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I feel like fucking shit. I'm now on week 4 of the regimen and my skin looks exactly the same. YES, I will continue the regimen for another month but if nothing changes I don't know what I'm going to do. I get so pissed looking at my face in the morning seeing an ugly, scarred piece of shit. And I feel pissed off when I read this thread and see beautiful people who, for no fucking reason, were given moderate/severe acne. They didn't do a goddamn thing in their lives that made them deserve to have a fucking disease on their face. There is no reason we shouldn't be enjoying our lives like everyone else who was just born with clear skin. No fucking reason. Why the hell do I have to suffer with this in the "prime" of the life? I'm a freshman in college and I know no girl who would come near me so I don't even try. Not because of who I am but because of a fucking disease on my face that I have for NO FUCKING REASON! And I don't blame any of those girls either, I'm the ugly one. I often wish I could be in a relationship with a girl who has moderately severe acne like me just so we could understand each other problems and sympathize and not let it get in the way of anything.
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I feel like fucking shit. I'm now on week 4 of the regimen and my skin looks exactly the same. YES, I will continue the regimen for another month but if nothing changes I don't know what I'm going to do. I get so pissed looking at my face in the morning seeing an ugly, scarred piece of shit. And I feel pissed off when I read this thread and see beautiful people who, for no fucking reason, were given moderate/severe acne. They didn't do a goddamn thing in their lives that made them deserve to have a fucking disease on their face. There is no reason we shouldn't be enjoying our lives like everyone else who was just born with clear skin. No fucking reason. Why the hell do I have to suffer with this in the "prime" of the life? I'm a freshman in college and I know no girl who would come near me so I don't even try. Not because of who I am but because of a fucking disease on my face that I have for NO FUCKING REASON! And I don't blame any of those girls either, I'm the ugly one. I often wish I could be in a relationship with a girl who has moderately severe acne like me just so we could understand each other problems and sympathize and not let it get in the way of anything.
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Don't worry about the girls! They're so freaking complicated to me. I am happy being single with just a few female friends. I know how it feels 
I have acne scars and I feel fugly! It sucks that I will need to do the laser treatment in the future.
I'm feeling depressed today. My hormones are so bad and it's just frustrating. I've been waiting for my period for a week now and every day has been hell. The PMDD (really bad PMS) I get are life-altering. It's difficult to get through work because I break down crying.
Deja, keep your head up. It will get better - just takes lots of time.
Tired. I really hate the cycle of acne: getting better - ha ha fooled ya- getting better - ha ha fooled ya.....well you get the drill. I wonder what my personality would be like without acne........what a life!
But seriously, feeling blah - my vacation starts tomorrow and i'm broken out - seemed to come on over night too. Gotta keep o trucking i suppose
Have had a shocking headache all day! Pain killers are helping dull it a little but it hasn't gone away. I think I just need a really good sleep. But that will have to wait... I'm meeting with some friends from uni (and one of their families) to celebrate / congratulate them on completing a big exam they've been studying for for ages to see if they can get into medicine. I'm a little 'worried' (for lack of better a word) about one friend's family being there as I've only met them once briefly - but it's nice of them to invite me along to celebrate with them. Should be a nice night. I haven't been stressing over my skin today which is good - I just want this headache gone!
Headache went away in time for dinner thankfully! (I'm just home now - about to head to bed i think). It was a good night again. Lots of laughs - and laughter is the best medicine right? 
I did get a little self conscious of my skin at one point when I noticed how clear my friends skin is and her sisters too. Not a touch of makeup on any of them and they really do have perfect skin. Somehow I managed to forget about it and get on with the night and have a good time. It's weird how sometimes I can manage to do that and other times I really can't...
Hope you're all doing well - hang in there 
I'm feeling depressed today. My hormones are so bad and it's just frustrating. I've been waiting for my period for a week now and every day has been hell. The PMDD (really bad PMS) I get are life-altering. It's difficult to get through work because I break down crying.
Deja, keep your head up. It will get better - just takes lots of time.
When? lol... menopause in 20 years?
Acne issues aside, my hormones have just gotten worse and worse as I've gotten older. I never used to have PMDD or severe cramps when I was a teen/early twenties. A healthy diet obviously didn't help anything. I don't see how it's going to get better until I'm either menopausal (and you have other hormonal symptoms then) or dead.
my neckline is terrible atm and while my nose doesn't show something, I'm pretty sure I have some crap developing where too
so...I just did a complete wardrobe style makeover yesterday and I figured I'd try the glasses look but after wearing them for a full day I already hate it purely due to acne reasons.
mostly: the constant nose/forehead grease that gets on your glasses is very...VERY annoying.
it also seems like there's more grease/sweat on my eyelids than normal, ugh 
Guess i'm already ditching the glasses even though I figured I'd just try it for a week
so not only that...I also have a (pretty important) job interview on tuesday and I have NO clue how I'm going to look then, stresses me the hell out!
It breaks my heart every time I look in the mirror and see those pores and scars on my nose. Even though I can hide them quite well with just primer and foundation, I still can't shake this horrible feeling off...
I wish I never had acne, or could have the chance to have proper education on how to deal with them when I was younger.
I'm feeling depressed today. My hormones are so bad and it's just frustrating. I've been waiting for my period for a week now and every day has been hell. The PMDD (really bad PMS) I get are life-altering. It's difficult to get through work because I break down crying.
Deja, keep your head up. It will get better - just takes lots of time.
When? lol... menopause in 20 years?
Acne issues aside, my hormones have just gotten worse and worse as I've gotten older. I never used to have PMDD or severe cramps when I was a teen/early twenties. A healthy diet obviously didn't help anything. I don't see how it's going to get better until I'm either menopausal (and you have other hormonal symptoms then) or dead.
Have you considered some hormonal therapy or medications? Maybe it's really worth it? If bcp doesn't suit you and makes it worse, maybe get some blood test for sex hormones done and ask for a specific treatment? Yes, it's not the healthiest option, but I don't think bad hormones will ever be fixed with some mild things as spearmint tea and other things I saw people advicing each other... Maybe you will be better off with some minor side effects to your overall being than suffering every month from PMDD and acne. Regimen might help externally, but all that bp will make your skin thinner and aging fast and will never treat the main reason of acne. I think we, acne people, don't have much choice - everything that will really treat our acne, will damage something else
I wish I could, I don't have medical insurance.
In America, we don't have health care.
Oh, damn... Is it possible to pay for the visit? I heard people complaining about the medical insurance, but have no idea how it really works. Is it so that you can't go to the doctor at all without medical insurance?
Feeling good. I finally just accepted it. I'm prone to pimples no matter what I do. So I'm no longer stressing out at all and what do you know, my face is clearing up and evening out. Regardless, acne wasn't holding me back.. I was.
This is what I'm trying to do now. Accept myself as I am - acne and all. It might be something that I have to deal with forever and as much as I hate that thought, I don't want to be holding myself back because of it and making myself feel miserable all the time. I want to be more confident etc and enjoy life and be happy more and trying to just accept acne will help me with that.
All I can do is try...
Feeling good. I finally just accepted it. I'm prone to pimples no matter what I do. So I'm no longer stressing out at all and what do you know, my face is clearing up and evening out. Regardless, acne wasn't holding me back.. I was.
This is what I'm trying to do now. Accept myself as I am - acne and all. It might be something that I have to deal with forever and as much as I hate that thought, I don't want to be holding myself back because of it and making myself feel miserable all the time. I want to be more confident etc and enjoy life and be happy more and trying to just accept acne will help me with that.
All I can do is try...
Thats the same for me my acne is mild can flare up to modertrate however I have two chocies either i stay in the house hiding away from society lose my job fail my masters course and become a recluse or I deal with it say to people that ok this bothers me im treating this put effort into taking care of the physcial side of treatment whilst living my life. We are not freaks we are people with a skin condition that SOME people may judge us upon. Not everybody does. I have acne but im very healthy other wise im athletic I have a full head of hair when my freinds are balding I how great green eyes. Kepp positve my freinds beat this shit mentally and physically:).
Further evidence that acne is caused by the mind... I read a post on here about someone having pimples on their nose yesterday, and thought "wow, I haven't had a pimple on my nose in... years, maybe". Guess what I woke up with this morning?
But the good thing is... that's my only active pimple right now. Quitting all supplements and not thinking about my acne, and convincing myself that I control it with my mind, has been miraculous. The only thing that I'm dealing with now is the increased visibility of my red marks over the course of the day and after exercise/blushing/showering/eating. When I wake up in the morning my skin looks practically flawless
GOD I hate mirrors!
Why is it that within in the space of about 6 hours, this morning my face went from a little bit itchy in between by eye area and by the corner of my mouth (only one side) It wasn't too red, but then in the afternoon I looked in the mirror of a train toilet and both areas were red and itchy, and I became really conscious on my way home.
Then we I did get home, I looked in 2 different mirrors and the redness had gone down significantly?!
I had just had a weekend away in Amsterdam, and although I was feeling very confident about my face over the 2 days, I still wasn't comfortable with squatting in a cheap hotel and sharing with several people. Hygeine went out the window, but I did my best to wash well. Maybe this is what caused my problem I mentioned? Feels like some kind of rash, so hopefully overnight it will calm down.
I haven't been posting as much on acne.org because my emotional state/well being regarding my acne has improved so much. I still get pimples - usually only one or two at a time though, and they're smaller than the ones I used to get in high school. It's nothing I haven't dealt with before. But now, I am a lot less stressed out if I see myself getting a pimple, even if it's in a bad place (i.e. middle of my cheek - those are the most painful/the worst looking!). I don't like getting pimples, obviously, but I feel like right now I accept them as a part of my life and just deal with them and move on with my day. I'm paying more attention to other things in my life now - like family, friends, school, etc. I guess the Prozac and therapy has really helped after all. I do hope my good attitude continues.
This is what I'm trying to do now. Accept myself as I am - acne and all. It might be something that I have to deal with forever and as much as I hate that thought, I don't want to be holding myself back because of it and making myself feel miserable all the time. I want to be more confident etc and enjoy life and be happy more and trying to just accept acne will help me with that.
All I can do is try...
Thats the same for me my acne is mild can flare up to modertrate however I have two chocies either i stay in the house hiding away from society lose my job fail my masters course and become a recluse or I deal with it say to people that ok this bothers me im treating this put effort into taking care of the physcial side of treatment whilst living my life. We are not freaks we are people with a skin condition that SOME people may judge us upon. Not everybody does. I have acne but im very healthy other wise im athletic I have a full head of hair when my freinds are balding I how great green eyes. Kepp positve my freinds beat this shit mentally and physically:).
Yeah I agree. If I stayed home all the times that I even sort of wanted to because of how I was feeling about my skin, I would probably fail my uni degree and not be able to get into my masters next year. Wouldn't have made the great friends I've had through uni either. I'm just really trying to focus on the positives in my life right now. It's hard for me when it comes to being positive about my physical self though - but that's always been the way for me. I can usually say I like my eyes but it's still weird for me to think like that haha
And you're right with this also I think. We are not freaks even though we might feel that way sometimes and not everyone judges us - I think a lot of it comes down to how we perceive ourselves. We're too often our own worst critics and I think we have to learn to be our own 'best friends' if that makes sense - be kinder to ourselves in our thinking etc.
It's all easier said than done though. But I'll still try. It doesn't mean I wont have my down days... but I hope to keep them to a minimum if I can.
Also - I found this a while ago but writing this reminded me of it so I thought I'd share it
(Other update on me: the replacement for the sulfur product I ordered arrived. Finally I can try it! Hope it helps)
Feeling awful tonight. I have this HUGE blemish in the most awkward place ever (right below my lip like a cold sore) and it's painful as fuck when I press on it. Under normal circumstances I wouldn't even think it was a pimple, but unfortunately I know it is because I've gotten them beneath my lips before. They're like mini-cysts that are so annoying, even makes one side of my lip look a little bit swollen. Hoping the inflammation will go down overnight.