Hi there, im around your age and honestly i can completely sympathize with what you are saying. i hate going to school when i have acne, it just ruins my day. I worry about the size of them and how they look throughout the day. i have problems with picking which makes me feel like a failure cuz i can't help myself but ruin my face. when my skin is clear and i don't screw it up, it always helped me to use Keys Soap products. all natural and helps a lot!! the therapeutic island rx facial cleanser and the aquavit toner is amazing! follow a regimen and eat healthy you'll be on ur way! plus, if u think about it, people are soooo concerned with themselves they prob don't notice at all. so don't worry about that. 

I can fully relate, I'm 17 and skip college a lot and when I go wear a very low hat and I avoid eye contact it really sucks and I hope everyone's clears up because no1 deserves acne

Hi,

reading your post reminded me of myself. I felt the same and went through more or less the same phase when I was approximately seventeen or eighteen. I stopped socialising with friends and lost touch as a result. I stopped going out as much as I used to. I became very self-conscious. In retrospect I feel as though I have not enjoyed life to the fullest. I hope you manage to fight these feelings so that you do not feel the same years later. Please keep persevering to find the acne treatment that suits your skin. Please never give up! I have realised that your friends are your friends because of who you are and they are probably not concerned about the way you look. Your family love you for who you are. Confide in your friends or family members or a medical professional. Explain how you feel so that they can try to help. Try to access whatever support you can to help you through this phase. I hope this helps.

On 12/27/2015, 7:49:09, Stiffchocolate said:

I can fully relate, I'm 17 and skip college a lot and when I go wear a very low hat and I avoid eye contact it really sucks and I hope everyone's clears up because no1 deserves acne

I do that as well it doesn't help tho cause my acne is on my cheekbones and chin but it helps me when Im walking down the hallways cause look down at my phone and people can't see my face

same i can relate. it makes me so happy when i see my face clear up but i anticipate another breakout so i am never actually at peace. and the sucky thing for me is that i dont get regular pimples, i get the painful ones that come to a big bulging white head. and they take forever to go... with risk of minor scarring (i already have on my temples). i'm seeing a dermatologist now i was on retin a before but it stopped working so i have to again but the wait time is so long :/ and my skin gets all dry and crusty yellow and scabs! sitting here i have two of the biggest pimples on my forehead and temple which are raised but still reddish, i wonder if they are nodules or just really big papules

try cutting coffee out if you drink it... i noticed improvement after cutting out coffee. it made my acne worse and made me feel tired when i came back from school. no point drinking it! other foods like dairy and wheat is too hard to cut out but coffee is pretty simple to avoid unless you have an addiction