Used hydroquinone on two marks on my face....and it made them so red and inflamed looking! Can't believe what an adverse effect it had. I remember it doing this to a mark I had a few yrs ago, and then I stopped using it because of that. I guess I should've known. I think the redness will go down in a few days since right now it's just very irritated. I put on a honey and turmeric mask now, and after I wash it off I'm just going to leave the marks alone. After that I'll just go back to using Cosmedix Lightning Serum since that did not make my face irritated at all.

 

Today has been hard for me, though, mostly because my marks got so red. I guess I just feel frustrated after having such clear skin. But I have been very vain and self centered. I watched a documentary tonight on a former model who is an acid burns victim, and had scarring and disfigurement all over her face as a result. I almost cried while watching it because I realize how lucky I am that my marks are not permanent and will fade away with time, most likely within a few months. A few months compared to a lifetime of scarring, is an incredible difference. I really need to change my way of thinking and focus on my blessings in life. I guess the good thing about having skin imperfections is you realize how appearance truly is not everything. And it HAS been my everything--I've skipped classes, failed tests, ignored friends and family, and had breakdowns simply because of how I perceived my looks to be. If my life is truly centered around my looks, well, then that's not a good life to be living. Maybe these marks were sent as a reminder that looks should not be my everything. So, for now, I'm taking everything one step at a time and realizing how lucky I am in life.

 

Hey r using bp with hydroquinone? Because if you are, it causes your marks to get darker. THey suggest not to use them together so that might have something to do with ur marks getting redder.

just in one of those moods where I want to sleep all day and be a hermit.

 

Shit me too! That's my day for tomorrow. :/

Feeling pretty awful today. Went out with my friends tonight and two of my friends brought their girlfriends out and it instantly depressed because I starting wishing I had a long-term girlfriend and knowing how much I obsess about my own skin issues I don't see that happening anytime soon. I was gonna go to a big rock concert in the area tomor, but I just feel so shitty and I have two new actives on my forehead that are so noticeable and now I've decided I won't go to the concert even though I was excited to go. I don't want to stand outside all day because I'm sure the sun will fuck my with my skin like it always does because of the antibiotics I'm on, so I can't even enjoy the music I like and just in one of those moods where I want to sleep all day and be a hermit.

 

I feel ya man! What concert is it? Who's playing? I've missed out on 2 shows the past month because of my skin. So depressing.

I feel ya man! What concert is it? Who's playing? I've missed out on 2 shows the past month because of my skin. So depressing.

 

yeah it sucks dude. the headliner was Hellyeah with a few local bands playing along with them, but the show is very close to me so that's what made it so awesome. practically a few miles away. just another outing I'll have to miss out on because of skin issues, it's almost business as usual at this point lol...should have known that if I plan something in advance, my skin will fuck me over in the long run. :/

 

 

I'm just so done. Everyday is a nightmare. I seriously cried in my therapy session for half the time. I joined a suicide forum to talk to people because I've been having suicidal thoughts. My anxiety, depression, and skin problems are making me spiral out of control.

 

 

 

Aw, so sorry . Did you try looking at the galleries of what people are going through and how they are clear? It will happen to you, just gotta keep fighting it.

Keep yourself more busy and think about your future, that you'll be clear some day. ^^

 

 

I'm sticking to the doxycycline but not using the finacea Anymore. I ordered a liquid African black soap wit Shea butter and rose hip oil. I read really good reviews about the product and black soap in general and I'm going to give it a shot.

 

http://www.amazon.co...k/dp/B000P6K1ZS

 

I heard about those natural products. They are very good for skin!

As of my skin, it is looking super! I do have 2-3 active ones.. one of them is at the right near eyebrow which is covered by hair, but it is small. It hurts, so it might grow bigger.

I have the other 2 active one on right cheek next to each other, but they aren't those that leave bad scarring.. thank goodness. My red marks are getting better. I decided to apply aloe vera once daily before I go to bed instead of 2-3 times daily. I still use essential oils, jojoba oil, and aztec healing clay (2-3 times a week)

I have this pimple under my left eye. It's mostly under the skin but it's effecting my vision. I'm scared. I've popped it twice but it's still really inflamed and my left eye seems to be effected by it.

I ate so much chocolate today, and after so long without carbs, it almost feel like I'm high.

So I feel pretty good.

I almost feel like a normal human right now, just as long as I don't look in the mirror.

Elvin

Lots of red marks

Been through a fair little share of breakouts over the past month or two. All chilled out. I had one zit that simply lasted for four weeks, but its gone. Skins not going to be perfect and I think I am embracing that a bit more. I dont wear makeup alot anymore...unless Im going out at night or to an event. Not out for lunchor the river and family things. And although I have scars and some llittle pimples I feel beautiful. And, also, when I do go out, with eye makeup, I usually wear little to one with skin makeup. Currently saying oodbye to a full fonudation face. Dont know how long this good fourtune will alst, but I am taking advantage of it.

Annoyed and yet grateful. My chin was clearing up during the week but now has several inflamed bumps on it/around the mouth area. I quit all my topicals and started a more natural regimen with ACV. I don't know what i was expecting (and maybe expectations is the problem) but i am still breaking out in multiple pimples EVERYDAY and it sucks as I :

eat super clean

take my supplements like a good girl

am trying to do a natural regimen

I literally monitor what i put in my body and it doesn't make an ounce of difference.

I am grateful though that i don't have something more serious such as Cancer.

Tomorrow will be a better day.....i just know it

Feeling better tonight. I put on makeup for the first time tonight since I've gotten my marks, and to my surprise, everything looked really good. The mark in between my eyebrows was virtually invisible and the side of my lip was still slightly visible but mostly blended in. Only if someone was truly scrutinizing my face would they see the marks. So, I guess I have to live through another four months or so of wearing makeup a lot to see friends, go out etc. I did it for six months this year during my bad breakout, I can do it again. And since it's only two marks, not a ton like last time, I'm sure I will see results faster than before. I'm going to the derm next Saturday so I'll see what she recommends. I might try and get a chemical peel before I go back to school because it seemed to help my marks a lot last time.

Just gotta keep going one day at a time. I remember how hopeless I felt months ago when my breakout was at its worst and my cheeks were covered in unsightly, bright red marks that were even kind of visible through makeup. If I got through that, I can surely get through this.

Grr, the pimple on my right cheek hurts.. I had to apply acne spot treatment and it was kind painful. It isn't cysts though.

Annoyed and yet grateful. My chin was clearing up during the week but now has several inflamed bumps on it/around the mouth area. I quit all my topicals and started a more natural regimen with ACV. I don't know what i was expecting (and maybe expectations is the problem) but i am still breaking out in multiple pimples EVERYDAY and it sucks as I :

 

eat super clean

take my supplements like a good girl

am trying to do a natural regimen

 

I literally monitor what i put in my body and it doesn't make an ounce of difference.

 

I am grateful though that i don't have something more serious such as Cancer.

 

Tomorrow will be a better day.....i just know it

 

I wish I only broke out around mouth 'cause you get no scars there. I used to always break out around mouth. Now I break out on cheeks which I hate. I don't breakout on forehead and around mouth anymore. I hate to deal with scars on cheek. I might consider laser treatment in the future.

Bad

Well....the mark in the middle of my eyebrows /seems/ to be healing well. Looks less red/angry, and more pink now. I put manuka honey cream on it tonight to hopefully soothe it and help it heal well. I just hope to God it doesn't heal dark....I've been staying out of the sun and won't have to really be in the sun for another 2 wks. I'm just hoping to God it looks better by then. The discoloration next to my lip is still there....don't quite understand that, wish it was just gone. I'd be able to rest a lot easier if it was just this mark in between my eyebrows. But I do think this discoloration will fade nicely with time. I put Cosmedix Lightning Serum on it tonight, maybe it'll help....it's never irritated my skin like hydroquinone.

I just washed my face for the first time wit African black soap. Has coconut oil, Shea butter, africam black soap and some other natural soothing ingrediants. I also shaved. My skin is super smooth, but well see how the soap does with the red marks, redness, and preventing pimples. I've read very very good reviews on African black soap, some ppl claiming it a miracle, so I'm giving it a shot.

Feel good about my skin. I cant complain. Im not completely clear but you know what? That's okay. I just have to say I'm blessed because my skin is getting better. Worrying about it makes me feel more like crap, so im just gonna relax and not give a SHIT! I just want to be one of those ppl that have acne and are okay with it, or don't let it break them. I'm mainly clear and I feel like when i complain about my situation, I make ppl that have it worse than me feel like crap. So im going to try to be grateful about everything that's happening to me.

I just washed my face for the first time wit African black soap. Has coconut oil, Shea butter, africam black soap and some other natural soothing ingrediants. I also shaved. My skin is super smooth, but well see how the soap does with the red marks, redness, and preventing pimples. I've read very very good reviews on African black soap, some ppl claiming it a miracle, so I'm giving it a shot.

 

Have your tried Indian healing clay? They say do a mask for two weeks straight , it get all the crap under our skin, so we can be clear. If you haven't, try it! Its really good.

I just washed my face for the first time wit African black soap. Has coconut oil, Shea butter, africam black soap and some other natural soothing ingrediants. I also shaved. My skin is super smooth, but well see how the soap does with the red marks, redness, and preventing pimples. I've read very very good reviews on African black soap, some ppl claiming it a miracle, so I'm giving it a shot.

 

I agreed about aztec healing clay. You should try it. I saw it helps heal fast because it pushes the blood to the skin.

You should wait though since your regimen seems to be working as your skin is smooth. When it is smooth, it means your skin is calmed. Even though you'll still breakout, but not much

I've broken out some, so I'm a bit itchy. Dunno if everyone else gets itchy from time to time around new pimples, but in my sleep I guess one felt itchy and I scratched it and I popped it. It hurt so bad. ><

Yeah my skin is super smooth. I have about 6 red marks on my right cheek from pimples I had to pop. It's been 5 days so I'm not expecting them to be gone. My left side has a few red marks as well. My forehead seems to have clogged pores, but no whiteheads just tiny flesh colored bumps. I'm hoping the black soap clears it up. Also staying on the doxycycline

Feeling much better today. I woke up at 3 in the morning last night (still on China time, so it was 3 pm in China then) and had some sort of panic attack while lying in bed. All I could think was, "how am I going to deal with this? How am I going to go back to school? How am I going to face the world everyday knowing this stuff is on my face, when only a month ago I had perfectly clear skin?" I completely freaked myself out....I went to the living room crying and thankfully my dad was awake then. He gave me the best pep talk I've had in a while. Basically he told me that these marks would fade away with time, they were not permanent, but if I let them get in the way of my life now, I would regret it a year or even six months from now. Would I rather be someone who lives life to the fullest, even with some imperfections, or someone who lets little imperfections ruin their whole life? If five years from now I looked back and realized I let two imperfections on my face ruin my opportunities to make friends, get a good education, and live life, how would I feel? I know I would be immensely disappointed in myself. I don't even have acne anymore, just these two marks on my face, both of which seem to improving as each day goes by. My dad told me all this and told me that if five years from now I don't have a job or an acceptance to grad school because of me letting these marks own me, then I would be so much more depressed.

And when I went out with makeup on today to the mall with my mom, I truly felt like everything was gonna be okay. No one looked twice at my face or stared at me, even if I was kinda up close. And I realized, if these strangers don't notice or don't care, why would my friends? Why would random people at school? I made a conscious decision last night to not let this own me anymore. When I go to Disney I'm going to have an amazing time with my close friends. I don't judge them for their imperfections so I know they don't judge me for mine. When I go back to school I'm going to put my all into my studies and not let my skin take priority. I'm going to the derm on Friday so I know I'll start getting treatment from there. And I'm sure, in six months' or so time, I'll look back on all of this and think "I can't believe I was about to give up". That's how I feel when I think about six months ago in January when my skin was so bad and I was considering leaving school. If I had done that, I would've never forgiven myself! So I know....I'm going to be okay. I'm going to be a stronger person. and I'm not letting my skin control me anymore. To get to the end of things you have to go through it first. And this is just a challenge that I have to overcome, one that involves my own insecurities. I know I'm gonna be ok.

Yeah my skin is super smooth. I have about 6 red marks on my right cheek from pimples I had to pop. It's been 5 days so I'm not expecting them to be gone. My left side has a few red marks as well. My forehead seems to have clogged pores, but no whiteheads just tiny flesh colored bumps. I'm hoping the black soap clears it up. Also staying on the doxycycline

 

Good to hear that is smooth! I stopped breaking out a lot when my skin started to be smooth. Now I get occasional zits like before, but instead of around mouth, I get them on cheeks. I got 2 right next to each other, same size.. but they aren't cysts at least.

Feeling much better today. I woke up at 3 in the morning last night (still on China time, so it was 3 pm in China then) and had some sort of panic attack while lying in bed. All I could think was, "how am I going to deal with this? How am I going to go back to school? How am I going to face the world everyday knowing this stuff is on my face, when only a month ago I had perfectly clear skin?" I completely freaked myself out....I went to the living room crying and thankfully my dad was awake then. He gave me the best pep talk I've had in a while. Basically he told me that these marks would fade away with time, they were not permanent, but if I let them get in the way of my life now, I would regret it a year or even six months from now. Would I rather be someone who lives life to the fullest, even with some imperfections, or someone who lets little imperfections ruin their whole life? If five years from now I looked back and realized I let two imperfections on my face ruin my opportunities to make friends, get a good education, and live life, how would I feel? I know I would be immensely disappointed in myself. I don't even have acne anymore, just these two marks on my face, both of which seem to improving as each day goes by. My dad told me all this and told me that if five years from now I don't have a job or an acceptance to grad school because of me letting these marks own me, then I would be so much more depressed.

 

And when I went out with makeup on today to the mall with my mom, I truly felt like everything was gonna be okay. No one looked twice at my face or stared at me, even if I was kinda up close. And I realized, if these strangers don't notice or don't care, why would my friends? Why would random people at school? I made a conscious decision last night to not let this own me anymore. When I go to Disney I'm going to have an amazing time with my close friends. I don't judge them for their imperfections so I know they don't judge me for mine. When I go back to school I'm going to put my all into my studies and not let my skin take priority. I'm going to the derm on Friday so I know I'll start getting treatment from there. And I'm sure, in six months' or so time, I'll look back on all of this and think "I can't believe I was about to give up". That's how I feel when I think about six months ago in January when my skin was so bad and I was considering leaving school. If I had done that, I would've never forgiven myself! So I know....I'm going to be okay. I'm going to be a stronger person. and I'm not letting my skin control me anymore. To get to the end of things you have to go through it first. And this is just a challenge that I have to overcome, one that involves my own insecurities. I know I'm gonna be ok.

 

Hm, I didn't know two marks would bother someone that much ;/. a lot of people here have a lot and they're happy.. as long as no acne. Do you really have to go to a derm for just two marks?

I am not sure if you have more marks, but you said you just have 2 marks on your skin.

Marks heal they heal! There is no point going to the derm for that, you'll only end up damaging your skin. Skin heals naturally on its own may take up to 2 months but it will!

Thank you for saying that, gives me some peace of mind....and yes, they do heal. I had red hyperpigmentation/pimples all over my cheeks six months ago (December/January) and truly thought it would never get better but....it did. It was a challenge getting through that but I'm glad I did cause it made me stronger.

And yeah I only have two marks right now. But one of them is kind of big (mid sized) because I tried to use hydroquinone on the mark and it only irritated it and made it worse. The other one is on the corner of my lip, also irritated from trying to use hydroquinone. I think that mark came from an infection from a razor (I had no other way of removing upper lip hair while studying abroad). So, I'm going to the derm to see what the best action is to take. But the marks are pretty fresh so I know I will not see any kind of healing immediately. I know two marks sounds like nothing, but they're not tiny, mind you; they're noticeable (without makeup especially). I'm just trying my hardest to see the positives in this and stop moping about it because it's getting me nowhere. I just have to keep reminding myself that my normal skin will come back.

I just realized today that whenever I go out, I wear big sunglasses with my outfit. They're pretty stylish and I like them, gives me a bit of a rocker type look, but I mainly wear them because they make my skin look so much better when I look into most mirrors. It's like they darken everything and show me a mirage that inspires false confidence. I'm trying to wean myself from wearing them all the time when I go out because it's almost like they let me hide while in public, and I don't want to hide and I at least want people to see my eyes when I'm talking to them.

So I basically have two dark marks, one between my eyebrows and one near my chin. I don't like them but I do have to realize that overall my face looks good. I've been doing the Indian healing clay mask for a week sraight, my skin looks good. I suggest everyone to try it. But im trying not to focus on the negatives and just be okay with my skin. Tried of having mental breakdown due to obsessing over my flaws. Its so exhausting.

So I basically have two dark marks, one between my eyebrows and one near my chin. I don't like them but I do have to realize that overall my face looks good. I've been doing the Indian healing clay mask for a week sraight, my skin looks good. I suggest everyone to try it. But im trying not to focus on the negatives and just be okay with my skin. Tried of having mental breakdown due to obsessing over my flaws. Its so exhausting.

 

Has the Indian healing clay mask helped with your marks? I've heard it helps with acne but never heard anything about marks