Hi all.

New member here.

I'm writing this just to vent.

Acne has basically ruined my life (to a great extent). Not completely of course coz I'm still living my life, albeit not to the extent that I thought I would live it.

I'm 29 now. Acne's been with me for 15 years. I've been afflicted with severe acne, just short of the "cystic-channel" type of acne. I'm glad I haven't been afflicted with that kind, but mine is still very severe. I have the "cystic-constellation" type of acne.

So yeah, it's been pissin me off. I can't even have a social life. I feel insecure in front of other people.

For 15 years now my life has been ruined. But I don't let it get to me. I know what I want in life and I will do whatever it takes to get it. And I WILL get it, because that's who I am, the getter. I don't let acne take control over me to the point I can't function in life. It limits me a lot, no doubt, but I just don't give a damn. I pop em and conceal em as best as I can and move on with my life. But I'll always have these emotional scars.