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One side of my face is clear, while the other not so much. I'm just SUPER nervous because I'm going on a date with this 27 yo attractive funny guy tomorrow, and I met him online and he doesn't know that I have acne and holes in my face and a shit load of mental issues.
Hmm.. that's going to be awkward. I really hope he's not going to be totally disgusted with my face. =(
Agreed. My face looks like shit. It's getting worse every single day I wake up. Like what the fuck its not fair. And I'm also sick to death of people saying 'its not that bad' or 'don't let it get you so upset' ...yeah ok. Yeah people out there have it way worse for other reasons, but nice skinned people seriously don't understand what a luxury it is.. I never vent on here but today was my breaking point.
I want to KILL when people say it's not that bad. If this isn't bad, WTF is their definition of bad?
I know they're just trying to help, but it doesn't help. It actually triggers me to feel worse.
adhpn7, good luck on your date! You're awesome and brave for putting yourself out there even though it scares you. Let us know how it goes! 
*sending you strong, confident, beautiful sexy girl vibes and the power to make him drool at the sight of you*
On the zit front got a couple of spots and a scab on my temple where my sister accidentally caught a small spot with the clippers when she cut my hair last night (thanks sis!).
Much more important than that though is something that my eldest nephew did for me. When I arrived at my sister`s last night, he answered the door all excited as he had made an `Xmas card at school that he wanted to give to me. When I opened the card, there was a school photo of him inside. I was made up but not just because of the card and the photo. The look of excitement on his face as I was opening the card made me realise that this little boy (he is 5 - will be 6 years old in March) really loves his uncle even if most of the time his uncle does not love himself!
One side of my face is clear, while the other not so much. I'm just SUPER nervous because I'm going on a date with this 27 yo attractive funny guy tomorrow, and I met him online and he doesn't know that I have acne and holes in my face and a shit load of mental issues.
Hmm.. that's going to be awkward. I really hope he's not going to be totally disgusted with my face. =(
As dejaclairvoyant said, you are really brave to put yourself out there even though it scares you. Good luck - it`s hard but try as best as you can to forget about all the other stuff and focus on having a good time.
Agreed. My face looks like shit. It's getting worse every single day I wake up. Like what the fuck its not fair. And I'm also sick to death of people saying 'its not that bad' or 'don't let it get you so upset' ...yeah ok. Yeah people out there have it way worse for other reasons, but nice skinned people seriously don't understand what a luxury it is.. I never vent on here but today was my breaking point.
I think that most people are genuinely well meaning - however when you feel crap about yourself, there`s nothing more annoying than being told that it doesn`t look that bad. It`s easy for them to say when they don`t have to wear or live with it.
I'm still almost entirely clear with the Duac. I have a lot of marks on my cheeks but I don't care about those much. I've been under a hella lot of stress recently... somebody's come back into my life who I honestly thought I'd never see again.
I have a lot of clogged pores because of the stress but I'm feeling pretty darn happy about myself regardless. I feel like I can do anything that I put my mind too - but it's not because I'm clear. It's because something's clicked in my head. This is the only way to live for me now - being my own best friend.
I'm still almost entirely clear with the Duac. I have a lot of marks on my cheeks but I don't care about those much. I've been under a hella lot of stress recently... somebody's come back into my life who I honestly thought I'd never see again.
I have a lot of clogged pores because of the stress but I'm feeling pretty darn happy about myself regardless. I feel like I can do anything that I put my mind too - but it's not because I'm clear. It's because something's clicked in my head. This is the only way to live for me now - being my own best friend.
Awesome and inspiring. So happy for you.
Update on me: Lovely feminine agony time arrived last night. I'm in terrible pain, but hopefully my hormones will calm down now. The breakouts on my face have lessened in redness by maybe 40-50%. I did two great EFT sessions for skin and health problems yesterday. I feel like they both released a lot of stress from my system.
no new zits, so thank god. it's weird though because my period is approaching and i usually get a deep painful zit or two BUT I DONT WANNA JINX MYSELF. ive been drinking plenty of water lately. but i have three new PIH marks from some whiteheads i popped. not dark but they are there and you can still see them. ugh. and that one new boxcar scar that's a lot deeper than all my other scars on my left cheek. i'm 50% ok and 50% depressed you could say.
I've never felt so hopeless and horrible as I do today, I can't stop crying and I had to call a hotline just to talk to someone about how horrible I feel about my acne. Words can't describe how bad and depressed I am feelings over this my forhead is full of little small bumps and a big red pimple, my left cheek is completely clear, and my right cheeck has a big scab on it because i picked it so hard and it wasn't even a pimple so it was all for nothing, I hope once the scab falls off it doesn't scar. Please give me any advice. Please
I feel pretty low today, just because I had my works christmas night out and drank wayy too much alcohol. I was in some state, emotional and everything...haven't been like that for a long time too. I woke up with new pimples just a couple, one on my chin and some on my eyebrow...dunno if it was the make-up or what although I did eat a chocolate bar last night too and haven't slept very much. Im hoping to wake-up tomorrow and feel better after a long rest.
But Elf is on tonight so il be watching that soon with some soup and probably end up crashing
I've gotten a few pimples. I think they're from being sick. And/or taking Buckley's pills and Fisherman's Friend. I also tried going to bed without rinsing my face a couple times, I don't think that helped. I've also been taking a lot less B5 because I'm running out and waiting for the next bottle in the mail.
I really hope I look good when I meet my girlfriend's parents in a few days.
I'm feeling a little better. I decided to only wash and moisturized my face last night instead of slathering it with clay. I had a thought the other night that since the clay is supposed to draw out toxins, using it too much may be training my body to use my face as an organ of elimination. I've been using it every day for months because it seems to dry out the cysts and help them come to a head. I'm going to use it 2-3 times a week now and let my skin rest the other day.
Plus, having a more simple skin-care routine is better for my BDD issues (less staring in the mirror).
My probiotic should be here by tomorrow or tuesday! I'm excited to start taking it.
Awful. This morning, it's like every single pimple on my face 'hardened' and banded together to form larger and more painful spots on my face. It's so red and bumpy and uncomfortable. I feel like I never want to leave the house again.
It's getting so bad that I can't think of anything else. I have big exam tomorrow and I can't even study. I know it sounds ridiculous, but it's just been so much acne suddenly piling on so fast, getting worse every day, I can't deal with it all of a sudden. When I'm out I feel like I'm constantly hiding my face.
Stupid Differin better be worth it.
Annoyed! I've been on the regimen for two weeks today. The first week was not to good. I was following the regimen exactly as it said to but my normal oily skin became extremely dry. I also was breaking out in small whiteheads that I normally never get. I get cystic acne normally. I couldn't figure out what was breaking me out in white heads, I thought it was the moisturizer since I never used moisturizer before because my skin is so oily but since the bp had dried out my skin I kept using it. I did stop using the bp and would only use it ever other night and a small pea size. This however was still to drying so I cut it out completely and only use the cleanser every morning and night and the moisturizer every night but not in the mornings. If I use moisturizer in the
mornings my skin will become extremely oily. I had great results. No new breakouts at all. This was the first time I got no new pimples in years. I always get at least on or two new ones a week that take forever to come to head and disappear. My skin Is far from perfect I have hyper pigmentation and plenty of red marks but I was happy to just not have any new breakouts. I was finally feeling happy until now, Friday and Saturday I decided to start using the bp on one small pimple I had forming near my temple it was tiny not a big deal and for some reason I put some bp on my scars I don't know why I thought maybe it would help fade them, BIG MISTAKE!!!! Now I have 5 new small pimples. UGH talk about frustrating. I was finally getting clear and bam this happens. They aren't huge cystic ones but they are still annoying and ugly. I have an event this weekend I'm just hoping they clear up by then. I do use the acne free bp almost every night but I do not use it on my entire face just as spot treatment on old scars. I purchased it from Walmart. It says 10% bp although I'm not sure it really is. I thought it would be more drying then dans bp but it's not at all on me. With dans bp I noticed a side of my face near my temples was turning a dry spotty brownish color. With this bp my skin does not get dry in the least. Weird I know. I'm gonna go back to the acne free bp I like it a lot better. I wonder if anyone else has had the same issues with the dans bp? Any advice in how to treat red marks would be great. What's a good procedure that might work? Chemical peel? Thanks for reading.
New pimple right in the middle of my cheek. Damn it. Dinner with girlfriend's parents in 2 days. I guess I'm not the invincible cookie-eating machine I thought I was. I've seriously been through 2 bags of chips and a box and a half of oatmeal cookies in 2 days. I guess one pimple isn't so bad, but still. Not invincible. Should have known better.
Just want to rant and say that I FUCKING HATE having this. Im actually sick of trying so hard not to touch my face and when I do feeling bumps mostly everywhere. Im sick and tired of avoiding mirrors all the time and looking down whenever I pass someone, cos Im ashamed?? Embarassed?? Depressed?? Fearful of being judged. I want this to end.
Skin has calmed down a little after my period, but I'm still pretty broken out. I'm trying not to think about it. I've also stopped my obsessive skin care, which may have been making it more irritated. I'm doing very little masks or spot treatments now. Mostly just washing with soap twice per day and applying moisturizing oils after. I know this is an internal problem and I don't want to spend hours doing stuff to my skin anymore.
I will probably need a nice EFT therapy session tomorrow... I can feel when the depression/anxiety/BDD stuff is building up within me. I need to do my therapy to keep myself balanced.
Well if it helps, I've put sea salt all over my face and it did nothing for me, lol.
I know how you feel about meeting the parents, though. I've been with my boyfriend for 3 years and I still feel bad about seeing his parents when my skin is terrible, even though they're really nice and will always say I'm pretty and things like that. I know they like me but I still always feel like maybe they'll feel sorry for their son seeing what he has to wake up to. I know that's just anxiety talking though.
You'll do fine. I was REALLY nervous the first time I met them and I had clear skin then. I think it's natural to feel freaked out.
