The worst is having your mom tell you to stop eating junk food because it will make you break out

i've tried healthy diets, and they do not work

WOW!!!! THESE POSTS ARE AMAZING!!!

As others have said, i thought i was the only one who was going through this!!!

My experience is the same!

I sometimes cant watch tv because everyone on it has perfect or blemish free skin and are so carefree!!

Yesssss the whole 'the more you stress about it the worse it will get'.......how do you not stress about lookig ugly everyday?!!!

And "people dont look at it, they think you are beautiful"!!! Do you wanna swap faces? And walk around with this crap all day?

Its a relief to know that others have the same issues that I do, thanks guys

I'll add paranoia during intimate/romantic moments to the list!

Kissing rubs off my makeup and exposes my red marks. This makes me so self-conscious that I no longer feel desirable, which completely kills the mood. I used to joke with my ex that he gets to be with two girls in one night: the pretty, put together version of me and the hideous monster who takes my place within a minute of making out.

The worst though was when I dated a guy with a full scruffy beard. Not only did he basically scrub off my entire face of makeup each time we kissed, the friction made me breakout even more. So frustrating! I guess I'll add bearded men to my list of things that break me out.

Omg!!! I could totally relate to this topic as in so much. How we wish like we could just return to our childhood days with the baby face acne free super smooth skin. our acnes are totally ruining our lives. even though my friends kept on telling me to hang out with them some time, i would just refuse and bury myself in the house cause im so ashamed to show my face in public. anyway, i hope all of us here will be acne free someday. best wishes to everyone. BTW, ive been suffering for about 2 years already. it started during the summer vacation. now im 17 and im gonna enter senior hs soon. I CAN SEE THE FUTURE PRESSURE ON ME. HUHUHU. good luck.

People calling you out for wearing heavy foundation. It's like, would you rather see all of my acne??? I have quite pale skin, so I'm slightly orange as well.

It is all true We have such a nice weekend, and I am sitting at home, because I can't face going anywhere..people looking at me..I am 32, bad acne, I had two courses of Roaccutane and currently waiting for third one, on the verge of being depressed as I had to cancel a date with a really nice guy. Well, if he saw me, he would reject me anyway.. so..no solution.

I have enough of all those drugs. Been trying to take nothing for a while, cleanse my body, drink Pansies (it helps some). Its been six weeks and Im giving up. Same spots, scars..tones of make up. I hate myself. Life could be so beautiful....Instead I'm sitting on my own, and my thoughts...Its not drugs that mess up the thoughts...its this illness. I want to live normally, but I am not able to, and not sure how long I can carry on like that. Just don't have more strength.

I've had acne since I was 14 and I'm still struggling, I'm almost 28 now. The worst things about acne to me...

- Looking in the mirror

- Seeing everyone with a clear face but me

- Changing my diet to see if it will clear my face up (currently in the process)

- Going to every dermatologist known to man and trying every single pill or topical medication (none of them working)

- Avoiding eye contact with people because I think they are going to stare at my acne

- Avoiding social gatherings all together

- Putting make up on to cover up my acne (the worst part)

Yeah, it sucks.

Going to get your hair cut and having to stare in a mirror and look at your skin for the entire time.

I'm having trouble quoting anyone's posts but oh my gosh,

pumpercrib- I wrote about that earlier in this thread, is it not pure torture? Also the dentist's chair- the dentist and the assistant hovering over you and then at the end, they give you a mirror to stare in to so you can look at your new filling, crown, etc. and all you can see in the mirror is your acne. That's something only people with acne can truly understand.

hoorahmiz- i've had acne since 14 and I'm almost 28, too!! I don't know why but just reading that made me feel better, and less alone. Way too long to be dealing with it!

geminirock19 - Yeah the dentist is bad as well but I usually just try blur my eyes when they show me the mirror in the dentist so I cant see my acne lol. Cant really do that for that long in a hairdressers though! Luckily my friend comes round and cuts my hair now so I don't have to do it in front of a mirror .

geminirock19 - The most heartbreaking thing is looking in the mirror and feeling ugly. I think I'm a decent looking guy but with my acne I feel hideous. Girls won't give me a second look. I have to win girls with my personality which I do. I can never attract them at first sight due to my acne.

On New Years I invited a girl to my friends party. We kissed twice that night, and I felt that someone wasn't judging me for my apperance for once. Turns out, she turned me down once I asked her out. I know if I had a clear face, she wouln't have rejected me.

Having acne makes the little things in life very difficult. BTW, I saw your birthday and laughed. You were born June 1st (my brothers birthday), and in 1986 (my year of birth). Awesome. Soulmates?

I only take pictures of myself when I'm . Alone , lmao , and yeah it feels like I'm the only one with acne where ever I go , and acne commercials make me wanna put a hole in the tv...................and eye contact is very hard , and I feel embarrassed every time I go into public, like walmart or going to smiths , I feel gross ..........but we are in this together , wether it's not bad or really bad. Because it makes us all feel the same, like shit

i am starting to hate the sun because of acne...i hate when sunlight gets on my face,i'm feeling like it makes it 20000x worse...

I love that, hoorahmiz!! Yay for '86 babies.

Soulmates for sure!!

Don't know about you guys but...

- getting ready to go out in the pitch black because I hate seeing the state of my skin

- closing my eyes every time I walk past a mirror or anything that shows my reflection

- closing my eyes while washing my hands or brushing my teeth because there's a mirror staring right at me!!!

- missing school because you can't face it

- going to bed at 7 in hope it will magically clear by the morning

- saying 100 prayers a day for clear skin LOL

- drinking pints and pints of water, resulting in pissing every bloody 5 minutes.

- searching cures and reading people's blogs for hours on end

- listening to your friends moan about being 'spotty' when they have 1 tiny pimple. DPMO

- avoiding all social situations, missing every party, not going out at all for weeks/months on end.

- crying yourself to sleep every night

- sitting in front of the mirror crying at the state of your skin

- crying to your mama for hours on end.

- having nothing else to talk about other than SKIN SKIN SKIN. (I'm surprised my friends have't dashed me yet lol)

Oh and the worst... drifting from your boyfriend because you're to bothered about your skin so you stop seeing them! Worst! Losing a relationship due to skin f**k you acne!

^{This is great. Makes me feel not so alone in this struggle.}

^{How about...}

• ^{People thinking you have bladder issues because when you're out in public you dash to the bathroom every hour to check if any new spots have appeared and to make sure that your foundation is still in place.}
• ^{Or people saying, "Why don't you just go on Accutane?" Ummm... Maybe because I don't want to poison myself...}
• ^{Or people thinking it's ok to point out your acne. Thank you! I didn't realize I have a huge volcano erupting on my chin right now!}

^{Good luck to us all!}

WOW! I can definitely relate to all of these! Especially -Hating going to the dentist because of the bright light they shine at your face and all the face touching they do during the visit...

I have some more to add to the list:

- Dread staying over at a boy's house in fear he will see your pimples when you're asleep because the make up has rubbed off (Probably why I have never kept a boyfriend for long).

- Go to every single naturopath available for them to tell you they can fix you if you take at least 20 different supplements that DON'T work! It's ridiculous how much money I would have spent!

All I can say is... I am so glad I am not alone!

Lol. i can so identify with all these.

• Avoiding taking group pictures. only take pictures yourself when alone and out of 50 pictures taken, you delete 49 of them
• Night time becomes your favorite outdoor time
• Skip classes, parties, outings etc

Hi everyone!

You know, I would honestly say that I love each and everyone one of you, for just sharing all these common problems so that I feel like I'm finally not the only 19 year old boy around who faces huge cystic acne.

If only we could have a place/house to gather and all of us can be make-up free (Yes, I use BB cream cos I feel so insecure.) Maybe we can just all stay together for like 3 months and NOT USE ANY STUPID MEDICATIONS AND CHEMICALS, and maybe all get clear skin at the end of it.

I just created an account yesterday, I don't know how to post any new threads, so I would really really hope there would be someone whom can talk to me and make me feel better. I just got a large zit today, I'm feeling really really depressed. I even feel embarrassed at home. But I know there is always light at the end of the tunnel.

I hope I reach the end of the tunnel soon.

<3 you guys.

God bless~

That obsession to look in the mirror every 20 mins to see if your skin got clearer

That obsession to look in the mirror every 20 mins to see if your skin got clearer

...and finding out that it got worse!

Omgosh I so relate to this...

I hate when people give me advice on how I could take care of my face... I know they're trying to help but it's just so hard to stomach what they have to say it's like they're indirectly saying that you're really ugly and that you need help!

And I really dread going out of the house and face the world...

And when getting to know new people online and they wanna meet you in real life, I always shut them down because I don't want them to see how ugly I am in real life. It's really stupid I know... x.x

It's tough and I'm sad...

Oh and avoiding mirrors... and your reflection in everything...

On 2/12/2014 at 2:34 AM, clearskinpls said:

- sitting in front of the mirror crying at the state of your skin

Oh and the worst... drifting from your boyfriend because you're to bothered about your skin so you stop seeing them! Worst! Losing a relationship due to skin f**k you acne!

Aww I'm sorry about your bf... I've lost a lot of friends due to this acne. I haven't met my old friends in so long. It's not that I'm aloof or anything like that... it's just that I don't have to confidence to see them... And making new friends is hard especially when they wanna meet you in person!

And I totally agree with the moaning about their skin. Ah I hate it when they do that! It's so annoying because their skin is so much clearer than yours and they're complaining about how "bad" it is... It's even worse when they do it when you're around. You can't help but feel really awkward and uncomfortable when they talk about their skin and about pimples... Sigh~

when your mates say hes spottier than you,trying to help you feel better or take the piss could be both

Totally agree with the dentist one! So glad I'm not the only one. Most people complain about how painful it is at the dentist, I would rather sit there for hours and go through pain than have them touch my face.

Has anyone ever gotten bangs cut when they get their hair done? I had bangs for a year and every time I'd go get them done, all the hair they cut off falls onto my face and sticks to my face and I don't want to touch my face but I have to get the hair off ARGH! Needless to say I don't have bangs anymore lol.

Here's one:

-No matter where you go, public bathroom lighting SUCKS. I swear it always makes my skin look the worst.