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Hello people i saw a lot of posts from this site so i decided to become a member and voice my emotions and describe my history with acne.
So i used to have such a clear face without even trying i was eating so much sweets sodas and generally junk food and i did never get even a pimple. But two years ago first pimples appeared on my forehead my mum told me that it could be my hair covering a part of forehead doing it so i changed my hairstyle and didnt cover my forehead with my hair again and it really improved. In about two months it cleared on its own and i just got an occasional pimple only on my forehead though it was nothing to worry about and i didnt try to stop it. But when the autumn of 2014 came everything became worse my cheeks were covered with blackheads papules and pastules and this covered my face in around 2 months it was almost everywhere. In the start i didnt feel bad about it cus i thought it would go away but i did know nothing about that curse. About 6 months ago i suggested my mum to visit a dermatologist and we did. She prescribed me a gel of bp and ertythromycin for three months. I made a research on the internet and i saw a lot of people clearing up fast so i was happy and i thought it would happen the same to me but it didnt my cheeks didnt improve at all my forehead seemed to clear up but i get still pimples and bp cant do nothing about it now it seems that its just not working anymore. I had another visit recently and the dermo prescribed me an oral antibiotic called azythromycin and i am now even worse. Thats my story. At least i have my friends still even tho i dont wanna go out of my house i am beginning to feel really worse about myself and my younger brother making comments like that pimples making you look great and these moments i am hoping for him becoming worse than me. I feel really depressed and akward since everyone around me looks great even in my classroom its just a classmate of me having acne too so you know that feel how bad it is. I ve cried a lot of times about my shitty genes cus i know thats the culprit because my mom cleared her acne with accutane when she was 25yrs old and my dads acne cleared on his own in his early 20s and i even know some older relatives had acne issues too. I am only 17 i dont want to live this nightmare when i am supposed to have my best times of my life its just driving me crazy.I am thinking about accutane rly a lot lately and i dont care about its side effects cus the pros outweigh the cons and i ll try convince my mum until the end of this year to be prescribed accutane if i am not going to clear till the end of this year. Any suggestions would be helpful by the way i forgot to mention i wash my face twice a day
Hello again after about a month i feel better about myself. My forehead is almost clear just one tiny blackhead barely visible my cheeks are better there are rly muh less breakouts and if i breakout i get 1-2 small whiteheads even tho i got better red marks do cover a 50% part of my left cheek and about a 75% of my right cheek and i still feel self conscious but im not like i was about a month ago hope i ll get better and to find a good treatment for my hyperpigmentation
I know how you feel because i've been there. I used to spend endless hours online just reading experiences and stories. I was depressed for 8 months, I hated myself, and it is till this day the worst experience in my life. I always told myself that when my acne is gone, I will help people because I KNOW it's the worst feeling!
I used to have occasional pimples just like you, then suddenly around May 2013, I had a sudden break out, my face was horrible, extremely red, crazy amounts of pimples, just crazy! I went to dermatologists and some told me that accutane is the best medication, while others told me that it will harm your kidneys. I tried other types of medicines, and trust me, they're all shit. Gels like BP and all are used to heal a specific pimple, make it decrease in size, but it really wont work for acne.
It took me 2 more months to realise this, and thats when I started accutane. At first, nothing seemed to get better, first month or so, your acne will actually become worse. My face was horrible. Summer was over and I'm still starting to take actuate; my senior year began. All my classmates were excited and I was too ashamed to show my face. Everyone kept asking me whats up with my face and it really hurt me when they reminded me. I hated my life, and I hated my acne, and I used to wish I would go to an island and live alone till my acne is gone. But a few months laters, slowly, slowly the magic appeared. I started loving life, became more social, loved the transformation that occurred everyday. Each day I would get so excited when its time to take my accutane pill and I always remember that theres only a few months left. I was so excited my social life was back!! (I'm extremely social) And the transformation came at the right time! My face started to get better around January, and I still had a semester to enjoy my senior year, enjoy everything i missed out on during the first semester! I was so thankful, so damn happy!
During my accutane cycle, I cut all sodas, chocolates, sweets... not because i believe that they affect acne, but they're not healthy, and i'd rather not risk it. I drank LOTS of water. Water helps get rid of your wastes and extremely helpful in clearing your face. I ate healthy, tried not to stress out too much, and towards the end, I learned to control myself. Not to care much about acne. You really grow with it. It become a part of you that you can't hide.
My advise to you is try your best to live with it, and I know that will be really hard. Now I look back and remember my experience, deep inside I still remember the feeling I felt, the sadness, the amount of tears I shed, but then again, I remember how happy I was when those ugly months were over. Just remember, this is just a stage you're going through. I thought my whole life is over, but now I'm making up for every fun thing I missed! then
Now, I don't really know how bad your acne is. Some people describe their acne as horrible when it's only two pimples. If your face is getting worse by the day and it is absolutely full of acne, then your best bet is actuate, you can't waste a day thinking about it, It's the best medicine out there and works like magic. Also, don't play with your pimples. Don't wash your face a lot, not good! Drink LOTS of water. Water is your best friend now. We now have a mutual friend!!
I want to help you, because I was desperately in need for someones help during my cycle! Just send me a message, or contact me via email for more help. Can't think of any more things to say
Take care, and remember, you're awesome no matter what!! 