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My skin's been going downhill. Spots and redness everywhere ... It's exhausting me and making me so upset. I'm back to crying everyday. It just never seems to get better...
I have my first book signing on Saturday and wouldn't you know it, brand new cyst right beside my nose...don't you just hate it when you have some cool event coming up and then a new pimple forms just days before?
My glasses kinda/sorta cover it so trying to remain positive and not worry about it too much. I'll still make the best of things and enjoy it as much as I can.
Been on epiduo for err .. A week tonight I believe, and so far not much progress. New spots in new places..
i just dont know what's wrong with my skin.. It's so bumpy and uneven.. Really red and patchy. I just don't know how its all happened or where to go. It's almost like scarring has appeared all over my skin in a month..
i feel like my skin is ruined, and will never be normal. I feel so so scared..
feeling pretty hopeless, my body is sensitive and the homornal changed spiro caused in my body messed up my face real bad. closed comadones everywhere continue to become inflamed I've been off it for 2 months. tried accutane the side effects were too much (very sensitive body) after a couple months i stopped . breakouts now worse than ever, i kinda feel like I'm an alien when i look in the mirror, like I'm not the human species.
I can't do this anymore. My acne I had under pretty good control first time in a decade almost.
I was feeling more positive, and my scars and texture seemed a bit better,
I tried to do dermal fillers (not for scars just to make me look like I had a fuller face) and they seemed to have 'donuted' around my scars. Or were injected in clumps. Idk,
I also finally was able to start skin needling with a professional .
3 treatments, and either that or the fillers or both has caused my severe. Scarring. I don't mean red marks I mean rolling scars . I never worried about my left cheek. It was my good side . Now it has worse scarring
i can't eat anymore. I can't go to uni. I can't go out and socialise. It took me ten years to reach a point where I felt better. Then once again someone has treated my skin and given me SCARRING I NEVER HAD
how can I make it better when even the most basic treatments make it worse? i cant breathe i cant live and i cant go through this pain again except now i have severe scars and i havent had acne on my cheeks!! i cant live anymore i cant do this again i just cant and no one cares
On 20/2/2016 at 4:10 PM, leelowe1 said:The frustration when progress is not linear is aggravating. Im coming up on 6 months on spiro (1 months @ 50 mg 4 months @ 100mg) and i'm still breaking out very often. Some days are better than others but there is always some blemishes on my skin. The days before, during and after my period are the worse. And as fate would have it, i am smack dab in the middle of a nasty breakout and i am day 2 into my period. How do people deal with the up and down of acne treatment? Emotionally, i am dealing with it much better but in all honesty my nerves are frayed. The day to day of not knowing what to expect of my face is ___________ (fill in the blank).
I wish for the days when i first took accutane and i was crysatl clear.
I really do feel you!! It's so stressfull to deal with the ups and downs I seriously can't take it anymore.. I don't see an ending tho this 🙁 Obviously I'm not the right person to give you any advice but I hope you feel better knowing that you're not the only one dealing with this at all
On 17/3/2016 at 3:29 AM, madeupdreams said:I saw my dermatologist a couple days ago and she thought my skin looked a lot better, and I hadn't had a breakout in a few days so I got really excited and happy thinking that I had finally turned a corner and was on my way to clear skin...and of course I got hit with a new breakout today. 5 new zits, just like that. Sigh. I don't know why I even get my hopes up anymore. I guess my skin is still doing better overall but consistently clear skin seems so completely out of reach for me. I'm just so sick of never being able to relax and actually make plans to go out and socialize because it's impossible to predict how my skin is going to look.
That's exactly how I feel you're reading my mind!! It's taking over my life I keep calcelling plans :\
I have acne all over my back, shoulders, chest, neck, and face. I hate my life. I can't leave the house without feeling ashamed of my appearance. At night when I'm alone and I look in the mirror I'm disgusted with my reflection. Then start picking at my skin and I can't stop. I try but I can't stand seeing it all. I end up a bloody crying mess because of how ugly i am and how embarrassing it is. Why me? I do everything for everybody and I have to deal with this horrible acne. I feel so ugly I hate taking my clothes off because I'm afraid I'm gonna get made in of. I fucking hate my life
Not great, I am still keeping up with my regimen and I was doing well but now I'm bad again. It's the same roller coaster as ten years ago. To top off my frustration I'm the healthiest I've ever been, eating well, just about only water, exercise and my acne is still there - so I'll always be skeptical of what causes it because I've done it all [almost].
Which ones have you tried? I really like plain old jojoba or sea buckthorn oil. Both are cheaper online.
OK well glad I found this....I am a32 year old lady and I feel shityy that I still have acne! This was supposed to end by age 20...my skin did not get the memo.
In general my life isn't going great, I'm unemployed and I'm having health issues but I swear they all come down to my hormones. I don't even wanna be seen and I feel ashamed to go anywhere. I used to be pretty, I used to feel positive. How can I show up for a job interview if I don't even respect myself?
On the good side...I'm seeing a derm Monday. I'm gonna ask for Spiro and minocycline.they better not give me any crap. Lol.
On 5/17/2016 at 9:17 PM, Geeking said:Not great, I am still keeping up with my regimen and I was doing well but now I'm bad again. It's the same roller coaster as ten years ago. To top off my frustration I'm the healthiest I've ever been, eating well, just about only water, exercise and my acne is still there - so I'll always be skeptical of what causes it because I've done it all [almost].
Hormones?OK well glad I found this....I am a32 year old lady and I feel shityy that I still have acne! This was supposed to end by age 20...my skin did not get the memo.
In general my life isn't going great, I'm unemployed and I'm having health issues but I swear they all come down to my hormones. I don't even wanna be seen and I feel ashamed to go anywhere. I used to be pretty, I used to feel positive. How can I show up for a job interview if I don't even respect myself?
On the good side...I'm seeing a derm Monday. I'm gonna ask for Spiro and minocycline.they better not give me any crap. Lol.
Hormones?
On 5/15/2016 at 11:27 PM, FelineQueen said:I have acne all over my back, shoulders, chest, neck, and face. I hate my life. I can't leave the house without feeling ashamed of my appearance. At night when I'm alone and I look in the mirror I'm disgusted with my reflection. Then start picking at my skin and I can't stop. I try but I can't stand seeing it all. I end up a bloody crying mess because of how ugly i am and how embarrassing it is. Why me? I do everything for everybody and I have to deal with this horrible acne. I feel so ugly I hate taking my clothes off because I'm afraid I'm gonna get made in of. I fucking hate my life
Im sorry. You're not alone. I can't believe I'm 32 and still have acne.
Its held me back my entire life and I know I would have done so much more if I had no acne. Sometimes I swear, when I die the first thing I'm gonna ask God is" why give me such crappy skin?!" Lol.
My favorite part of the day is right when I wake up- before I look in the mirror and before any of the pain from my cysts kicks in. I dread doing my makeup because I hate having to look at my face.
I still feel hopeful today though that these new treatments will help. My skin looks worse than it did a week ago, but I am getting less breakouts every day, so that is good... a lot of old ones are healing up nicely.
It's going to be 5 years since i've been on this site and i've been so greatful to have the support that i've had thus far. I never would have thought that 5 years later i would still be dealing with acne but alas, i am. I will say though that I am much wiser for it than i was 5 years ago. Iv'e been through the ups and downs of treatment and while i am disappointed that I am not any closer to healing my skin, I have learned a lot about myself. I pray that my battle will not last too much longer but if it does, i know I will have a line of support in this site and all it's great people
Thank You
Today, I feel decent. Only have two small spots one of which is drying up. I went to two places over the weekend ( an amusement park and a baseball game) and I didn't feel horrible . I think Spiro+ yaz is helping. I'm going to wait till my next appointment and ask to go up to 100mg.