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(@rentedname)

Posted : 09/10/2012 4:12 pm

^ lolol at above. i'm definitely a skin lurker too.

 

eh i'm doing alright. trying out manuka honey and can't really tell if it's working. other than that though i think the worst of my breakouts are over, thank god x( i just hope that my scars are going to be erasable...

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(@ghostunit)

Posted : 09/10/2012 4:41 pm

Hah, my skin looks worst in college bathroom mirror. I saw redness and bad scarring. I'm not going to use my college bathroom anymore. I remember my skin looked great in that bathroom, but not anymore. Grrr

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(@sum1killme)

Posted : 09/10/2012 4:55 pm

Hah, my skin looks worst in college bathroom mirror. I saw redness and bad scarring. I'm not going to use my college bathroom anymore. I remember my skin looked great in that

bathroom, but not anymore. Grrr

 

Same here, ruins my fuckin day every day.

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(@tuffluck)

Posted : 09/10/2012 5:13 pm

avoid the mirror! only look at the mirror in good lightning and when you really have to. Will help your mind not focus on skin 24/7

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(@murph89)

Posted : 09/11/2012 12:18 am

Wow what a day. My skin is definitely not 100%. I know that. I would say its about 80%, in my eyes. I'm really just left with red marks on my cheeks. But they will fade, i know that. My family didn't say ANYTHING about my skin looking better or different, but they did comment on my facial hair. Told me to shave lol. So I did. It was really difficult for me to do, and of course after I shaved and moisturizer, my face was red and showed every mark. It is what it is. My skin is very very smooth. I felt good tonight talking and hanging out with my family. Felt like myself. But today is only the beginning.

 

Tomorrow I have nothing really until later when I probably will go to my buddys house. He's a very good friend and he means a lot to me, and he's the last person that would ever judge me on my skin. He's a great guy so I feel comfortable round him, which is very important in a friend. Wednesday my dad and I may go fishing for the day and night in San Diego, or if that doesn't work, then I'll go to lunch with my sister in law. Nothing planned Wednesday night.

 

Thursday is the big night. Seeing my ex and going to the concert. I'll have a bit of stubble so my skin won't be completely bare like it is today and tomorrow, but its still gonna be very hard for me. I just gotta act confident and like nothing has changed with me. I'm hoping to get laid as well haha. It's been a little while **sigh**.

 

Friday me and my sister and bro in law will drive up to Vegas to see my gpa, and I'm scheduled to fly back to NY on Monday, but that might change. I don't wanna go back to new York. I wanna go check out places that I WANNA live (Boise, bend Oregon, or portland) so I gotta figure all that out. I just know in my heart that if I go back to new York, I'm to going to do anything, and feel down and sorry for myself....and I need to move on with my life. I'm 23 now. Time to be a big boy. I just WISH I had a friend that I was 100% comfortable with that would make the move with me. It would make things so much easier. Anyways, that's what's on my mind, besides my skin, of course :P

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(@anniej)

Posted : 09/11/2012 8:03 am

lowest day of my life.

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(@ijustwantmylifeback123)

Posted : 09/11/2012 8:10 am

Out of 0% -100% I would say about 40% today , better then yesterday tho :/

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(@ghostunit)

Posted : 09/11/2012 3:42 pm

OK, so I don't break out much, but I do get one or two a week or more ,but they are tiny. I actually have one now that is painful, but it isn't that big. It is very noticeable though. The problem now is that I have lots of dark marks and I will have scarring after they made. It really bothers me

Everyone in my A&P 2 class have nice skin.. I think some do look at me, but I just keep looking at my teacher. One of the girl came to me and said "Do we have to bring the book.? H aha.. She should know we don't have to 'cause on A&P 1 we didn't have to bring book to class. I could be wrong, but she did kept looking at me the first day of class, every time I glance to her, she looking at me;; Oh well, today she got up close to me and saw my bad skin

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(@tuffluck)

Posted : 09/11/2012 4:58 pm

Pretty good. I am on day 21 of no cigarettes and now I am going to try and quit weed starting tomorrow. I am a bit nervous. I created a diagram of where I want to be in life and pot is doing nothing to help me get there. But boy was it a good ride. I love you mary jane.. but I need a divorce.. not just a separation but a divorce for good. I hope this goes well! lol...

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(@ghostunit)

Posted : 09/11/2012 5:33 pm

Pretty good. I am on day 21 of no cigarettes and now I am going to try and quit weed starting tomorrow. I am a bit nervous. I created a diagram of where I want to be in life and pot is doing nothing to help me get there. But boy was it a good ride. I love you mary jane.. but I need a divorce.. not just a separation but a divorce for good. I hope this goes well! lol...

 

 

Proud of you to stop smoking cig! stay that way :) Yes, weed should be next. :)

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(@poi6)

Posted : 09/11/2012 6:53 pm

I feel like shit. My girlfriend treats me like dirt now. Guess she's just gotten sick of me....however my face is doing ok.

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(@sum1killme)

Posted : 09/12/2012 1:07 am

Pretty good. I am on day 21 of no cigarettes and now I am going to try and quit weed starting tomorrow. I am a bit nervous. I created a diagram of where I want to be in life and pot is

doing nothing to help me get there. But boy was

it a good ride. I love you mary jane.. but I need

a divorce.. not just a separation but a divorce

for good. I hope this goes well! lol...

 

 

Good luck tuffluck.

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(@murph89)

Posted : 09/12/2012 2:13 am

Today was good, but tough....really really tough. Spent the day with my sister, and went to my buddy's house tonight. I saw him, one of his friends that I know, and some other people I knew and others I didn't. I felt very very self conscious. I tried to stay confident and be myself, and for the most part I did. But it was just really hard. Everytime someone looked at me, I felt they were looking at my red marks. It's ALL I could think about tonight. It's so hard. Of course, no one said anything or hinted anything about my skin. One of the guys I haven't seen in 7 months said "holy shit your skinny" which is true, because I've lost 25 lbs in the last 7 months. So there's ANOTHER thing I get to be self conscious about. It just never ends!

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(@lilly75)

Posted : 09/12/2012 2:15 am

Tired, stressed, skin isn't improving - but at least it's not getting a lot worse....

 

Also - my bus ride home was a little disturbing to say the least... the guy sitting in front of me with his girlfriend (I'm assuming) had moderate to severe acne I'd say - and his girlfriend was popping/picking at his skin for him and then later stared at his ear wax...

What the hell people?!?! and in public too!

So yeah - strange ride home haha

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(@rentedname)

Posted : 09/12/2012 2:19 am

feeling like shit today. breaking out a little worse right now, could be due to many things. my constipation is not getting any better despite taking probiotics. i just hung out with my friend and i just feel like i can't live the same quality of life that he does. he has no worries. just typical life shit. whereas i have this dark fucking cloud of acne problems that prevents me from moving on and doing anything else. and now i'm thinking about all of the scarring on my face and it's just going to be terrible... sigh. i guess some people just get the short end of the stick in life

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(@snsdgirl14)

Posted : 09/12/2012 2:22 am

Skin's looking good :) Feeling less stressed about it lately and focusing more on school. It's a great feeling.

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(@ghostunit)

Posted : 09/12/2012 9:00 am

Today was good, but tough....really really tough. Spent the day with my sister, and went to my buddy's house tonight. I saw him, one of his friends that I know, and some other people I knew and others I didn't. I felt very very self conscious. I tried to stay confident and be myself, and for the most part I did. But it was just really hard. Everytime someone looked at me, I felt they were looking at my red marks. It's ALL I could think about tonight. It's so hard. Of course, no one said anything or hinted anything about my skin. One of the guys I haven't seen in 7 months said "holy shit your skinny" which is true, because I've lost 25 lbs in the last 7 months. So there's ANOTHER thing I get to be self conscious about. It just never ends!

 

 

Trust me, people won't care about red marks, ha ha. Your skin isn't that bad according to some pictures you posted here. Mine is a lot worse and it isn't as bad as many people here. I'm currently dealing with dark marks. I don't have red marks at all. Be happy :) I think ignoring my skin helped me to clear up. =\

 

feeling like shit today. breaking out a little worse right now, could be due to many things. my constipation is not getting any better despite taking probiotics. i just hung out with my friend and i just feel like i can't live the same quality of life that he does. he has no worries. just typical life shit. whereas i have this dark fucking cloud of acne problems that prevents me from moving on and doing anything else. and now i'm thinking about all of the scarring on my face and it's just going to be terrible... sigh. i guess some people just get the short end of the stick in life

 

 

Aw. I hear ya. I'm dealing with bad scars. If I wasn't that good-looking, I wouldn't care.. ha ha. But I see a lot of beautiful people here with acne and bad scars. We don't deserve this.. having our skin ruined is no fun.

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(@okate)

Posted : 09/12/2012 11:27 am

Skipped class today because my skin looks so bad...

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(@lizlighty)

Posted : 09/12/2012 6:00 pm

Feeling pretty crappy today, got an especially large, painful cyst right on the bridge of my nose, it's also bright red. Felt like shit the wholle entire day, probably will tomorrow since it's not going away anytime soon.

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(@randall-flagg)

Posted : 09/12/2012 10:31 pm

I got a horrible sunburn yesterday. Fuck. I should know better than to be outside for long periods of time because I'm on antibiotics right now that make my skin really sensitive to the sun. My nose and the area around my eyes is red and splotchy and it looks terrible. Over the next few days I'm gonna practically drown myself in aloe vera gel and just hope that it goes away. I have almost no active blemishes, but now I have this shit to deal with. Ugh.

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(@kin92)

Posted : 09/13/2012 12:04 am

I'm starting to lose hope

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(@murph89)

Posted : 09/13/2012 12:19 am

I'm starting to lose hope

 

 

Why?! I thought you were doing well?? Where in Cali do u live?

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(@kin92)

Posted : 09/13/2012 8:50 am

I thought I was too. And I live like an hour and a half away from Los Angeles going up north. U? Good luck with seeing your ex. I'm in that same situation too and trust me they don't care if you have marks. Just have fun

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(@exister)

Posted : 09/13/2012 9:24 am

The marks on my cheeks are improving from the Apple Cider Vinegar. But I'm breaking out on my forehead, mostly between my eyebrows. I think it's the CandiZyme. But I'm going to keep taking it anyway, I can deal with a bit of an initial breakout. I'm still wondering if the Magnesium and Chromium are doing anything for me. I'm going in for surgery in 2 weeks and I'm supposed to stop taking everything a week before and for a week after. Kind of a good chance to see how helpful all these supplements are.

 

EDIT: Hmm, according to all of those (possibly bogus) acne face maps, the area between the eyebrows relates to the liver. I've been taking Milk Thistle (with Dandelion and Turmeric), so that could be the cause. I'd expect it's more of an initial breakout due to detoxifying, so I'll keep taking them. OR, it could be just overload from taking so many supplements. If I have a weak liver perhaps I can't handle all of those minerals. Perhaps it's time to take a break from the minerals and stick to Milk Thistle, ACV and CandiZyme. Maaybe Zinc.

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(@murph89)

Posted : 09/13/2012 12:16 pm

I thought I was too. And I live like an hour and a half away from Los Angeles going up north. U? Good luck with seeing your ex. I'm in that same situation too and trust me they don't care if you have marks. Just have fun

 

 

Im sorry man. Keep your head up. My parents live in Ventura county, thousand oaks to be exact. I go back to ny Monday. It's sooooo nice being back in Cali though.nothing compares to it. Thanks for the Support

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