to be honest, no one has ever directly pointed it out to me. if ne thing, i point it out to them and explain my frustration & honestly people are really understanding.

but reading these made me realize there are fuckking idiots out there who think

that you get acne cuz u dont wash your face. i want to beat the living shi5$%$#

out of people like that because thats not even close to the truth.

people dont know what it is like until theyve experianced it. my mom

doesnt ever understand why i get so down about it when i breakout

cuz she has had PERFECT skin her entire life. its hard for people to really know

unless theyve suffered from it.

to be honest, no one has ever directly pointed it out to me. if ne thing, i point it out to them and explain my frustration & honestly people are really understanding.

 

 

but reading these made me realize there are fuckking idiots out there who think

that you get acne cuz u dont wash your face. i want to beat the living shi5$%$#

out of people like that because thats not even close to the truth.

people dont know what it is like until theyve experianced it. my mom

doesnt ever understand why i get so down about it when i breakout

cuz she has had PERFECT skin her entire life. its hard for people to really know

unless theyve suffered from it.

That's quite strange how your Mum had perfect skin....Did your Dad suffer from acne? I too have never had anything said/done to me.....some of the things that I've read in this topic are ridiculously rude...

wow hard one mostly its just friends kinda joking around.

Well ill keep this one empty.

quote from first page: "See, that's what happens when you dont wash your face "

if a guy told me that I would have punched him till he bleeded. If a girl told me that i prob still would punch her. Or i would go away crying. Or just yell at her and say every thing that i could posibly tell her. Nah i would be so angry that i should punch her

back in highschool a girl said to me

you have so many spots on your face i bet your dog calls you spot

that was years ago its funny but sad that i still remerber

This thread is depressing as hell. I should not depress myself and read it, but I do anyway when I am feeling like shit.

Luckily I have not had too many comments. Someone once anonymously mailed me an order form for pro-activ. Thanks, wow, never heard of it.

The worst is unsolicited advice. I never bring up the topic of acne but very rarely, because each time I do I get advice that is so condescending. Yeah, soap, really, brilliant. No really? A miracle soap that really helped you? No one has acne, so I guess they are imminently qualified to give advice. I can't stand the thought that people think I just don't wash my face or eat like shit. I've tried a lot of soaps/meds/diet changes - nada. I eat a hell of a lot better than anyone in my family and have the worst skin. I hate the assumptions.

I had a lady stop me in a store and was very nice to me and we are chatting for like 5 minutes, until she hands me her card and tells me she sells a lot of products to help with my problem. I felt dumb because I think she singled me out because I had acne from the beginning.

I also hate when the topic of acne comes up and people instinctly look over to me, or the eyes looking at the acne, that sort of thing. That and when I meet people again after a long time they scan my face and say oh yeah I remember you. I mean I don't think it's anything but my zits they remember. yay, publicity.

Worst is just not being taken seriously as an adult. It's really hard to look polished and professional with acne like mine. I definitely feel that a lot of snap judgments are being made about me around certain types of people.

Just today my daughter had food on her face and I took her into the bathroom to wipe it off, she said, I'll help you wipe your ickies off too, mommy, and dabs at my cheeks with the tissue until I stopped her. she says, "well, my ickies will come off". blah. I just pray she doesn't get this problem.

This isnt about me but it depressed me.

I work in retail and one day while clocking out a girl who worked in cosmetics came over and shrieked to me and another employee. We asked her what was wrong and she said something like "EW! I just had to wash my hands with scalding hot water like 20 times!" we asked her why and she replied "Becuase I just had to do makeup on a girl that was infested with acne! EW SO GROSS! Girls with acne that bad should not be asking other people to do their makeup!"

I didn't even know what to say to that. I dont have horrible acne just a few spots that I cover up. I thank God she didn't notice! I just though how rude ad walked away feeling bad for that girl who got her makeup done.

My acne really didn't start getting horrible until the summer before 9th grade. Then when 9th grade started a lot of things were said to my face...

Beginning of 9th grade PE:

I got asked by a group of boys if I was a burn victim.

Towards Halloween of 9th grade:

I got asked if I was going to be Freddy Kruger for Halloween.

Towards the end of 9th grade:

I was walking in the hallway after school had let out. This random guy walks towards me, takes a look at me, then gets really close to me and says "EW" really loud and walks away laughing. I cried that time... when I got home I couldn't help but lock myself in my room.

Summer before 10 grade(By this time i had been on Differen from 5 months and my skin was clear but i had and still have noticeable scarring and hyperpigmentation):

I went back home to Los Angeles to visit friends. We were handing out around Santa Monica Pier just lying their on the sand and talking. All of a sudden I feel something hit my leg. I couldn't really tell where it came from. Guess what if was. Freaking concealer.

1st month of 10 grade:

I was walking to my 1st period class when I bump into this guy in the hallway. He looks around to apologize and as he says sorry he makes this disgusted face at me.

A couple weeks ago:

I was walking down the stairs with one of my friends. And then all of a sudden i feel someone slap my ass. When i turned around i see 2 girls laughing. Then one of them says "Ew his skin is so gross".

I sill have over 2 years of High school left. I'll probably have way more stories by the time i graduate.

My acne really didn't start getting horrible until the summer before 9th grade. Then when 9th grade started a lot of things were said to my face...

 

Beginning of 9th grade PE:

I got asked by a group of boys if I was a burn victim.

 

Towards Halloween of 9th grade:

I got asked if I was going to be Freddy Kruger for Halloween.

 

Towards the end of 9th grade:

I was walking in the hallway after school had let out. This random guy walks towards me, takes a look at me, then gets really close to me and says "EW" really loud and walks away laughing. I cried that time... when I got home I couldn't help but lock myself in my room.

 

Summer before 10 grade(By this time i had been on Differen from 5 months and my skin was clear but i had and still have noticeable scarring and hyperpigmentation):

I went back home to Los Angeles to visit friends. We were handing out around Santa Monica Pier just lying their on the sand and talking. All of a sudden I feel something hit my leg. I couldn't really tell where it came from. Guess what if was. Freaking concealer.

 

1st month of 10 grade:

I was walking to my 1st period class when I bump into this guy in the hallway. He looks around to apologize and as he says sorry he makes this disgusted face at me.

 

A couple weeks ago:

I was walking down the stairs with one of my friends. And then all of a sudden i feel someone slap my ass. When i turned around i see 2 girls laughing. Then one of them says "Ew his skin is so gross".

 

I sill have over 2 years of High school left. I'll probably have way more stories by the time i graduate.

that's terrible! what school do you guys go to!??! over here (in WA) we have a massive amount of girls with make-up caked on that enchances all of the bumps on their face but everyone I've known or walk by seem to be understanding. As for me I've never had anyone say anything to me since 7th grade when this one guy told me 'your pimples are so awesome' in HS though it seems as if nobody has room to talk. The only person who gives me crap is my ma who'll from time to time tell me to stop picking, and she's painfully right

The thing IMHO that is worse than the comments are the looks. When someone you are friends with or is supposed to care about you doesn't look in your eyes when you are talking, but keeps gazing at your giant pimples. Like we can't tell they aren't looking at them, we can see where your eyes are pointing!! That and the stares from strangers. When I first started getting acne I would go in public with no makeup on, never will I do that again!!!

However here is my worst story....

I was in target looking for a sunscreen (not wearing make-up) and the lady that worked in the beauty department came up to me out of nowhere and said "May I ask what you use on your face?"

Ouch, when I told her she kept going on about different things I should try (as if I havent done everything already)

And then she started trying to sell me makeup and when I told her I use a mineral makeup because they are non-comedogenic she responded "Well, it looks like you need a little more coverup than a mineral makeup can give" and tried to sell me a concealer....

Did she really think that making me feel horrible about myself was going to get her comission? I pretty much ran out of the store crying

Bump fav post

I was out of town for a while and visited the derm for the first time since I had been home. I have a major skin picking problem--it's not that my breakouts are terrible, but I make it much worse by picking. I know this, but I can't break the habit. Anyways, doctor comes in and starts asking why I pick so much. I explain to him and he tells me not to do it (as if I don't know it's bad for me) He then proceeds to ask me: "Didn't your family freak out when they saw you?" I pretended to shrug it off and ignore the question and when I left the office all I wanted to do was go home and lock myself in a room. I was so embarrassed--I cancelled my plans for the night. If a dermatologist (who sees a ton of patients) can say something like that to me, I wonder people who don't interact with acne patients on a daily basis think. This was the worst I've ever felt. I will never forget those words--tonight I am starting the Chill Out Program to stop picking. The only reason I'm not going to switch dermatologists is because I want him to see me when I clear up my skin. When my skin is clear, I plan on bringing those words back up to him and telling him how much he hurt me.

Coworker: "Dude, you have something above your lip"

Me: "I know... my skin looks like sht these days"

Coworker: "No, I mean you have some jelly stuck on your lip"

ughghghg -_-

When I was 14 i had really bad breakouts on my forehead.

My uncle: " it looks like the pimples on your forehead are spelling out HELP ME!!"

It's kinda funny now, but i cried for hours after that. What kind of grown ass man says that to his 14 year old niece???

I was the only person in my Honors Chemistry class with an A, so I was helping a guy who was failing horribly. He had terrible, dark, cystic acne. This is what happened:

Me: So, you've got to find how many moles of--

Him: *touching his face* What's that sh*t all over your face?

Me: Excuse me?

Him: Dude, you have REALLY BAD acne! Worse than MINE! That's no surprise though. Jews are always f*cking ugly.

He had been doing this to me for years, and harassing the rest of the known world, so I threw him out of his desk and kicked him screaming about how no one liked him and how no normal human being would say anything like that to another human.

My teacher allowed it. My peers clapped. They were actually giving me pats on the back about it today and laughing about the guy. (This happened last school year).

I have acne for about 2 years now.

I guess I am lucky that no one told me very rude things about it like to some of you (yet).

Only one time "if you wouldn't have those spots, you'd be a very pretty girl".

It sounded like "you are ugly to me now, come back later"

I don't & can't understand these people that say these horrible things!!!

Situation: Getting my haircut.

Barber (lady): What happened to your face?

Me: Thinking: (STFU and just cut my goddamn hair you stupid whore).

I was the only person in my Honors Chemistry class with an A, so I was helping a guy who was failing horribly. He had terrible, dark, cystic acne. This is what happened:

 

Me: So, you've got to find how many moles of--

 

Him: *touching his face* What's that sh*t all over your face?

 

Me: Excuse me?

 

Him: Dude, you have REALLY BAD acne! Worse than MINE! That's no surprise though. Jews are always f*cking ugly.

 

He had been doing this to me for years, and harassing the rest of the known world, so I threw him out of his desk and kicked him screaming about how no one liked him and how no normal human being would say anything like that to another human.

 

My teacher allowed it. My peers clapped. They were actually giving me pats on the back about it today and laughing about the guy. (This happened last school year).

 

are you f*cking serious? omg that's horrible.. what a racist jerk.

you go girl!

no one really said anything mean about my acne. but one time my friend pointed at my face and laughed, saying that i have many pimples on my face. what a b*tch

I was waiting for the bus with 2 "friends" and one of them says "Damn, you've got a HUGE pimple there" and he points at my face. And then my other "friend" says "Pfft, ONE huge pimple?" and then laughs. Fortunately I haven't met those assholes in months now.

i think the meanest thing is when the dont say a thing , they just stare.

its really annoying.

or asking why you have it.

i wish that those kind of people can get a breakout and see how it feels.

every single day my 6 year old brother talks about my "owies" on my face

makes me feel great!!!

My acne really didn't start getting horrible until the summer before 9th grade. Then when 9th grade started a lot of things were said to my face...

 

Beginning of 9th grade PE:

I got asked by a group of boys if I was a burn victim.

 

Towards Halloween of 9th grade:

I got asked if I was going to be Freddy Kruger for Halloween.

 

Towards the end of 9th grade:

I was walking in the hallway after school had let out. This random guy walks towards me, takes a look at me, then gets really close to me and says "EW" really loud and walks away laughing. I cried that time... when I got home I couldn't help but lock myself in my room.

 

Summer before 10 grade(By this time i had been on Differen from 5 months and my skin was clear but i had and still have noticeable scarring and hyperpigmentation):

I went back home to Los Angeles to visit friends. We were handing out around Santa Monica Pier just lying their on the sand and talking. All of a sudden I feel something hit my leg. I couldn't really tell where it came from. Guess what if was. Freaking concealer.

 

1st month of 10 grade:

I was walking to my 1st period class when I bump into this guy in the hallway. He looks around to apologize and as he says sorry he makes this disgusted face at me.

 

A couple weeks ago:

I was walking down the stairs with one of my friends. And then all of a sudden i feel someone slap my ass. When i turned around i see 2 girls laughing. Then one of them says "Ew his skin is so gross".

 

I sill have over 2 years of High school left. I'll probably have way more stories by the time i graduate.

I'm sorry but this is so funny. You just gotta laugh at the haters.

^ Explain what's funny? I can't really see the humor at all in that post.

^ Explain what's funny? I can't really see the humor at all in that post.

You're a girl you wouldn't understand.

Wow, you've got some issues my friend...

the worst isn't what people say, because nobody's ever said anything that hurt or embarassed me publicly. the worst is when people can't look me in the eye because they're to distracted by my face.