At school one guy made a nickname for me called yeast infection and than alot people started calling me that. Get told it looks like i got herpes around my mouth. Get told I should really do something about my face because it just looks disgusting and have my older sister with perfect skin come up and show me a photo when I was about 6 and say spot the dffernce

i was on vacation with my family and family friends with their twin girls. One of the twin girls came up to me (she was 7) and said, "what are those spots on your face" and i said (being embarrased) it's a burn from the sun and she was like, "nooooo, they're pimples hahaha" ...what was the point in asking then? i know it's just a kid but..sfgnskjgbsg ugh!

Another time, i was sitting with a group of people and this girl was like, "WHAT'S GOING ON WITH YOUR FACE...HOW MANY TIMES DO YOU WASH IT? I KNOW A GREAT PRODUCT THAT CAN WORK" (that's great....but couldn't she pull me aside and tell me this one on one) *sigh*

i can go on and on really...another time this boy was filming our group rehearsal for a play and this other guy told him to be careful and not zoom in on me too close i was 14...i was devastated

One time my friend came over to play some games on my PS3 and he came just as i finished eating fried rice and i actually had a rice stuck just below my lip and i didn't realize it. When i was taking the disc for NHL 09 the i saw my reflection and the rice on my lip and i asked him why didn't you tell me i had a rice stuck on my lip and hes like "really? i thought it was a pimple you always get new ones everytime i come over." Instead of taking it easy playing NHL 09 with him, i absolutely creamed him. Good Times~!

Hate to put down such a popular thread... but why is this here? This thread only solidifies what is hated most about acne.

its not people as much, its when my mom is like Have you been washing your face?

one time at my little cousins (8 years old) house n we were just chillin playin psp on the couch. At this time i had a few small ass pimples on my right cheek and he was watchin me play. n looked at my face n hes like u have a lot pimples on ur face. At first was like wtf this kid is 8 how the fuk does he know what a pimple is. I didnt know what one was until i was 17. I just said " yea this just makes me more cooler than u"

I cant believe so many little kids know what pimples are. My other cousin whos 4 said to me look a pimple. (like he just spotted a whale in the sea or somethin) I had the smallest pimple on my left side of the nose.

I was speechless

Seems like more kids r gettin informin themselves with acne. But these are kids who are freakin under 10.

It was through those damn truth boxes on myspace... someone said "I can't stand looking at your face it's so god damn ugly and you cake it with a ton of make-up. There are also a ton of holes in your face."

That one crushed me. Still sort of does...

Am I really that "damn ugly"?

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It was through those damn truth boxes on myspace... someone said "I can't stand looking at your face it's so god damn ugly and you cake it with a ton of make-up. There are also a ton of holes in your face."

That one crushed me. Still sort of does...

Am I really that "damn ugly"?

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That's cruel and completely untrue. You're absolutely adorable, and I agree with UFO that you look like that cute skunk from Bambi what with the pale face and dark hair. x3 It's a nice contrast, and many people are very fond of the style, make-up and all.

Oh, and your acne/"holes" don't look bad at all.

<3

Hang in there.

I agree, you're not ugly (marinann).

Sounds like a malicious joke, or cattiness. Girls can be pretty mean to each other sometimes. Do you have any jealous friends with "weight issues" ? Sounds like something a fat bitch would write.

i've been rather fortunate.

Yeah I hear things about fatter people not having acne.

Theres a thread about it somewhere..

I believe its to do with metabolism. If you have faster metabolism, your food doesn't digest all the nutrients, and if you have a slow metabolism it digests everything, thus gaining weight and nutrients.

Well, something like that. I'm no scientist but thats my basic theory.

"dude, what's wrong with your face"

"dude... craters"

"pizza-face"

"WHOA what's going on there man (pointing)"

probably a ton of others, i don't remember lol.. yeah it was really embarrassing and it pissed the hell out of me sometimes, but now that i think about it, everyone that said it never had any problems of their own, so i guess they were just confused because they never experienced it...

most of the time it would happen around girls which was totally not cool, and if a chick was gonna give me a kiss on the cheek it would be SO awkward, totally had to avoid the cheek and like kiss my jawline lol.. damnn

my 7 year old brother will say i have red dots on my face at the dinner table with family its really fun

and the other day he said i have bubbles on my forehead.

I was talking to a friend about bloody scene in a short horror film we were going to make:

Me: Ketchup.. it doesn't look good and it'll probably sting if you put it on your face.

Him: It depends on how you look.

I was breaking out badly that day and he was refering to how it would sting on my face, as it would be like spreading salt in an open wound (due to the the acne). Although he was right it was an insensitive way of putting it.

2) When our group is picked to create an ad for a facial product, the members(i didnt know any of them) look at me, one break the silence and say," u will be the main character, wont u"

im really sorry, but

this is incredible

I moved to a different highschool and was put on immuno suppressors (sp?) and antibiotics for health problems (non acne related...i had perfect skin then)

But i had a bad side effect to the medications working with each other ...and it just so happened to be "acne"

The doctor said something about how the immuno suppressors are a kind of steroid (not an anabolic steroid..if anyone knows what i mean, but they all have a chance of causing acne)

And what happened was the antibiotic for my intestine (health stuff) was actually attacking "good" bacteria...... wtf?

So then he explained it in a way i could understand.

Basically the steroids were causing acne and the antibiotics were killing the "good" bacteria that helps to keep that away.

THEN he gave me some cream to put on my face because he thought maybe it was just a bacterial infection BUT i was alergic to it and my face swelled up and i got cysts...and so on.

So basically i went to this new highschool with horrible "acne" with a swollen face ..and this one guy was like "whoooaa....its like all bumpy and stuff.." and he looks at this one guy behind me and is like "isn't that crazy?" i felt like total sh***

but the other guy said that it didn't really matter what my face looked like and that he didn't see the big deal.

Hopefully there are more people like that guy out there. (never really talked to him much considering i moved again.. haha).

"What a waste of a face."

"What's wrong with your face"

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"wtf is wrong with your face?"

"looks like you got burned with acid"

"you need to get some soap for that shit"

" you need to wash your face"

"ugly crater face freak"

I really can not believe that people can be that insensitive, and that ignorant.

Some idiot in my year at school was walking past me in the corridor, the funny thing is that he also has acne, not much but still... anyway he said something like 'your face looks like the himalayas' I couldn't help myself so I pushed him and he hit the wall and got a tiny cut above his eye butt he was lying on the floor in pain like a wuss, everyone came over and laughed at him, then a teacher comes and i get a detention -.-

Was worth it though. I don't understand why people have to point out that you have acne.

Yeah that happened with my sister too. untill i got acne I didn't realise just how much it hurts when people tease you even if they're joking.

My boss once said to me I needed Clearasil.

I've never really been told much since I happen to be a big man.

However, I do remember once getting in fight when I was younger that I easily won (no real damage), and the next day someone heard about it and asked "did he do that to you?" referencing the red patch on my cheek.

Sorta funny in a way.

**Note: The fight was not over acne, I took up for a kid that was getting picked on.

My best friends cousin who is about 8 thought my acne was chicken pox and now calls me chicken pox man.

WOW some of these almost made me laugh simply beacuse so many people are completely ignorant and say the stupidest things to us. i just cantbelieve how dumb some people can be! do they really think we don't NOTICE our acne or dont wash our faces??

anyways i remember once i went to some stupid picnic for my dads charity club and this asian woman was talking to me, my mom and dad and was like "yeah your daughter is getting all the pimples on her forehead". i was like WHAT THE HELL. i dont even know you woman!! how would i like it if i looked at you and said, "Yeah, you're getting a lot of fat on your waist." my mom was just like 'yeah they're at that age." (i was 13).

and once me and my friend were fighting, and he was trying to get my OTHER friend and me to start fighting, so he came up to me and was like "JANE WAS TALKING ABOUT ALL THE ACNE ON YOUR FACE" so i would get mad at her. wow. 13 sure is an immature age.

i also remember my cousin asking me WHATS THAT ON MY FACE when iwas younger and id be like 'uhh... i fell.' and she'd be like ITS A PIMPLE!!! why do you even ask you fucker???