when your dad is shouting at you telling you all this washing is becoming obsessive.
when your standing in front of the mirror at 1/2 inch closeness looking for something to pick or that white head clogged pore to squeeze.
when you look and analyse everyone else's face around you and they seem pretty perfect.
when you wish that the marks you just made would hurry up and heal
when you spend 8-9 times a day looking into a mirror.
when you skip meeting a friend cause you feel and look like total shit
continue..
You see your reflection in the mirror and decide to skip class.
your best friend is nocking at your door but you dont answer because your face looks like shit
happend today
You feel like you're a prisoner in your own body.
Your mind rejects any thoughts of social contact.
your acne decides whether or not YOU are going out or not...
when you talk to people and you cant look them in the eyes because you are embaressed
when it makes you late for work, you start to live in your house a lot more and dont want to leave.
when you become obsessed with your face, but no amount of squeezing or picking or creams will help
when your sister (a sister you get along with) asks you to be a bridesmaid in her wedding, and you want to say no just because of your face. tho u know she'd be grateful, yet all you can think about is wanting to hide from the cameras.
when acne treatments take up all the room on your sink.
when you're at an event, n you're trying to hide out in the restroom until the sun goes down because you can't stand natural light. once you do come out, someone asks you where the hell have you've been n you quickly come up with a lie.
when you have the feeling of losing who you are because you're always thinking about your skin.
when you can relate to almost ever post in this thread
You have dreams/nightmares every night about your skin...
When you can play connect the dots with your spots...
When you have to wake up a half hour earlier than usual just so that you can stare at your face in the mirror and convince yourself that it's okay before you go out...
When you can play connect the dots with your spots...
When you have to wake up a half hour earlier than usual just so that you can stare at your face in the mirror and convince yourself that it's okay before you go out...
I do that, but to put all my makeup on...I also don't look in the mirror half an hour after washing my face as its always so red and inflamed
When you can play connect the dots with your spots...
When you have to wake up a half hour earlier than usual just so that you can stare at your face in the mirror and convince yourself that it's okay before you go out...
I do that, but to put all my makeup on...I also don't look in the mirror half an hour after washing my face as its always so red and inflamed
I know! Even with gentle cleansers and stuff my face looks so red and irritated afterward. Now throw shaving into the mix and you have yourself a disaster.
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When you choose where you're going to sit in class depending on the good or bad side of your face.
..when you constantly look at reflective objects at school to see how your face is
Im the other way around...
When you avoid mirrors and wash your face with the lights dimmed out.
I also do the same........
You know it's bad when you are out with your friends and you always try to seat in shadow of something so that your buddies don't notice your acne that much....
5 active pimples is considered a GOOD day
when your life sucks cause of acne
Oh and when you don't want to celebrate your birthday, because that means a miserable year full of acne went by and another is on the way