You could try a dress where the sleeves and neckline are all lacy, like how Kate Middleton wore. That way it's still pretty revealing without anyone being able to see the scarring. As for the makeup, when I was a bridesmaid one of the girls did airbrush makeup on all of us and it lasted all day. You'll probably want to bring a concealer with you and a powder compact, for your skin anyways. You can go to places like sephora and ulta and get samples (or ask them to do your makeup in the store) to test it out to see what will work best for your skin.

Find a dress you like on your BODY first, you can always get a wedding dress jacket to cover more As far as alterations go, you might need to suck it up for that one. The seamstresses will be all over the dress though, not the condition of your skin.

You could also hire a makeup artist to do your makeup and be onsight for touchups. It would be costly BUT it is your special day, and you shouldn't need to stress about your looks. But just remember you will be beautiful no matter what!

Good luck

Thanks guys. I think that v-neck is going to be too revealing but the general concept is something I like.

I'm not in the US so we don't really have such wide options on alternative dresses. Thankfully wedding dress fashion is slowly changing and I have seen friends on Facebook with dresses I would consider wearing.

My biggest worry is dealing with the seamstress. Since the acne is active, I worry about how people will feel with me trying on dresses and potentially making them unclean. I'm trying some glycolic acid lotion every night and hope it might help reduce the appearance. I'm even thinking of going onto antibiotics just for that time as it worked in the past.

I just wish I had more options and could just worry about the price!

I will look into that makeup option. I normally use mineral makeup, which isn't too bad but it's not possible to really cover acne perfectly if it's raised. With the rise of HD cameras, I worry...

I had similar issues with my wedding. I was clear after accutane, and bought a dress with a low back. Then I broke out after going off birth control a few months before my wedding. By the time my wedding day came, it was getting bad. My makeup person used concealer and a setting powder on the worst of it. If I had to do it again, I would buy a dress with coverage instead of fussing about it all day. It certainly didn`t ruin my day, but I did think about it.

My photographer was so lovely and photo-shopped all my pictures so I have nice photos!

Don`t even worry about the seamstress - she is there to make you look good!

Since I hide all this from my family and friends, I feel sad about picking out a dress on my own.

I would hope any decent photographer would do a bit of Photoshoping. If not, I will as I have been doing that for years!

I have some time yet and looking into anything to balance out my hormones.

But you're right Emily - who wants to worry about a dress slipping to reveal something? I just want that part of the day to be stressfree.