Damn. My skiun has cleared up sooooooo much looks 100x better. But I remmeber having it horribly and how bad and ugly you feel from it. And im reading all this shit you guys are writing about and ic an relate and it makes me feel really bad I send out my condolenseces to all of you. I hope sometime soon you guys will get your self esteem back from all this I know how horrible this shit is. And yeah id love to see some person with perfect skin who looks down upon ppl with acne and them get horrible fuckin acne all over there face and see how they like it. And no bullshit if some arrogant fuckin prick said some mean shit to me id blow his fuckin teeth out of his mouth and leave him toothless and blacken those eyes and make sure I fucking BROKE them dam eye sockets and left him looking disabled for life. leave him layin shaking and shivering and bleeding where he is standing. This pisses me off so much ppl are so fuckin RUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUDE. Seriuosly
I remember I was in the 4th grade with acne! I never cared too much about it, my mom was always the one that made a big fuss. But there was one day this kid I used to like came up to me and said "What's that all over your face? You got chicken pox?" I still remember to this day how bad it made me feel. But usually no one makes fun of my acne now cause it's not that bad except this stupid ass lady who was trying to get me to sign up for her insurance and she was like "Ya know, you need insurance for your dermatologist...." I'm like wtf.
-smiley
my mom trying to make me feel better about my acne.. it could be worse, at least you're not a burn victim. (gee thanks)
my mom again, don't touch your face sweetie.. your pimples look so angry
I have a terrible scar on my forehead, actually from chicken pox, but my brother refers to it as an impact crater, from a meteorite that hit my forehead. lol this one is actually kind of comical..
while buying concealer at sephora, the assistant looks at my skin critically, how old are you? he asks staring at my acne. 19. I see.. well be careful with this concealer, it can aggravate the condition
My roommate and I were talking about taking a masseuse class. She said that she had wanted to, but that one of her friends in high school had terrible bacne and took a masseuse training class. For the training you have to give and get massages. My roommate said that she could never take a class now, because every time she thinks about it she imagines her high school friends nasty acne.. and it. Grosses her out completely, to imagine her friend's pussing back. here I sat next to her in the car.. face full of acne. My other roommate (who has had one course of accutane) said well it's not HER fault she has acne. I said, yeah well sorry if my acne offends you. She then reassured me that mine didn't bother her at all, but I'm still somewhat skeptical.
My brother and I look alike, cept i had acne. My aunt was visiting and turned to him and said he's very handsome. Then she turns to me and says, "oh you're..." before trailing off. It was kinda comical cause she was just so oblivious. My brother even gave me the "is this bitch retarded" look. My face has cleared nicely while she still looks like a bulldog after the facelift.
I dont take the comments themselves personally. It's the total disrespect required to confront a stranger with the comments that pisses me off. The mother hens with their crappy advice don't know wtf they're talking about, so their opinions don't hold any weight. People are gonna talk shit to you, and just know that whatever comes outta their mouths, they're just wrong.
well this girl who was starting to get mild acne said to me do you have burn marks on your face coz i have red marks. you ignorant bitch. and when my acne was quite bad this boy used to say to me pizza face. i would go home and cry and wish that my brother could beat him up. then that boy starting gettin pimples and his attitude towards me was much politer. SOme people . . . . .. .
I had a few comments in my time that werent very rude but Im so sensitive i flippedout on them for it. It gets me so angery. The only time i didnt flip out was one time i went for a massage because i thought my skin was doing really well and didnt bother me too much. Then guess what happens i get this hot ass asian girl. And befor she starts she asks me whats wrong with my back then it hit me hard i soaked it all in. that was the final point where i decided to go on the accutane. And i cant wait to go for a massage when im all clear.
I've not had those terrible stories that some of you guys shared. Just the usual "Have you heard about this treatment..." type of comments from well-meaning but insensitive relatives and family members. Then there are also comments from my younger cousins or kids who don't know any better. These really sting, but I can't hold it against them, except I wish their PARENTS would do something about their rudeness.
The only comments I don't tolerate are suggestions from persistent service staff at the drugstores. ESPECIALLY when I was NOT looking for products for my skin. They tail you like a pest, suggesting 101 treatments and creams. Eventually a firm "NO THANKS" accompanied by a glare does the trick. I'm in my mid-twenties, I've seen a derm, I've tried a ton of medications and creams over the past 10 years, what do these sales people know about my problem?!
The most emotionally devestating things, for me anyway, are not what people say; but they are the things I see.
Try this for example: Style your hair, so it looks cool, without looking at your face; so that if you had a clear face, you would look reasonable. I do this every day, and I can honestly say that trying to dress nice, style your hair and keep clean makes you feel horrible when you realise people are just going to notice the stark contrast between the face and everything else - sometimes trying to look better actually ends up making you look worse.
Anyway, now go look at your reflection in a mirror type object that is BLACK. An example is looking at your monitor when it displays black (open paint and colour the background), or look into a car window without too mich light on your face: ITS FUCKING DEPRESSING SEEING HOW GOOD YOU LOOK (You cannot see the acne in the dark reflection, but still see you face/hair and features etc), KNOWING THAT YOUR FUCKING ACNE IS __ACTIVE__ AND THERE WILL BE NEW SPOTS TOMORROW.
Just so you know I actually started crying during the capslock. Im 20. It hurts.
Regards,
Brian.
P.s. I was clear for 1 year, after having moderate/severe acne for 3 years. 2 weeks ago I came of Oxytetracycline, and within that time my face is back to what I had 3 years ago. IM FUCKING NEARLLY 21!! WHY THE FUCK IS IT STILL SO ACTIVE! Its so hard when you suffered acne, went clear, then they come back from clear to severe in TWO weeks, especially when people can SEE this happening. Im at Uni. It Hurts.
My stupid fagg of a boifriend always makes me feel like absolute sh*t...
I hate it when makes fun of other people's acne, and when he says it I feel like he must feel the same way about me deep down.......
I'm confused. I don't know anyone any more.
Yeh my brother makes fun of others acne alltough he has been a sufferer himself.....
I started getting spots when i was about 10, and i remember a lad who fancied me called me 'spotty' cos i wouldnt go out with him. haha. then he tried apologising and felt terrible cos he liked me. I said i didnt care. But it did hurt my feelings.
Another was from a lad who i was mates with. Dunno how it came about. I think he was in one of his playful yet offensive moods, and said i was as "spotty as a cheater"
Made me cry. I was about 10. You know when you can feel your eyes welling up and try your best to not cry, then all of a sudden you cant help but burst into tears? well that happened. The lad felt bad when i cried, and my friend had a go at him. The teacher even asked if i was ok but i didnt tell him why i was crying.
And lastly, a lad that really liked me for 2yrs or so, decided to call me 'spotty' when we got to secondary school. He had a special name for me but ive forgot it now. I just know it was nasty.
Well...after a while he began strolling into school with a forehead full of spots.
I secretly smiled
I didn't think my face was that bad but I went into Walgreens to get Shaving Cream and this little girl made this face to her mom and mom nodded. Maybe it wasn't to me, but bothered the shit out of me. I did the classic hand through the hair and head done while standing in line. I felt like walking up to her and saying "If you got any better ideas, please tell me Princess".
teacher says: 'wow that corner of the classroom is very dark, better put the lights on, i cant even see leon now' pupil says:'that might be the best solution..'
other kid 'if i looked like you i would have killed myself a long time ago'
damn thats cold, where did you go to school? the bronx?
1) Waiting in a restsurant to go to the toilet, I'm in front of this little girl, and I smile at her. Then she looks at me and starts going "buck buck buck buck!" like a chicken. I freeze, realising she thinks I have chicken pox. Sounds funny now but it was shit.
2) I was fucking 11 years old, and this teenage boy with a girl pass me in the street, and he says to me " How was the car crash?" That really hurt me, especially as i was quite young for m age. If i knew who he was, i would go and fucking beat the shit out of him now.
theres more worse stuff but i dont want to get into it cos it would bore yall
I always get picked by the horniest homo on school of my acne screaming it loud on our classroom...
so embarassing and depressing.,..
i remembered one day that i didn't talk one whole day in school because of that fu'in homo...
last year i feel like i can fit in coz im the escort of the school...
1 year after i broke out
now because of acne i lost many of my confidence and never come out of the house the whole summer
i only come out to buy at the store...
life is so cruel
especially with acne
Well...
"Whats that on your face, you should buy PROACTIVE."- random little kid.
"Pizza face, crater face, red face."
When in school we were giving each person in class a random disease, I got small pox.
People never really want to take pictures with me, not that I want to.
People staring, dam I hate this one.
But all this use to happen more when i was younger. The name calling has subsided now that I am older. I think i am the one who makes myself feel bad, because I am no where near confident.