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On 7/10/2012 at 9:52 PM, secretcircus said:On 7/10/2012 at 1:38 PM, milkoholic17 said:@Nfamousjade and @EddieE, thanks for the support guys. Tough times like these you need all the support you can get.
Now on to my rant. So my acne is sort of improving, (still worst breakout I've ever had in my entire life) and I just got back home from an amazing week trip to San Fran with my sister. So I get home and see my parents after not seeing them for around a month. They havent seen my this bad ever. Instead of supporting me, all they do is bash me. They say "why don't you just get new products?!? There are dozens of them out there" (I'm allergic to BP, so I can't use half of OTC products). "Oh my god, this is embarrasing. Your face is full of acne, son" "Why arent you using something different". "Seeing your face makes me sad"..... WTHELL, what kind of support is that from parents. unbelievable. I was taking small boosts of confidence when my acne was slowly improving... now all confidence is shattered.. from my parents of all people. My sister has supported me all week, saying when I improve and how my face is getting better. all it takes is one night with the parents. smh. Anyways, I'm prob going to cave in and go see a dermatogist, probably get accutane or something. F @@$)*@)(@ ck!!!
You're not alone with the parent thing. My mum keeps saying stuff like "You need to drink more water", "You need to wash your face properly and more often" and "You're very spotty" and it is driving me insane - I know she's trying to help, but she doesn't know anything about acne. If it was as simple as drinking water and cleaning 'properly', no one would have acne!
Yeah, it is kinda frustrating when people talk about your skin. They do have the guts to say something. If I never had acne and had a friend who has bad skin.. I wouldn't dare to say something because I know he will feel bad. I think my parents were the only one who used to comment my skin when it was bad. They always say "Did you stop using proactiv." That's all they always say.. they never say to drink water... etc.
Anyways, It's been 2-3 weeks with no cystic.. thank god. Now I usually get pimples with white heads, but it isn't bad.. I only get this pimples sometimes.
I think that once your skin is smooth and very soft, it is under controlled. I'm dealing with scars now and dark spots because of cysts. Cysts marks does take a while to heal.
On 7/10/2012 at 10:22 PM, nfamousjade said:Feeling good this morning, last night tried Dan's BP for the first time. It seemed okay. I had ran out of my previous BP that was working great but i heard Dan's was great too. So I had to try it. Didn't see much difference tho, I really dont have acne anymore, so I can see why. I have about 1active pimple due to a clogged pore. I'm glad so I can just get rid of it already. I just want to appreciate my progress
hope you all are getting progress as well!
You went back to BP?
On 7/11/2012 at 1:56 AM, Murph89 said:Day 1 of all new products. Doxycycline, monodox Which is pretty much doxycycline, and finacea. I was told by my new derm that I have a combo of adult acne and rosacea. I'm feeling hopeful this is the new fix. I pray to god it is.
Hope it works!! ^^
@Nfamousjade and @EddieE, thanks for the support guys. Tough times like these you need all the support you can get.
Now on to my rant. So my acne is sort of improving, (still worst breakout I've ever had in my entire life) and I just got back home from an amazing week trip to San Fran with my sister. So I get home and see my parents after not seeing them for around a month. They havent seen my this bad ever. Instead of supporting me, all they do is bash me. They say "why don't you just get new products?!? There are dozens of them out there" (I'm allergic to BP, so I can't use half of OTC products). "Oh my god, this is embarrasing. Your face is full of acne, son" "Why arent you using something different". "Seeing your face makes me sad"..... WTHELL, what kind of support is that from parents. unbelievable. I was taking small boosts of confidence when my acne was slowly improving... now all confidence is shattered.. from my parents of all people. My sister has supported me all week, saying when I improve and how my face is getting better. all it takes is one night with the parents. smh. Anyways, I'm prob going to cave in and go see a dermatogist, probably get accutane or something. F @@$)*@)(@ ck!!!
You're not alone with the parent thing. My mum keeps saying stuff like "You need to drink more water", "You need to wash your face properly and more often" and "You're very spotty" and it is driving me insane - I know she's trying to help, but she doesn't know anything about acne. If it was as simple as drinking water and cleaning 'properly', no one would have acne!
Yeah, it is kinda frustrating when people talk about your skin. They do have the guts to say something. If I never had acne and had a friend who has bad skin.. I wouldn't dare to say something because I know he will feel bad. I think my parents were the only one who used to comment my skin when it was bad. They always say "Did you stop using proactiv." That's all they always say.. they never say to drink water... etc.
Anyways, It's been 2-3 weeks with no cystic.. thank god. Now I usually get pimples with white heads, but it isn't bad.. I only get this pimples sometimes.
I think that once your skin is smooth and very soft, it is under controlled. I'm dealing with scars now and dark spots because of cysts. Cysts marks does take a while to heal.
Feeling good this morning, last night tried Dan's BP for the first time. It seemed okay. I had ran out of my previous BP that was working great but i heard Dan's was great too. So I had to try it. Didn't see much difference tho, I really dont have acne anymore, so I can see why. I have about 1active pimple due to a clogged pore. I'm glad so I can just get rid of it already. I just want to appreciate my progress
You went back to BP?
Day 1 of all new products. Doxycycline, monodox Which is pretty much doxycycline, and finacea. I was told by my new derm that I have a combo of adult acne and rosacea. I'm feeling hopeful this is the new fix. I pray to god it is.
Hope it works!! ^^
I was on BP all along. My skin has been so clear with it. Like no marks and no acne, im like 99% clear. So its hard to stop and start all over again, you know? :/
@Nfamousjade and @EddieE, thanks for the support guys. Tough times like these you need all the support you can get.
Now on to my rant. So my acne is sort of improving, (still worst breakout I've ever had in my entire life) and I just got back home from an amazing week trip to San Fran with my sister. So I get home and see my parents after not seeing them for around a month. They havent seen my this bad ever. Instead of supporting me, all they do is bash me. They say "why don't you just get new products?!? There are dozens of them out there" (I'm allergic to BP, so I can't use half of OTC products). "Oh my god, this is embarrasing. Your face is full of acne, son" "Why arent you using something different". "Seeing your face makes me sad"..... WTHELL, what kind of support is that from parents. unbelievable. I was taking small boosts of confidence when my acne was slowly improving... now all confidence is shattered.. from my parents of all people. My sister has supported me all week, saying when I improve and how my face is getting better. all it takes is one night with the parents. smh. Anyways, I'm prob going to cave in and go see a dermatogist, probably get accutane or something. F @@$)*@)(@ ck!!!
You're not alone with the parent thing. My mum keeps saying stuff like "You need to drink more water", "You need to wash your face properly and more often" and "You're very spotty" and it is driving me insane - I know she's trying to help, but she doesn't know anything about acne. If it was as simple as drinking water and cleaning 'properly', no one would have acne!
Yeah, it is kinda frustrating when people talk about your skin. They do have the guts to say something. If I never had acne and had a friend who has bad skin.. I wouldn't dare to say something because I know he will feel bad. I think my parents were the only one who used to comment my skin when it was bad. They always say "Did you stop using proactiv." That's all they always say.. they never say to drink water... etc.
Anyways, It's been 2-3 weeks with no cystic.. thank god. Now I usually get pimples with white heads, but it isn't bad.. I only get this pimples sometimes.
I think that once your skin is smooth and very soft, it is under controlled. I'm dealing with scars now and dark spots because of cysts. Cysts marks does take a while to heal.
Feeling good this morning, last night tried Dan's BP for the first time. It seemed okay. I had ran out of my previous BP that was working great but i heard Dan's was great too. So I had to try it. Didn't see much difference tho, I really dont have acne anymore, so I can see why. I have about 1active pimple due to a clogged pore. I'm glad so I can just get rid of it already. I just want to appreciate my progress
You went back to BP?
Day 1 of all new products. Doxycycline, monodox Which is pretty much doxycycline, and finacea. I was told by my new derm that I have a combo of adult acne and rosacea. I'm feeling hopeful this is the new fix. I pray to god it is.
Hope it works!! ^^
I was on BP all along. My skin has been so clear with it. Like no marks and no acne, im like 99% clear. So its hard to stop and start all over again, you know? :/
Lol. That's OK, I used proactiv for yearss and I think I am almost done with acne, so that's why I managed to stop applying BP.
I am 25 and so my family stopped getting acne around my age. I hope it happens to me! Hopefully no more once I am clear which I am , but I have red marks.
I also get small pimples sometimes.
I do see lots of tiny bumps, but not sure if they will form big or medium or tiny.. Let's hope they don't get inflamed and just go away! :\
One is forming, but not sure how bad it will be. When I touch it, it doesn't hurt, so probably not cysts which is good. My skin is still very smooth. I hope it stays like this.
Skin is looking good, been doing a honey mask twice a day for a week now. Seems to be going good. My family thinks I'm becoming very obsessive with my skin, i cant help it, I'm tired of feeling ugly. My skin is getting used to Dan's BP which is nice. My skin is looking really good, I always think it can look better but its better than what it was. So im good. 
Well, after a straight month of feeling great about my skin for once, I guess something had to come along and cause trouble...but yeah, I got a weird pimple on the inside of my upper nose last week, near the corner of my eye. It came up SO suddenly- literally the morning of I had not seen any pimple, and a few hours later, it started to form. Over the next few days it became harder, a cystic-like pimple that never came to a head. Now I've been using my Epiduo and Milk of Magnesia on it which has calmed it down significantly; it's not nearly as big, but unfortunately it's really red......which means I have another red mark to deal with now, joy, and to top it all off the pimple STILL hasn't gone away completely....it's soft & smaller, but it's still visible that there's a bump there. Meanwhile, the corner of my mouth becamereally dry and flaky for some reason, and looks discolored now....
I want to go back to school with good looking skin, not this....I feel sad right now, just sad is all I feel. I want to just go to sleep and wake up to clear skin. I'm fairly certain this minor skin freakout is caused by the air/pollution here (I'm studying abroad). I've loved my time here, but it's killing me how it made my skin do this. I hate that I have to be paranoid while traveling about my skin freaking out. God, all I want is clear, good skin for when I go back to school. Literally that's all I want.
Today, I feel like acne did not win. I always dread summer, because all of the cute clothes I want to wear (spaghetti straps, sleeveless dresses, open-back shirts) are off-limits due to my body acne and scarring. My acne has been getting a lot better recently, but I still have a lot of hyperpigmentation.. and today, I realized that no one really cares. I went shopping, and I bought the cutest sleeveless dress, and I feel great it in.
Today, I feel like acne did not win. I always dread summer, because all of the cute clothes I want to wear (spaghetti straps, sleeveless dresses, open-back shirts) are off-limits due to my body acne and scarring. My acne has been getting a lot better recently, but I still have a lot of hyperpigmentation.. and today, I realized that no one really cares. I went shopping, and I bought the cutest sleeveless dress, and I feel great it in.
Good for you. I agree...no one cares because it's not them. It's you who truly cares and that's all that matters.
Okay so i saw a pimple forming on my face today..but you know what I decided not to care. Im human I'm always gonna get pimples even ppl with perfect skin get pimples. Just tired of worrying over every little thing that has to do with my face. Ugh! Sorry had to get that out! Lol I like the acne.org community better than twitter and instagram. I feel like I can actually be myself. thanks!
Okay so i saw a pimple forming on my face today..but you know what I decided not to care. Im human I'm always gonna get pimples even ppl with perfect skin get pimples. Just tired of worrying over every little thing that has to do with my face. Ugh! Sorry had to get that out! Lol I like the acne.org community better than twitter and instagram. I feel like I can actually be myself.
I like this community better than Facebook lol. These posts are actually interesting to read and I learn a lot too. But yeah anyways,
I did a clay mask and i like how it makes my skin feel smooth and clean, for like a day at least lol. So my skin is ok right now.. I just want the leftover PIH and the occasional pimples to go away forever. I'm tired of this!
Okay so i saw a pimple forming on my face today..but you know what I decided not to care. Im human I'm always gonna get pimples even ppl with perfect skin get pimples. Just tired of worrying over every little thing that has to do with my face. Ugh! Sorry had to get that out! Lol I like the acne.org community better than twitter and instagram. I feel like I can actually be myself.
I like this community better than Facebook lol. These posts are actually interesting to read and I learn a lot too. But yeah anyways,
I did a clay mask and i like how it makes my skin feel smooth and clean, for like a day at least lol. So my skin is ok right now.. I just want the leftover PIH and the occasional pimples to go away forever. I'm tired of this!
Me too! I actually think the PIH is sometimes worse than the acne. It takes so long to fade. Smh. I'm using Dan's Aha and that's helping. Sorta. Lol I just don't want to worry about skin ever again!
And yeah its true. I learn so much on here and i get to read other ppls stories. It pretty awesome. this is the first thing I check when I wake up. Lol
Dang, one formed and it does hurt. Probably a cysts. Other than that, skin looking great. I have like 2 active pimples.
Okay so i saw a pimple forming on my face today..but you know what I decided not to care. Im human I'm always gonna get pimples even ppl with perfect skin get pimples. Just tired of worrying over every little thing that has to do with my face. Ugh! Sorry had to get that out! Lol I like the acne.org community better than twitter and instagram. I feel like I can actually be myself.
I like this community better than Facebook lol. These posts are actually interesting to read and I learn a lot too. But yeah anyways,
I did a clay mask and i like how it makes my skin feel smooth and clean, for like a day at least lol. So my skin is ok right now.. I just want the leftover PIH and the occasional pimples to go away forever. I'm tired of this!
Facebook is great, very successful and it kicked myspace ass 
. The person who created FB sucks, but who cares about that guy. ^^;
I do like this forum better because we can relate and can share what we feel, etc.
Okay so i saw a pimple forming on my face today..but you know what I decided not to care. Im human I'm always gonna get pimples even ppl with perfect skin get pimples. Just tired of worrying over every little thing that has to do with my face. Ugh! Sorry had to get that out! Lol I like the acne.org community better than twitter and instagram. I feel like I can actually be myself.
I like this community better than Facebook lol. These posts are actually interesting to read and I learn a lot too. But yeah anyways,
I did a clay mask and i like how it makes my skin feel smooth and clean, for like a day at least lol. So my skin is ok right now.. I just want the leftover PIH and the occasional pimples to go away forever. I'm tired of this!
Me too! I actually think the PIH is sometimes worse than the acne. It takes so long to fade. Smh. I'm using Dan's Aha and that's helping. Sorta. Lol I just don't want to worry about skin ever again!
And yeah its true. I learn so much on here and i get to read other ppls stories. It pretty awesome.
Lol. I check my e-mail first, then go to FB and then here. I do this everyday. Once I am clear though, I might not visit here at all ;\
So I guess i seem to go through fazes with my skin. One minute, I think it looks good, the next I just hate it and Want to rip my face off. (not literally) lol ugh! All I want is to be happy with myself. I would have never thought it would be this hard to love myself. I'm just such a perfectionist that it makes it hard to just appreciate clear skin. If I see 1 little pore that's clogged it just get upset. I'm trying to change but hard. 
I started using BP again a few days ago. I just can't handle my skin being such a mess. It's the worse it's been in years I'd say. I was never completely clear when I used to use BP but it at least had things under control more. I really don't want to be using it but I don't know what else to do...
I've been sick for the past 2 weeks so I haven't been going out or doing much and I've also been on uni break - so I've sort of had those as 'excuses' to stay inside more than usual - when really it's because of my skin. I wouldn't normally hide away like this. I feel bad that I am. But I'm just feeling so self-conscious and insecure about my skin lately... I guess that's why I started BP again - though I want to use less of it this time or use it every second day or something... or once things are more under control I'll just use it as a spot treatment until I find some other method of skin clearing to try...
Anyway - just had to get some of my thoughts out
So I guess i seem to go through fazes with my skin. One minute, I think it looks good, the next I just hate it and Want to rip my face off. (not literally) lol ugh! All I want is to be happy with myself. I would have never thought it would be this hard to love myself. I'm just such a perfectionist that it makes it hard to just appreciate clear skin. If I see 1 little pore that's clogged it just get upset. I'm trying to change but hard.
I know what you mean. I hate that trying to get clear skin has become like an obsession for me - I really try not to worry about my skin so much because I know worrying wont help anything but it's really hard to have an "it's ok - doesn't matter" type attitude toward my skin all the time. I can manage it some days but not always.
It is hard but I think it's important to keep trying to change our attitudes toward our skin and appearance for the better.
So I guess i seem to go through fazes with my skin. One minute, I think it looks good, the next I just hate it and Want to rip my face off. (not literally) lol ugh! All I want is to be happy with myself. I would have never thought it would be this hard to love myself. I'm just such a perfectionist that it makes it hard to just appreciate clear skin. If I see 1 little pore that's clogged it just get upset. I'm trying to change but hard.
Like I said, we are so damn alike. That's exactly how I feel. It's horrible and a vicious cycle!
I'm just so tired of washing my face twice a day, every damn day. I would be a hippie too. If I never had acne I wouldn't care how I looked! I would love everyone and everything lol. But that's not the case at all..
I actually look forward to washing my face, hoping it will get better tthe next day. I'm gonna be a hippie (I had a feeling I spelled that wrong) that washes her face twice a day. Lol.
Dang it, I see lots of tiny bumps under skin that haven't turned red yet. They been there for a while.. they do usually turn red. I gotta stop looking at them because then I will stress. My skin is very smooth though. I have 2-3 active pimples now.
I started using BP again a few days ago. I just can't handle my skin being such a mess. It's the worse it's been in years I'd say. I was never completely clear when I used to use BP but it at least had things under control more. I really don't want to be using it but I don't know what else to do...
I've been sick for the past 2 weeks so I haven't been going out or doing much and I've also been on uni break - so I've sort of had those as 'excuses' to stay inside more than usual - when really it's because of my skin. I wouldn't normally hide away like this. I feel bad that I am. But I'm just feeling so self-conscious and insecure about my skin lately... I guess that's why I started BP again - though I want to use less of it this time or use it every second day or something... or once things are more under control I'll just use it as a spot treatment until I find some other method of skin clearing to try...
Anyway - just had to get some of my thoughts out
So I guess i seem to go through fazes with my skin. One minute, I think it looks good, the next I just hate it and Want to rip my face off. (not literally) lol ugh! All I want is to be happy with myself. I would have never thought it would be this hard to love myself. I'm just such a perfectionist that it makes it hard to just appreciate clear skin. If I see 1 little pore that's clogged it just get upset. I'm trying to change but hard.
I know what you mean. I hate that trying to get clear skin has become like an obsession for me - I really try not to worry about my skin so much because I know worrying wont help anything but it's really hard to have an "it's ok - doesn't matter" type attitude toward my skin all the time. I can manage it some days but not always.
It is hard but I think it's important to keep trying to change our attitudes toward our skin and appearance for the better.
I would do the same. If my skin ever get worse, I will use BP. BP does work for me, well when I used it. I hope my skin recognize it when I apply it again. I don't want this initial breakouts. Good luck!! I hope BP helps you.