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I can't deal with this anymore someone help

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(@dmohan)

Posted : 12/30/2017 2:17 pm

I've never felt so defeated in my life before. For god's sake, I'm only fourteen, and I feel like a monster. I know I shouldn't, and that I have no right to complain when there are so many other things that could potentially wrong in my life. But over the past couple of years I've started picking up on the fact that our society is so so beauty driven, it's not even real. What makes me feel worse is that I feel the way I do when I was only diagnosed with mild-moderate acne. But looking at my confident friends who have clear and glowing skin really gets to me. I'm trying not to bathe in self pity and actually do something with my life, actually accomplish something. Essentially, what I'm trying to say is that I feel like absolute crapbecause I think I look like absolute crapand there arepeople going through worse. I need help. I want to look people in eyes and speak to them sincerely without worrying about acne i've had since I was ten. That's myNew Years resolution. Below is everything about my skin.

I am an Indian female with a plethora of blackheads on the nose, individual pimples that are usually big, inflamed, and filled with pus. I do not break out in my chin and jaw. I used to not break out on my cheeks, but lo and behold I have hyperpigmentation dotted there and my forehead. I also break out on my temples a LOT with cystic pimples. It's not exactly clumpled together but it happens in the same general area. I have combination/ oily dehydrated skin. I'm not a picker. The only things that I've been on prescribed by a doctor are Epiduo, Epidou forte, Differin, and Clindamycin. I don't use that stuff anymore. I use a mix of Korean skincare and ayurvedic face masks that my mom makes for me because I'm Indian all the way lol, even if I'm stuck in the states. My daily skincare consists of a gentle non stripping cleanser, and AHA toned once in a while, a skin barrier repairing moisturizer, and a spot treatment with a mask a couple times a week. I've tried everything on the market, drugstore and highend. I've also tried and failed with many homemade recipes though some really do help. My diet is a typical Indian diet and I try really hard to stay away from milk. Can someone please help and give me something, anything that might fix me? Diet, lifestyle anything, I will take it. Thank you.

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(@spicyotter)

Posted : 12/30/2017 6:53 pm

I'm sorry you are struggling right now. I'm 18 and have had acne since I was probably 12 and in the past year it got really really really bad, worse than it has ever been. I understand how frustrated and defeated you feel. I finally got it under control over the past 6 months by going vegan, cutting most oil out of my diet, and changing my skincare. The thing that has helped the most skin care wise is thayer's witch hazel as well as bentonite clay masks with apple cider vinegar 2 a week. Sulfur masks are also really great.

If you are really serious and committed to changing your diet I think it will really really help because dairy products and meat with added hormones and antibiotics will make your acne worse because it messes up your hormones. Oil is a big contributor to my acne, and I stopped getting big cysts on my temples when I cut out oil. and I'm sure you've heard this a hundred times before but I'll say it anyways, drink a ton of water. I know that it can be hard to change your diet when you live with you parents and eat what they make you but if you express your concerns about your skin to your mom and explain how you think changing your diet will help, she may be more understanding. Good luck!

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(@duperele)

Posted : 12/30/2017 7:04 pm

Your acne will most likely be gone after puberty. Remember that great looks are only important for stupid people. There is so much else that matters so much more in our lives.

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