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I had to get my makeup done for my sisters wedding a while back, so of course I couldn't wear cover up there which was really hard for me to do, I NEVER go out in public without covering up my acne. Anyways, at this point I had no active acne, just lots of red marks. My two 8 year old nieces and my 7 year old cousin came with us to get their hair done, they're used to seeing me all done up with my makeup so when they saw what my skin REALLY looked like they went on on and about it. In front of everyone they sat there staring at my face saying things like WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOUR SKIN? DO YOU HAVE CHICKEN POCKS? DO YOU KNOW YOU HAVE RED SPOTS ON YOUR FACE? I think the worst thing they said was "You're ugly without your makeup". I know they're just kids but it was honestly the worst experience ever, not to mention I was the last person to get my hair and makeup done so I had to sit through these stupid comments for 2 hours. Once my makeup was done they said "that's better! you're pretty again!" The hair dressers smirking and laughing didn't help to much either. Other then that I have never got any ridicule because it's always covered up!
I had to get my makeup done for my sisters wedding a while back, so of course I couldn't wear cover up there which was really hard for me to do, I NEVER go out in public without covering up my acne. Anyways, at this point I had no active acne, just lots of red marks. My two 8 year old nieces and my 7 year old cousin came with us to get their hair done, they're used to seeing me all done up with my makeup so when they saw what my skin REALLY looked like they went on on and about it. In front of everyone they sat there staring at my face saying things like WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOUR SKIN? DO YOU HAVE CHICKEN POCKS? DO YOU KNOW YOU HAVE RED SPOTS ON YOUR FACE? I think the worst thing they said was "You're ugly without your makeup". I know they're just kids but it was honestly the worst experience ever, not to mention I was the last person to get my hair and makeup done so I had to sit through these stupid comments for 2 hours. Once my makeup was done they said "that's better! you're pretty again!" The hair dressers smirking and laughing didn't help to much either. Other then that I have never got any ridicule because it's always covered up!
JERKS! I don't care HOW old.
You know, those are the people I think I DREAD the most - children. Not because I have had one tell me something about my skin, just everything else. (So why not my scar-ridden, red face?)
At ballet once, we were doing a piece from "Romeo and Juliet," and this girl, who was really awful, got Juliet, which hurt. Still, it didn't hurt as much as when we were helping out with the little girls class. There was one fawning over Juliet-to-be, then the little kid looked at me and asked in front of everyone:
"Who are you supposed to be? Romeo?" Juliet-to-be just smiled.
I just slapped the kid in my mind.
when a friend of mine told me "you looked great in high school, but hey since university u got loads of acne wt's up and why the spots on your forehead"
it's sad cos it reminded me i once looked great but no longer. and he said it in such a tone as if my acnes have changed the way he thinks about me as a friend. i dun know how to react to that. maybe he's just being honest. and if he doesn't want to be my friend becos of my acnes, then he's not a good friend and there's no loss to me,
This doesn't really fit into this thread, but it came into mind, and I don't want to post a new thread about it. In highschool, I have a few cysts (1 every month) (Note: I didn't drink milk AT ALL up until I moved out. I'm 21 now, and my skin is cyst city). Anyways, I had pretty good skin in highschool, and I remember my english class in grade 12, there was a guy who had severe acne. I've actually never seen pictures on this site of anybody whos skin compared to his. He was the coolest guy ever, good looking guy with nice features, dressed very nice, and was totally confident. He was friends with so many people, and had girlfriend who was equally as nice with a few blemishes, not many. Skin is what you first see on people, but once you reveal your personality and how awesome you are, I seriously believe it overpowers anything on the outside.
Fuck those people who say mean things, I CANT BELIEVE people say the rudest shit. My parents are both teachers, and I believe they raised me pretty well. My parents are always so nice about my acne, and always helpful, so is my older brother (who went through acne). I think it's because my Dad is a junior high school principal and my mom taught jr high and kindergarten - they've probably seen SO many teens going through skin issues. By the way, my Dad actually taught many of the people I went to highschool with, even the guy I mentioned at the beginning.
Some moron (whose face was no where near perfect...or pretty for that matter) just stares with concern at me and says, "wow, you have bad acne....what have you been on for it....have you seen a doctor?" Oh, my God. I have acne? Is that what all those craters are? Wow, thanks girl-that-I-just-met...and will be rooming with the next 4 months. Lucky me.
about 4 years ago I had this HUGE pimple on my nose, it was so big I don't think it was actually a pimple, it didn't have pus?
But this kid looked at it and went 'WHAT THE HELL IS THAT? OMG THAT PIMPLE IS STARING AT ME, ITS HUGE! ITS LIKE IT HAS A MIND OF ITS OWN!!! WTF/!?!"
my sisters would call me pizza face....
my younger sister is the worst. She's so pretty and really insenstive when it comes to my skin....she's gotten a little better over the years because she has broken out a few times but no pimples big enough to cause damage...she calls me pizza face, and just makes me feel ugly overall, weirdly enough without saying anything, just her overall attitude towards me....
Um when I was in grade 7, I had these two giant zits directly under neath my nose. Yeah I hated it too. But this kid was like, "whats that under your nose?" and just kept asking and being blunt, and I kept shaking my head and telling him he didn't get it, but he wouldn't shut up.
Here's a few of the most memorable ones!
I remeber when we were all chilling in the common room in 6th form there was this kid drawing pics on microsoft paint of everyone in our year. There was a big group round him and one of the girls watching looked at the pic of me and said yeh thats good, but you need to draw the spots" then used the spray paint tool to draw a load of red stuff on my forehead, she didnt have a clue I was behind her. Wouldnt mind but she was supposed to be one of my mates and its so much worse when someone of the opposite sex says something.
Once a lil kid in boots repeatidly told his mum in the que in a shop that "that boy has spots" he was very loud and his mum did try to shut him up. He wasnt trying to be mean but it was soo embaressing, luckly i had my headphones in (no music playing) so pretended I didnt hear any of it.
In the pub recently a chavy dude started singing "We dont need no spotty dick heads" to the tune of education. Completly uncalled for!
During my last big breakout a work colleage said to me "whats that?" to be fair it was lout of this world! but could have crueled into a hole a died!
A teacher once recommended accutane to me!
haha, iv take a few comments!
I was harassed a lot in school then people stopped picking on me because I became known for some very NASTY one liners and zingers.
I had a fat guy ask me "What the hell is wrong with your face?!" He started laughing until I walked up, looked him square in the eye and said:
"I'm growing up and going through puberty dumbass - but it looks like your fat ass is just growing out isn't it?" 
That shut him up real quick and people started laughing at him. I realized that even though I have acne the way you deal with people who chose to vicitimize you says a lot about your personality. I don't take crap from anybody and I loved making bullies cry! I wasn't a nice person to people who were mean to me period. I tried 'turning the other cheek' but the teasing was just too much. I'm a girl and we aren't supposed to get physical - but I'll admit to slamming a head or two into a wall while the teacher's not looking. 
It's not nice but much more effective than doing nothing. My high school was really rough and there were a LOT of skanks who got pregnant and dropped out. I'm kind of glad I had acne because people had to respect me for who I was more than what I looked like.
Hi everyone! This is my first post, ive always been looking through this webpage but never really got to registering, so here we go:
- whats wrong with your face?
- dude, your skins peeling off...get johnsons baby shampoo it works. (YOU IDIOT, ANYTHING I USE, even water, will leave my skin feeling tight as a mask on my face)
- your face is red
-are you hot or something? your face is really red (i'm on accutane at the moment 3rd month)
- your like a fire hydrant
-get some clearasil (seems everyone without acne just KNOWS the cure huh... were the idiots right? only reason they say that is cause its advertised so much.. morons)
-haha you have a huge zit on your forehead ( I really.. really dont understand these ones... dont they think, that i know and feel shitty about it already?)
ah man all this is enough to just make me stay in all day... but really, how can you go out, if your on accutane and no matter WHAT moisturizer you use, theres flakes of skin peeling etc. how do you do it? is there anyone here that will leave the house for ANYTHING if theres dry skin visible? especially during the day? I avoid any area with light, this crap disease has destroyed my social life completely. Sometimes i think i need some counselling or something, but, all i really need is to be clear. then ill be reborn.
I mean not that many people bug me about my acne even though it is pretty bad but this one kid who sits next to me in 2 classes always goes low whenever i dis him and says "You got a little something right there" while pointing to his chin. I just say "No shit! cause I so didn't see that when i looked in the mirror this morning"
Seriously, I should kick his ass. I'm not sure why I don't.
Luckily, I have some pretty awesome people in my life that honestly don't care about that sort of thing (even if I show up w/o my makeup... one friend even said he didn't notice, which could either be a good or bad thing 
) The worst I've got was:
- "You know, I heard that avocado is good for your face." (my dad). He's been growing more and more bold recently regarding my acne situation and making comments on it, whereas before he never said a word. It's making me quite angry. 
I know he only means the best and points out what he sees, but I can't help but be sensitive and snap for it.
- "You know you got a giant zit right in the middle of your forehead, right?" (friend). Oh damn, you serious? I COMPLETELY missed it this morning while I speant my usual hour in the bathroom and a week watching helplessly as that thing sprouted from my very skull! Amazing!
God. 
(I'm 22 year old male)
- Most of my close friends never said anything directly related to my acne, but it's not less depressing to see their eyes wandering through my face when talking to them. Or when they see bloody spots on my T-Shirt and tell me that "something has bitten me". Or when my arms are covered with red spots (i hate summer) and everyone is asking what kind of allergy that is. Or when I have a (huge!) cyst on my neck, and they ask who hit me there. Or calling me gay for not having any contact to girls
- strangers say all kinds of nice things. Starting with some ridiculous advice ("don't touch your face", "you should drink more", "try <some stupid stuff>", "i heard washing helps") to nasty insults ("hi acne", "the only cure is suicide"). I try to tell myself that they're just stupid remarks with no significance, but to be honest: Every one of them hurts a lot. These words still ring in my ears nights later.
- The worst is propably from family/relatives. Both my grandmother and my aunt tell me regularly that i "used to be" so pretty. And my mom on christmas, while looking at old photos of me: "you used to be such a pretty child", some seconds later: "...uhm I mean you still are of course. Nothing can disfigure a pretty face" and such stuff. I obviously cried myself to sleep that day (although I do that ~30% of all days..)
Pretty much just the whole 'pizza face" thing.
It's so rude.
And then the people who ask you if you wash your face.
I mean, really?
Do they think you are not aware of the condition of your skin?
Tactless humans...
Oh, my favorite. "What's wrong with your face? it's so red. That's not normal, is it?"
Makes me want to punch people.
1. Just the other day, as a matter of fact...
Friend 1 whispers something to friend 2; Friend 2 says "Oh, I didn't know light-skinned people could get acne!" They snicker, and I wanted to say to both of them (hideous to me now, and both kinda chunky) "How I wish I could have YOUR degree of Beauty," but I don't think they were SMART enough to understand SARCASM
2. Little girl, maybe 4 "Why do you have all that stuff on your face?"
3. HS, classmate not talking DIRECTLY to me, but OF me, "I just wanna say if anybody got acne (I'm sitting 2 ppl away) try ProActiv. I use it and that stuff works, for real."
I could go on, but I'm starting to depress myself...
(I'm 22 year old male)
- Most of my close friends never said anything directly related to my acne, but it's not less depressing to see their eyes wandering through my face when talking to them. Or when they see bloody spots on my T-Shirt and tell me that "something has bitten me". Or when my arms are covered with red spots (i hate summer) and everyone is asking what kind of allergy that is. Or when I have a (huge!) cyst on my neck, and they ask who hit me there. Or calling me gay for not having any contact to girls
- strangers say all kinds of nice things. Starting with some ridiculous advice ("don't touch your face", "you should drink more", "try <some stupid stuff>", "i heard washing helps") to nasty insults ("hi acne", "the only cure is suicide"). I try to tell myself that they're just stupid remarks with no significance, but to be honest: Every one of them hurts a lot. These words still ring in my ears nights later.
- The worst is propably from family/relatives. Both my grandmother and my aunt tell me regularly that i "used to be" so pretty. And my mom on christmas, while looking at old photos of me: "you used to be such a pretty child", some seconds later: "...uhm I mean you still are of course. Nothing can disfigure a pretty face" and such stuff. I obviously cried myself to sleep that day (although I do that ~30% of all days..)
That's what I don't understand - People are more apt to say something to you VERY LOUDLY about your acne than they sometimes are if you're getting beat up or robbed! WHY DO YOU POSSIBLY THINK YOU ARE HELPING ME?!? If it bothers you that much, and you don't have to be bothered with it EVRY SINGLE DAY, then just IMAGINE how much it bothers me!
Some people just don't think!
ohhhh god this brings back horrible jr high memories:
I started talking one day in class and someone says, "shut up acne girl"
Another one was a topic brought up in class about who has the most acne, and my name got brought up and pointed at. My favorite was the teacher let this happen for a good 10 minutes.
Someone was calling people with acne "herpes faces". why are people so mature?
I went to a camp when I was in like the 7th grade, and a girl came up to me with an eraser and said "here ill erase all the pimples off your face"
I do not miss that at all lol
Im a 21 y/o female and Ive had acne for years & Ive heard ALOT of bad remarks but One of the meanest things people say, pretty much only young guys say is:
"oh, man, look at that girl, she looks good except her face"
"Yeah, she's a butterface"
A butt-her-face?? WTF DUde I can't fckn help it if I have pimples!!
To all you guys out there who think it's okay to say this about a girl, esp. if she's within hearing distance, Please GRow Up and Refrain from being an Asshole!!
An Ex-bf of mine : " Why are you wearing your hair down, To cover your ugly face?"
well back in middle school when acne all of a sudden hit me my friends called me pizza face...in high school some ppl spreaded rumors that i had herpes...and the occasional WHAT HAPPENED? oh and my young cousins said out loud at the dinner table during a family reunion that i have booboos all over my face 
Not trying to brag or anything but over my high school career people have been very very cool about it I can remember a few times but not alot at all. Im a junior almost a senior few more months.
My first time being made fun of was in middle school in face most of the picking on was in middle school I guess you grow up when you get in high school or something haha. Anyway I was in the 6th grade and this stupid fat girl was talking crap about me so I said wow you should call 1-800-jenny20 well she came back with go buy some clean and clear guess this one doesent count because I lead it on myself
Second time- Was in Middle school also was in class and some stupid girl passed me a drwaing and it was me with some spots on my face that one sucked.
Third time- Was my freshmen year in high school in P.E some guys came up to me and asked if it hurt to shave with acne... Guess its not that much of an insult because they where not making fun of me just asking but it still hurt.
Now im sure other people has said some stuff but I cant remember anymore times then those three.
My Mum turned around to me today and said 'why don't you go and doll yourself up a bit you look like a f*ckin tramp, you used to be such an attractive girl' I replyed 'thats mean you shouldn't say stuff like that'. She says 'i'm only telling the truth'
A friend who i haven't seen for some years says 'so and so came into work today, she's so ugly her face is all spotty and pitted'.