my hyper-pigmentation is also really bad, but I'm not too worried about that because summer is close, so I'll just get super tanned! Hopefully, I can get my acne under control this summer and go into next school year with a clear face!

I wanted to swim this simmer and get tanned a bit, but won't happen if I am not at least 95% clear. Yeah, BP works on my skin, but my skin doesn't look natural. I will just use it as a spot treatment. Like if I see small bumps under skin, I will apply a little bit of BP on that spot. Once I am clear, I will stop using BP as a spot treatment and see what happens. I really want to treat my skin naturally. Too bad Apple cider vinegar didn't work ;\

Skin looking OK, but still have this 3 pimples on the left cheek that formed 2-3 days ago. I have like 4 active pimples, probably calmed now.
Skin still look bad because of the break-outs I had a while ago. Redness..new scars. I didn't go to the gym yesterday, but will go today. I can't let my skin problems control me. Last week, I managed to go 5 days to the gym. This medium-size acne on left cheek will bother me, but I keep looking down and avoiding eye contact ^^

[*Can*I*Live*]

My Face Is A Mess.

[makethatchange]

I feel better because my face has finally cleared up (well I had 1 active pimple under my eyebrow...see what I meant about breaking out on weird places??)! It happened within a week because I started eating bio probiotic yogurt instead of some other...and I take b vitamins again...I'm not sure which one helps...maybe it's both. Whatever, as long as it helps! But I still have some on my jawline ...They'd probably already be gone if I hadn't been scratching whenever I get nervous ugh. must resist...
I have a weird problem. Sometimes I get an itch on my cheek and a few red bumps appear. I'm not sure what that is...maybe it's my rosacea this has been reappearing for 2 months now.

Edited by makethatchange, 17 April 2012 - 05:33 PM.

[Oceanic]

For the first time in a looong time, I am feeling pretty good about my skin. I am definitely seeing an improvement since I have changed my diet. I am avoiding meals with a high GL, any trace of gluten or dairy and I am introducing a lot more nutritionally-rich foods. Plus, I started taking ACV (both internally and topically) and I think it has helped a lot.

I haven't seen any new pimples in a week or so, even though I started my period a couple days ago (knocks on wood) And, the one or two I had before were very minor. This is a lot for me, considering I used to wake up to one or two large cysts practically every other day.

I just hope I keep improving and that I can successfully wean myself off BP without breaking out.