I think it was just "pizza face" or something like that ... people in general never dared to tell me about my acne because I've been told that I look quite mean when I'm not in a good mood, you know, the "don't mess with me" look

When I was about 13, I had a few comments from one or two boys. One of them (who I unfortunately had a major crush on) would make quite regular mean comments and sometimes he would sit at his desk and when I looked over, he would mimic squeezing a zit - that hurt. Funnily enough by age 16, I had made out with him on two different occasions, strange bastard he was!

Another one, was a strange comment from an older lady who I worked with and was pretty good friends with. I was about 25 at the time and was eating chocolate or something like that and she called out from her desk "Boy you are lucky you have good skin..." meaning that I was lucky the chocolate wouldnt affect me - but I had obvious acne, It was like saying to an obese person "Boy you are lucky you are so thin" I felt like she was using reverse psychology or something, like she was really saying "You don't have good skin - stop eating that crap". I was so mad because she called it out and my co-workers must have been thinking "what?".

Oh and another similar one was when I had been in to my mums work for the first time. Later my mum said "such and such said that you had such lovely skin". I was like wtf, its OBVIOUS, I have scars, why would they say that. Its like they felt they had to mention my skin because it is the thing that stands out the most and I guess they thought they were being nice by saying something nice about my flaw.

I don't get why people feel they have the right to say anything about another persons flaws. Noone I know has problem skin, but a lot of my friends are very overweight and I wouldn't dream of ever mentioning it. Even when they moan about being fat, I just laugh it off, I would never make them feel bad about it.

Some prick I would of beat the shit out of if he wasn't an 8 year old: "You should really use something for those zits"

Some fat ugly prick who teased me in middle school: I'm talking with a girl I like and he comes right up to me and says "You really need to do something about those pimples, you look funny"

pimplebeard the pirate, which is actually quite funny.

Back to when my acne was pretty severe (cysts/pustules and stuff like that), a friend of a friend told me after watching a documentary about ants (in a science class): "Hey dude, you're like those ant soldiers, hehe, 'sup soldier ant" because they had spots on their head (I don't remember why though). Fortunatly my friend told him to shut up.

The meanest thing that someone has said about my acne was when I looked at myself in the mirror and called myself a poo poo face. =(

Guys, ive just been reading through these posts and i am actually sitting here crying (im all over the place... these freakin' birth control pills have made my hormones go crazy!) because people can be so so so mean!!!

Im 20 years old and ive suffered from mild/moderate acne for around 2 years... it was a bummer going from having flawless skin to a face full of horrible spots which then left scars then the cycle started again... my boyfriend has stuck by me we've been together for 5 years so hes seen me go through perfect skin to how i am at the moment and i love him for it... he suffers from acne himself but his has cleared up slightly... i've found that people my own age are more understanding hardly any of my friends have said anything mean or even other people around university or at work, its generally the older generation ("hasn't her face gone bad? whats wrong with it?") who doesn't use their heads or kids who are to young to understand that words hurt. Anyways im going off the topic but i just wanted to say that all you guys are beautiful in your own individual ways, screw everyone who doesn't think so 'cause what goes around comes around!!

this thread makes me depressed.

1.) Do you Noxzema?

2.) 6 yr old says you got red things on your face.

well i get called "plantation" (at school), apparently my face is a "plantation of pimples".

younger kids also comment heaps about my acne... what happened to ur face? omg you got plenty pimples, your face is yuck.

alot of people say to me: "are you using anything for ur face?" ... that comment irritates me alot.

it never ends. aaaaah..

I'd just like to say that I have read this entire thread(yes, page 1 thru 25) and it took me back down memory lane. I'm a fairly new poster here but I would love to give every sufferer here a hug.

I had real bad cystic acne for years and and over the years heard all of these comments directed at myself. I hope what I'm about to say will only encourage and not make any of my fellow sufferer feel worse.

O.K., I just want to mention that now I'm in my late 30's and while I don't have acne flare up's I do have the scars to show for it. So now instead of the acne part of the forum I'm part of the forum where ppl are trying to find a way to get rid of the scars left behind.

It is my sincere hope that you guys try getting it under control before the formation of acne scarring so that later on in life you guy's won't be asking question's like: What's good for ice pick, box car, rolling, crater scar's????

Those ones with severe acne like I had, please don't give up in finding a regime that works!!!!

Again, my heart goes out to all of you guys and your struggle(I feel your pain)!!!!

Sometimes someone saying something is better than just staring. Atleast that way its out in the open, and it just makes them seem like jerks.

A teacher walked upto me and goes "oh it looks like your having a tough time with that skin problem... you know you should see a doctor they can clear it up really quick."

Yer right i was on accutane and had been for over 6 months

I just told him i didnt care about it so i didnt need to goto a doctor

Then he goes oh you really should you will be thankful for it later

i was so so furious how the fuk would he know and obviously he didnt. And also the fact he just said it in the school grounds where anyone within 10 metres would of heard grrrr

A teacher walked upto me and goes "oh it looks like your having a tough time with that skin problem... you know you should see a doctor they can clear it up really quick."

 

Yer right i was on accutane and had been for over 6 months

 

I just told him i didnt care about it so i didnt need to goto a doctor

 

Then he goes oh you really should you will be thankful for it later

 

i was so so furious how the fuk would he know and obviously he didnt. And also the fact he just said it in the school grounds where anyone within 10 metres would of heard grrrr

That's horrible.

all around.

People have been pretty nice to me. But. Once I had my friend Ray over who has some teenage boy skin problems. My dad pulled him into another room for a man-to-man about his acne and he needs to start taking care of it, etc. I felt awful .

Terrible stuff has been said to me, a majority of which has already been mentioned in this thread. Brings back haunting memories. Sometimes I wanna stuff a whole bag of sawdust down peoples throats. Fuck the world.

I cant say that people have been especially mean to me about my acne

some of these stories are downright horrible

A "friend" of mine who normally had perfect skin once got a small whitehead. He said to me, "I think you gave me your disease."

all around.

 

People have been pretty nice to me. But. Once I had my friend Ray over who has some teenage boy skin problems. My dad pulled him into another room for a man-to-man about his acne and he needs to start taking care of it, etc. I felt awful .

to your dad.

i was crossing the street in NYC and i guess i didnt do it fast enough..(i had the right of way) and this old man goes.."lose the acne" like i choose to have acne, what a douchebag..I was mortified and just basically held in the tears until i got in my car.

i feel very fortunate... i don't think anyone has actually teased me about my skin...

although i do get the "you should use some cream for your skin" comments... but i shake them off because i know they are trying to be helpful...

maybe im too insensitive to this stuff

my friend once said 'oh will, did a bunch of mini meteors land on your face'. It was a joke but I thought it was a good one.

My dad always made it a point to discuss my acne when we had guests around. Thanks, dad!

People are so insensitive. They need to be educated on this terrible disease.

Perhaps there should be an Acne Awareness Month, or an Acne Telethon, with Jerry Lewis as the host.

I still have some photos of myself - I could be the poster-boy.

there was a picture of this criminal with acne in a magazine that my friend was reading and she points to his face and says that i look like him.

Someone asked me once if i was on pro activ.

I have been asked once in a while "what happened to your face" after glycolic peels.

ive been told that i was ugly.

Honestly, ive never had any direct insults specifically directed at my acne made towards me by people who matter. My grandma and my brother have said some stuff about it before but i could care less about what they say.