the uphill battle

Theoretically, but I've been using it for the past year or so and I don't see any dramatic improvement.

Thanks so much for sharing. Really enjoying the read so far.

Nice thread, thanks for taking the time

"So when a girl meets a guy who's insecure she goes "Next!" but when she meets a guy who is "confident" she stays interested. And then when later the guy says "You know, I act confident and all but a lot of the time I'm actually quite insecure" she goes "That's ok!". It just seems like a contradiction?"

Clearly, it is not that black and white. A girl being interested or not will be influenced by many factors. Not to mention the fact that many assumptions and conclusions are made in the beginning stages of a developing relationship. As I stated earlier, I was speaking from my point of view only and I just simply wanted to illustrate that confidence is attractive. However, regardless of that, obviously we are all human and have flaws. Being aware of such flaws or even insecure about them is a pretty common experience. It is merely when such flaws begin to take over one's life that they may become less appealing.

I have dated guys with acne and never thought twice about it. Though, I do agree with nakedsmurf that girls who have skin problems are probably more accepting of guys with skin problems, so I can't speak from a been-perflectly-clear-my-whole-life point of view. However, my younger sister who was blessed with beautiful skin (I got the shitty genes, of course) dated a guy with pretty bad acne and that did not stop her from eventually marrying him. I know that for us, a guy's confidence, personality, chivalry, humor and thoughtfulness far outweigh any concern of skin issues. I can't stress enough how far confidence can take you! The quickest way to turn a girl off would be crippling insecurity, but there is nothing wrong with having some transparency with the issue if you reach a point in your relationship where you can speak honestly about such concerns. I think most significant others would be surprised by the insecurities and not see the issue as magnified as we often view things about ourselves. And of course, if they're worth your time, they will be loving and supportive about it all. Anyhoo, my two cents!

Yes and yes.

It's a nightmare, they always have the most unflattering lighting!

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I'm confused.. are you talking about suicide or procreation?

So the amazing, money hungry maker's of Proactive now created a makeup! Yay!!! ....Not. I think Proactive is such an awful product that preys on desperate, vulnerable acne sufferers. I can't help but think Proactive's new makeup formula is intentionally pore clogging to influence consumers to buy more of their acne products. I'm jaded.

My heart breaks for you. Sending warm and positive thoughts your way..and praying for a solution. Hang in there, buddy.

How long have you been on Spiro so far? It made a dramatic improvement in my skin...but I was really impatient! It probably took 8 months or so to see the most change and before that point I got some pretty bad breakouts, but there is a light at the end of the tunnel! Now, I've been on it for about 3 years and my skin is the best it has ever been. Just keep telling yourself to wait it out, it will be worth it!

I'm sorry She doesn't deserve you.

I've hated the Proactive commercials for what seems like forever now.. Such obvious marketing tactics to manipulate vulnerable acne-sufferers and just a God awful product. I'm just glad somebody finally made fun of them.