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How Bad Is My Acne? 🙁 (My Self Esteerm Is Ruined)

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(@poopoo2)

Posted : 09/18/2015 1:40 am

How bad is my acne really? Will i be ever get rid of it?

I hate myself. I am repulsed just by looking at myself in the mirror. My acne got worse.. from a single pimple, i now have a lot of cheek and forehead hyperpigmentation, inflamed pimples and huge pores. I will never find someone. |::(

 

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(@kitp)

Posted : 09/18/2015 3:53 am

I think you're being WAY to hard on yourself! I know it's difficult to see the positives but honestly, if I had skin like yours I would be over the moon! Try not to get too stressed out as this can make acne worse and maybe look into dietary changes as a starting point to help your skin. Best of luck :)

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(@smallpox)

Posted : 09/18/2015 3:59 am

If I could give you one piece of advice it would be not to pick or pop them, one pimple turned into like 20 for me by doing that.

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(@lore91)

Posted : 09/18/2015 5:44 am

You look great! Honestly :) I know we always see the worst in ourselves, but I think the regimine or general topicals will really sort you out :)

 

Tiny bit of concealer and you look perfect! I'm a guy and I put a dab of concealer on any tiny marks I have -- there's no shame in it :)

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Posted : 09/18/2015 8:32 am

I think you're being WAY to hard on yourself! I know it's difficult to see the positives but honestly, if I had skin like yours I would be over the moon! Try not to get too stressed out as this can make acne worse and maybe look into dietary changes as a starting point to help your skin. Best of luck :)

What's your diet consists of? Believe me its much worse in person huhu i really want to get rid of it so badly... everyone's teasing me about it.

 

You look great! Honestly :) I know we always see the worst in ourselves, but I think the regimine or general topicals will really sort you out :)

Tiny bit of concealer and you look perfect! I'm a guy and I put a dab of concealer on any tiny marks I have -- there's no shame in it :)

What makeup brand do you use? Some brands really give me bad breakouts so im dying to know!!! Hahahaha and whats your skincare routine?

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(@kitp)

Posted : 09/18/2015 4:14 pm

 

 

I think you're being WAY to hard on yourself! I know it's difficult to see the positives but honestly, if I had skin like yours I would be over the moon! Try not to get too stressed out as this can make acne worse and maybe look into dietary changes as a starting point to help your skin. Best of luck :)

What's your diet consists of? Believe me its much worse in person huhu i really want to get rid of it so badly... everyone's teasing me about it.

You look great! Honestly :) I know we always see the worst in ourselves, but I think the regimine or general topicals will really sort you out :)

Tiny bit of concealer and you look perfect! I'm a guy and I put a dab of concealer on any tiny marks I have -- there's no shame in it :)

What makeup brand do you use? Some brands really give me bad breakouts so im dying to know!!! Hahahaha and whats your skincare routine?

 

I follow a very strict diet as I have a chronic illness which is far stricter than a usual acne diet. I don't eat or drink: caffeine, meat, dairy, sugar, wheat, gluten, alcohol, any other drink other than water. I don't think you need to do anything that drastic! But cutting out dairy produce can help skin sometimes :)

 

As far as make up goes try to buy make up that is non-comodegenic (non-pore clogging) and oil free. I use Jane Iredale products but they can be quite pricey but Bare Minerals is also quite good and is a little cheaper (though still a bit more than high street brand make up). I am sure there are cheaper alternatives if you do a bit of searching.

 

The other thing that has taken me up to now to realise is the harsher the face washes I put on my face, the worse my acne gets. I now use Cetaphil face wash (which is about £6 in the UK) and follow with a Dermalogica moisturiser. I'm using such gentle products as I am on a course of accutane. I have read loads of accounts where the acne.org regimen has worked for them though and if my skin wasn't so bad I would have definitely tried it :)

 

My skin has also started looking better since I started exercising. I swim every other day and I don't know if it's the blood-flow to the skin or the stress relief but it's working for me. Xx

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(@420blaze)

Posted : 09/18/2015 5:19 pm

Dude you have like perfect skin. That's not even "acne". That's more like 1 or 2 zits here and there. Most of us here have REAL acne, not the odd pimple. You look fine! You're beautiful and amazing and you have the right to know that!

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(@eliteli9)

Posted : 09/18/2015 6:20 pm

OMG I'm an 18 year old college guy and your acne is not that bad :) Trust me I get it way worst than that sometimes but then it goes away competely and I promise yours will too just give it time, but it doesnt look that bad at all

How bad is my acne really? Will i be ever get rid of it?

I hate myself. I am repulsed just by looking at myself in the mirror. My acne got worse.. from a single pimple, i now have a lot of cheek and forehead hyperpigmentation, inflamed pimples and huge pores. I will never find someone. :(

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(@lore91)

Posted : 09/18/2015 6:40 pm

My routine is cetaphil face wash and... Yep thats it haha! I've just come off of accutane, mind, but that's all I used and will continue to use.

 

I use a brand of concealer called Witch Concealer Stick. It's infused with witch hazel to help minor minor spots while it covers them up. I wouldn't say it's helped clear my spots, but it definately covers up. It only comes in one shade as of right now though, so I guess I'm lucky it kinda matches mine.

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(@tretinoin)

Posted : 09/18/2015 7:27 pm

thats so mild I wouldn't even notice it

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Posted : 09/18/2015 10:23 pm

Dude you have like perfect skin. That's not even "acne". That's more like 1 or 2 zits here and there. Most of us here have REAL acne, not the odd pimple. You look fine! You're beautiful and amazing and you have the right to know that!

I promise you i dont. :( i have 5 huge zits atm and all my hyperpigmentation are dark, my nose, and cheeks have noticeably large pores and blackheads and my face is really oily. I shouldve probably taken it with a better lighting but i do have real acne, believe and i just feel so down :(

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(@tretinoin)

Posted : 09/19/2015 12:02 am

 

Dude you have like perfect skin. That's not even "acne". That's more like 1 or 2 zits here and there. Most of us here have REAL acne, not the odd pimple. You look fine! You're beautiful and amazing and you have the right to know that!

I promise you i dont. :( i have 5 huge zits atm and all my hyperpigmentation are dark, my nose, and cheeks have noticeably large pores and blackheads and my face is really oily. I shouldve probably taken it with a better lighting but i do have real acne, believe and i just feel so down :(

 

Really...

 

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trust me, you have it good.

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