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(@nick93)

Posted : 04/23/2012 6:15 pm

Acne is looking pretty terrible. Hoping after this work out and some sleep that I'll be looking better for tomorrow.

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(@poi6)

Posted : 04/23/2012 9:03 pm

Meh

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(@auguriesofinnocence)

Posted : 04/23/2012 9:44 pm

I feel pretty crap today. I dont have a 'lot" of acne but what I have makes me feel like Im doing something wrong...Ive cut out sugary junk and am drinking more water and taking vitamins...I am trying NOT top stress but that is going to hell. Im waiting for a juicer to arrive so I can start drinking vegetable juice like in one of the posts Ive read. It gives me hope that it might work.

I am having panic attacks and I believe most of it is because of my damned acne. I feel fine, catch a new (small but new) spot in the mirror at work and I feel like Im about to lose it.

I am 30 I am too old to be going through this-- ny age is no age to be breaking out.

Feel like my mind would be so free if I didnt have to constantly battle this shit :-(

I feel for you all who have severe acne, 'moderate-mild" is kicking my ass, emotionally. God bless...

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(@vitaminoflove333)

Posted : 04/24/2012 12:27 am

Checks and jaw getting some bumps. Not zits, just lsgiht colorless bumps. Need to exfoliate....and that time of the mnoth brings breakouts -_- MEh. I have no breakouts, except for liek a white head in the crevice of my nose. My cheeks look a little meh. Not bad at all. No zits, acutally look fine. Just not optimally smooth. But still pretty much totally clear(:

 

*Cheeks. Not checks. Ha. And not really any bumps, I stil lhave soft smooth skin, its just a little rough for my skins usual baby softness right now. Nose is irrtaited from cnostant tissue swiping from the flu. Ha. Whatever. My skin is still fricken great lately(: Knock on wood, no jinx, knock knock. Ha.

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(@hayleyx90)

Posted : 04/24/2012 4:59 am

feel really shit today. I feel really down all the time don't know if its the effects of starting the pill though. I just picked at my face so now it looks 100 times worse. I wanted to be clear this summer because I have loads of weddings to go to and I plan to travel across asia. I really don't want my acne to stop me from having fun.

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(@ghostunit)

Posted : 04/24/2012 10:50 am

feel really shit today. I feel really down all the time don't know if its the effects of starting the pill though. I just picked at my face so now it looks 100 times worse. I wanted to be clear this summer because I have loads of weddings to go to and I plan to travel across asia. I really don't want my acne to stop me from having fun.

 

 

Go have fun! <3 I hope you get almost clear soon.

 

Anyways, I see some tiny bumps around mouth. I rather break out around there than on cheeks and forehead.. I used to only breakout around mouth, but had a few scars of face. It wasn't bad though.. I might get new scars after this heals, but that's OK I guess because no new breakout on cheeks

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(@nick93)

Posted : 04/24/2012 7:37 pm

I feel pretty crap today. I dont have a 'lot" of acne but what I have makes me feel like Im doing something wrong...Ive cut out sugary junk and am drinking more water and taking vitamins...I am trying NOT top stress but that is going to hell. Im waiting for a juicer to arrive so I can start drinking vegetable juice like in one of the posts Ive read. It gives me hope that it might work.

I am having panic attacks and I believe most of it is because of my damned acne. I feel fine, catch a new (small but new) spot in the mirror at work and I feel like Im about to lose it.

I am 30 I am too old to be going through this-- ny age is no age to be breaking out.

Feel like my mind would be so free if I didnt have to constantly battle this shit whistling.gif(

I feel for you all who have severe acne, 'moderate-mild" is kicking my ass, emotionally. God bless...

 

 

I hope that works for you. It may take sometimes, usually changes don't happen overnight. Just have some patience! It really is a vicious cycle, you stress because you have acne, and your stressing makes your acne worse. I go through it myself, I think a lot of my acne is due to my stress. Just try to set aside time for you, and do things you enjoy doing to help reduce the stress.

 

My acne is still strong as ever, really persistent stuff aha. Summer is close and my acne has always cleared up a lot with sun in the past, so I'll probably get some relief for a few months soon, but I still really want to find a cure for me. I don't want to have to deal with it in September again. I'm pushing 5 years with acne, 3 of which have been a little more severe, and this past year was particularly bad. I think I've done my time! aha. I feel bad for people who have had it longer than me, stay strong people!

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(@phoenix-fireless)

Posted : 04/24/2012 7:51 pm

So after being lazy and reluctant to go outside for a couple of days I decided I should probably shave since I don't want to look like a complete caveman.

unfortunately this made my crappy skin / acne crazy apparent...*sigh*

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(@andromeda3083)

Posted : 04/24/2012 8:05 pm

I totally get what you're feeling!! I often feel like that too. I stuck to The Regimen a while ago and of course my face is way clearer but sometimes out of nothing my skin breaks out again... oh the horror!! (girl hormones don't help, believe me!) however, I've realised that changing my mindset is working too. Learning new things that can be exciting to you make you look forward to some more positive things in life. Might sound cheesy but I started archery lessons, for example... I just love that stuff and when I'm shooting I feel totally free (even acne free hahahahaha) besides there's something my dermatologist told me a while ago and that makes sense: all of us have a cross to bear in life, may it be suffering acne like us, having one of your beloved ones suffering a terminal disease or maybe people who had a traumatic childhood and can't get over it. I guess acne is my personal karma!! (specially because everybody around me has lovely skin) I know that compared to the other things I mentioned acne sounds like nothing, but you and I understand how we feel about it and how deep it can go in your emotions!

 

Cheer up :) las cosas van a mejorar!!

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(@poi6)

Posted : 04/24/2012 8:19 pm

I feel like shit again :) I wish we could all meet someday :P I feel as if all of us were in one giant room together it would be awesome because we all have acne. So who cares!!!

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(@vitaminoflove333)

Posted : 04/25/2012 9:01 am

Sooooo, ummmm. Yeah, that time on the mnoth brings breakouts -_-. Bahggg. There not big and inflamed at all. But yes, little pink pimples. About 4 on my cheeks. 3 samll, one medium. :( Ugh. I have a show Frida.y Hopefully theyll clear by than.

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(@ghostunit)

Posted : 04/25/2012 10:38 am

Gr.. left cheek looks a bit bad. Got like 4 pimples next to each other which makes it ugly. The scars on my forehead gonna suck since broke out with some cystic. It is not huge ones though. I think they are cystic 'cause no white heads. I stopped eating lots of fruits and avoided some. I went back to my old diet.I really dunno what causes blackheads on my forehead which leads to cystic. They're all almost gone. I ordered Indian Aztec healing clay. I can't wait to put this on at least twice a week with ACV. I Am trying different natural products on my skin and see which works best. I will then apply coconut oil on my face as a moisturizer and apply a bit on aloe vera on spots and scars. hopefully this regiments prevent break outs and heal fast.

Still breaking out a bit.. got 2 cystic ones.. I dunno, but I hope this is a sign that I will stop breaking out after it calms. As soon as I see a tiny bumps, it forms immediately. This never happened. It is like if my body is cleansing and pushing stuff or w.e. I did bad for the last 2 exams because of this. I didn't even attention in class today.. heck, I don't pay attention anymore 'cause of this problem. smile.png I am still a happy person though^^

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(@hayleyx90)

Posted : 04/25/2012 2:41 pm

starting a new job on friday and I'm really nervous because my skin is really going downhill

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(@poi6)

Posted : 04/25/2012 3:30 pm

It just gets worse

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(@danachii)

Posted : 04/25/2012 4:18 pm

I'm feeling horrible about my acne today. Even though my dermatologist put me on medication for it, I recently got two cysts: one on the side of my cheek, and the other one on my shoulder. I usually try to be positive about this, and I try to picture myself with the clear skin that I've always dreamed about. That always motivates me to keep trying to eat healthier and to keep taking my acne medication, but not today. It just always makes me so angry how none of my family members have acne, and that I'm the only one suffering from this. Even most of my cousins have clear skin. It makes me me feel so jealous and ashamed. I don't think my acne is EVER going to go away.

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(@nick93)

Posted : 04/25/2012 4:29 pm

I'm sure you'll have clear skin one day Danachii. My family and extended family is almost 99% clear for the most part too. O well, I struggle with acne and my brother is fat and eats crappy, in the long run I win. You can learn a lot from acne, it makes you a more sensitive, understanding person, and a lot of people live a healthier lifestyle because of it too. Hopefully, it won't be too long before your skin clears up and every guy is chasing after you! haha.

 

My acne is still pretty bad, but I haven't had any big breakouts the last couple days. Mostly just regular sized zits. I'm really hoping the meds are working and I start to look better over the next couple weeks. If I don't see any improvement soon, I think I'm going to have to try something new again. I'll try to show some patience though because it does seem like it is helping a little! Maybe it just needs even more time.. I hate waiting aha

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(@murph89)

Posted : 04/25/2012 8:06 pm

My skin is eh. Just really red and oily. I have a few dried up pimples on my chin. Im just dealing with the redness around my nose and on my chin. And now I noticed that im getting blackheads on my forehead from my skin being so oily. Ugh! I even exfoliated last night, but it did absolutely nothing!

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(@ironbull)

Posted : 04/26/2012 4:20 am

50/50. Got a new scrub this afternoon. Used it in the shower and it made my skin feel refreshed. Felt pretty good about myself until I took a nap. I woke up and I felt groggy. I got a cleansing wipe and cleansed my face with it for half a minute. Feel okay for now. Saw a guy at school that broke out and now has incredibly severe acne. I feel for him. People were commenting on his skin in class and I could totally tell that he was uncomfortable with it all. Poor guy. My thoughts go out to him. Same goes for everybody else. Death to acne. Only causes pain and misery.

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(@poi6)

Posted : 04/26/2012 7:12 am

It's just getting worse and worse and worse

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(@ghostunit)

Posted : 04/26/2012 10:00 am

My left cheek, there's an area afffected 'cause I always break out at the same areas. Hopefully healing clay will help kill bacteria, etc.

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(@nick93)

Posted : 04/26/2012 7:24 pm

50/50. Got a new scrub this afternoon. Used it in the shower and it made my skin feel refreshed. Felt pretty good about myself until I took a nap. I woke up and I felt groggy. I got a cleansing wipe and cleansed my face with it for half a minute. Feel okay for now. Saw a guy at school that broke out and now has incredibly severe acne. I feel for him. People were commenting on his skin in class and I could totally tell that he was uncomfortable with it all. Poor guy. My thoughts go out to him. Same goes for everybody else. Death to acne. Only causes pain and misery.

 

 

That is rough, some people are really insensitive. I didn't, as a rule, have to deal with that much. When someone would comment on my skin or something I'd usually just make a joke about it, laugh it off. It definitely didn't make me feel good though aha. Poor guy though.

 

My skin isn't looking too good. I still keep getting quite a few zits everyday, but at least I haven't gotten any new cysts for nearly a week now, so that is good. I'm starting to wonder if this treatment is working. I seemed to be getting results the first couple weeks, but it doesn't seem to be improving any more, maybe I need something else on top of my treatment to get rid of more of it. I just have to have patience I guess.

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(@ghostunit)

Posted : 04/27/2012 4:40 pm

I have Indian Aztec clay on my face for the first time and my skin feels so tight right now >_>;; I hope this thing works because I am about to use BP again.. the 3 steps if i keep breaking out. I am trying this : INdian aztec healing clay, witch hazel as toner after washing, and will moisturize with coconut oil. I did broke out with 2 tiny bumps on right cheek, not sure if they will grow bigger.. hopefully this clay helps.

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(@ironbull)

Posted : 04/28/2012 3:25 am

 

50/50. Got a new scrub this afternoon. Used it in the shower and it made my skin feel refreshed. Felt pretty good about myself until I took a nap. I woke up and I felt groggy. I got a cleansing wipe and cleansed my face with it for half a minute. Feel okay for now. Saw a guy at school that broke out and now has incredibly severe acne. I feel for him. People were commenting on his skin in class and I could totally tell that he was uncomfortable with it all. Poor guy. My thoughts go out to him. Same goes for everybody else. Death to acne. Only causes pain and misery.

 

 

That is rough, some people are really insensitive. I didn't, as a rule, have to deal with that much. When someone would comment on my skin or something I'd usually just make a joke about it, laugh it off. It definitely didn't make me feel good though aha. Poor guy though.

 

My skin isn't looking too good. I still keep getting quite a few zits everyday, but at least I haven't gotten any new cysts for nearly a week now, so that is good. I'm starting to wonder if this treatment is working. I seemed to be getting results the first couple weeks, but it doesn't seem to be improving any more, maybe I need something else on top of my treatment to get rid of more of it. I just have to have patience I guess.

 

 

Making fun of somebody with acne is incredibly insensitive. It's such a dog act. I just had my father comment on it a minute ago. I was feeling pretty good until he killed the moment. Such an asshole. I'm not kidding. He can be the biggest prick. Worthless loser. I really wish he wasn't my father. I swear I'm not related to that bastard. I know these are harsh words, but if you met him, you'd say the exact same thing. Back on topic, I can take a few comments but when somebody goes that extra mile, I step in right away and tell them off.

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(@chinup89)

Posted : 04/28/2012 3:50 am

Feeling a little better I guess. Decided I wasn't going to hide behind my glasses & keep my head down when I walked around. So I stuck in my contacts and walked around town with my head held high.

Felt pretty good

Going to try to keep doing that and realize that I see my skin in a much worse light than other people do.

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(@mm-brian)

Posted : 04/28/2012 11:10 am

Pretty good actually! I'm trying to be more positive about my life, and actually my skin is pretty nice today! Yes I woke up with new spots but the rest of it is smooth and soft!

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