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Hi everyone,
I just thought I would share my experience with the worst kind of acne and my scars.
I remember december of 2012 was when it started. It came by VERY VERY quickly. Within the span of 3 days my entire back was covered with quarter sized cysts. At the time they just felt like lumps and I didnt know if it was acne or something serious. Then after they began to surface they formed a dry dead skin bump at the surface of each cyst. I could count 40 - 50 of them on my back. THEY WERE PAINFUL. I couldnt lie down on my back. The cysts popped on their own, and when they leaked they created new whiteheads and cysts. The former acne cysts then became an open wound. Being inexperienced, I placed bandages on them, leading to more pain and infection. I remember taking a shower was very painful whenever the water jet touched my wounds it would sting. So now I was unable to effectively wash the area, contributing to the worsening of my acne. Just when I thought I had it bad, it spread to my arms, all the way up to my forarms. My chest was next. Then the back of my neck. Then the whiteheads that I had on my face became cysts as well. Now I was unable to lift my arms more than horizontally and I was unable to fully extend my arms because the joints had swollen due to the acne. I couldnt smile and going to school was very tough because of embarrassment. The blood from popped cysts would create scabs that would stick to my shirts, and whenever I moved they would get caught on my shirt and get pulled off, meaning healing took a while as well.
I refused to take accutane, and completely changed my diet to vegetables and fruits. I did my best in the shower to wash off all the dead skin and stuff.
It took a total of 7 months for my acne to get to a point where I could function normally again. I am still fighting acne but it is sporadic and not nearly as bad. I still can get cysts on my back and face from time to time.
The aftermath
Being unable to eat well and being forced to abruptly end my weightlifting regimen, I went from being 6'0'' 145 lbs to 6'0'' 122 lbs over the course of the seven months. Not to worry though, 1 month after the whole ordeal was under control, I regained some of the wieght and I am now comfortably healthy (I am pretty lean so my healthy bodyweight may appear lower).
Thankfully my face was not terribly scarred. The TERRIBLE news is that my back has tons of pink flat/slightly depressed scars, one in particular being the size of a half dollar coin. On my shoulders and on the sides of my back, unfortunately, I have now developed keloids. I counted 20 small keloids, and around 6-7 keloids the size of a dime or larger. It definitely does not look sightly. I am worried about going to college and having to go shirtless and what people would think. I'm pretty sure most women would be repulsed by the scars. In sophomore year I had not thought about it but now this is becoming a more relavent issue for me. I really want to be able to wear tank tops and perhaps even go shirtless.
Are there any treatment options for these scars. What would you suggest for the pink slightly depressed/flat ones.
On my chest I have HYPO pigmented white scars. They look like white spots. How to deal with hypopigmentation?
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@LifeCoach ....I'm really sorry that you had to go through all that pain,I really felt it, you made me cry. And yet you keep a very positive attitude , I like that , you are a fighter.
Have you heard of vicks vaporub for cystic acne, go and do some Google ,people have used it also for ringworm,especially people who workout at gyms .
Go to you tube also .
I might sound a little bit off , but I have tested the vicks vaporub myself.
I have been writing about this on the rosacea forums under the seborrheic dermatitis thread starting page ,46 , in fact the last page right now ,48? In my last post ,I have written about the improvement I have been having using vicks vaporub.
Best wishes to you.
I am really impressed with your attitude. I forgot to disconnect from the acne.org site and I was about to log out when I saw your post.I'm very glad I did.
My best wishes for a good year to you.
Thank you for this post .You show that we can all have the fighting spirit,to never give up.
Thankfully my face was not terribly scarred. The TERRIBLE news is that my back has tons of pink flat/slightly depressed scars, one in particular being the size of a half dollar coin. On my shoulders and on the sides of my back, unfortunately, I have now developed keloids. I counted 20 small keloids, and around 6-7 keloids the size of a dime or larger. It definitely does not look sightly. I am worried about going to college and having to go shirtless and what people would think. I'm pretty sure most women would be repulsed by the scars. In sophomore year I had not thought about it but now this is becoming a more relavent issue for me. I really want to be able to wear tank tops and perhaps even go shirtless.
I'm just going to speak as a woman, I don't think I'd be repulsed by your scars unless you made yourself all about your acne. I'm attracted to personality, to nice smiles, to the line of a man's forearms, to muscles, and I could go on and on. Sure, nice skin is...nice? But it's hardly the reason I'd go out with someone.
When i was a teenager, i never suffered from acne. I always had a clean smooth face. Seven months after i gave birth to my baby, i started to get acne all of a sudden. My face started to fill up really quick. My pimple were big red and would hurt a lot. I would always wash my face but it seemed that it would only get worse. I was so depressed and desperate. I was embarrassed to go to work. I just wanted to hide under a rock. I even bought proactiv but it didn't even make a difference. My sister in law told me about a cream her sister got prescribed for acne in Mexico. I just wanted to try anything. It couldn't have gotten any worse. I would apply the cream at night and in the morning. In about 2 weeks or less, i could see how my acne started disappearing. This cream was just a miracle. My pimples started drying out and going away. Today my acne has disappeared. Of course i still get a small pimple once in a while but nothing compared to what i once had. I can not believe i spent $200 on proactiv and saw no difference verses this cream that only cost $5.00 !!!!! The name of the cream is Gelmicin. I really recommend it.