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Hi all,
I am new here today but I have been suffering from mild to moderate acne for many years. I am 30 now and while my acne might not be considered a big deal to some I can honestly say that my entire life has been ripped apart. I used Panoxyl Aquagel 10% which I can say hand on heart was a life saver. It gave me my life back and as it worked so well I honestly believed I had put all the sadness of acne behind me. It has now been discontinued by GSK and I feel like my life is coming to an end. My depression is at such a stage that today I actually sat on the tube going to work and started to write a goodbye note to my mum because I didn't think I could get through the rest of the day feeling so sad and frightened every day. My skin is broken out at the moment and because of my period andI know I should expect it but my heart breaks when I look at myself. I feel lost and scared for the next day and the next. I have no life except worry about acne and my skin. My job is the only escape and even now I have to rush into the cloakroom or bathroom fighting back tears. I am a mess and I am ruining my life and my mum's who I stay with. I cannot get over the fact that for many years I used Panoxyl Aquagel and escape the misery of acne only to have it taken off by GSK who don't care about customers. I cannot find anything as good as Aquagel to help me and I am heartbroken. I cannot form a relationship because I am soupset and disgusted with myself. All the dreams and things I used to love doing are just a memory as I cannot find it in my heart to do anything. It all feels like such a waste of timewhen I know I am so uphappy with myself and am in such fear that my acne will get worse and that the products that I do use will oneday be taken off the market the way Panoxyl was.
I honestly don't know what to do. I feel like I don't want to carry on with this horrible weight in my stomach that sucks all the enjoyment out of life. I wanted to get help and emotional support but the referral period was months and at the end of the day I will still have the spots that have caused me so much pain and loneliness for so long. I am struggling and I don't know where to turn.
I am so sorry for being so dreary. I was once so full of life and dreams and hope. Acne has stripped this away day by day, month by month. I suppose I have to reach out now because life is becoming more unbearable and I need to feel part of something. I need something to cling onto and hope for and to know that I am not alone and that one day things will get better.
All my love to you all,
Julia
Guarantee you that your whole spproach to your skin is wrong.to start off with getting panoxyl off internet aunt too difficult or are uou deserted on an island?
change your diet,lifestyle to a more acne friendly one.you want to wheen yourself of dpot creams as much as possible and actualy find out what is aggravating your skin.
change diet,so no more dairy,sugar,fast foods.eat loads of veg and est sweet potato instead of white,eat whole meal brown bread instead of white and limit the amount if slices a day.
personaly poultry breaks me out as i was strict and ate a friendly diet and every time i ate chicken i started to break out and got a zit!so i cut that out,so understand your diet,take it back to basics and monitor what you eat,eat it daily and watch yoyr skin.
drink plenty of water a day,have a few pints.
keep fingers of skin so no picking,wash only with warm water and pat dry with clean towel and wash your bedding regular,keep general hygene good.
stay away from citric fruit,eat water melon and pineapple and see how you get on.
important is stay calm,stop stressing and give a couple weeks on new diet to kick in and monitor your skin.
report back your progress.
