Feel ya, my mom tells me I'm obsessed with it, and ya sometimes I am, but it's like trying to be confident after someone takes a big red sharpie and draws too big splotches on your face lol... I'll give you a little tip... lemon juice... squeeze a little into a bowl and every night before going to bed dab some on the spots... it seems to have worked for me in fading them slightly... though I'll be honest this week it randomly feels like I'm back to where I started before using it... for no reason... typical fuckin red mark style to do that too me also lol
Yeah, these red marks are pissing me off. I don't even care about the small indentations I have on my temples and cheeks, as long as the red marks fucking go away. I would be happy if they were gone. Even though makeup can help disguise them to the point that I look 'normal' once I take it off reality sinks in. Gosh, 2 years is an awful long time, and it's not like I haven't been patient. For 6 months, I've been consistently using dan's aha, while I do see noticeable improvements, there nowhere near where I'd like them to be. Fucking sake. Please go away!!!I feel like using a sandpaper and scrubbing it on my red marks.
Amen I feel your pain, if acne wasn't bad enough once you get rid of that stuff it leaves more stuff to piss you off, and that stuff is much harder to remove. I can't imagine how amazing it would be to wake up one morning and be all clear, I can imagine by using my current routine i'll be clear in a year or so but by then I'll have seen a gradual improvement can you imagine just waking up too being fully clear that would be amazing.
I start college next week and I'm so not looking forward to it =( These blemishes are seriously taking a toll on my social life, or lack thereof. I've been good at ignoring them for the past few weeks, but it seemed like they stopped fading. FML
Geez, I'd gladly trade in all my red marks for acne at this point. At least they only stay for a few days before clearing
Well I don't think I would want acne instead... however, these red marks have also taken a large toll on my social life. No one ever says anything, I'm the one who shuts myself out... and it's really only because if I don't feel good about myself... well what's the point of going anywhere? I won't flirt, I won't feel free, I'll just try to hide my face in different lights and always be thinking of what I would do if I didn't have these stupid marks...
I can't stress enough how I can't comprehend that a little redness takes years to fade... yet people get horrible cuts and scrapes and they are completely gone within 6 months... stupid skin...
I also can't believe how easily irritated these red marks get... i miss touching the left side of my face without thinking "Uh oh! Fuck!" and then trying to hide from everyone till' I get home to assess the damage lol
Dude...
The more you worry about your red marks, the more you're going to touch them and the more you touch them, the longer they will take to fade.
The solution is to quit worrying about them.
I know its difficult, I have some really stubborn red marks on my left cheek. I also have shallow indented scarring on my right cheek which look so so bad under certain lighting (especially fluorescent!) I also have a crooked nose that looks weird on the right side and I dont yet have the money to get rhinoplasty. 
But like I said in another thread of yours... don't worry about something that you can't change over night.
Its not your fault that you have sensitive skin. The world is full of people with the exact same problem and like you, they barely even notice the same problem on other people.
Just let go man... Your body is nothing but the outter shell... the real you is inside. Be all you want to be and dont let a piece of glass tell you who you really are.
I fuckin can't do this anymore... see the thing is my too red marks on my cheek used to be birthmarks, but laser to remove them has made them red spots... and it's been almost 2 FUCKIN years and i'm still recovering... somedays they are faint... that's great... but when I shave they fuckin get bright red... imagine 2 bright red spots on the left side of your cheeck... like 2 cm parallel to your lip and the other one is 1 cm higher up (directly above it)... it's the fuckin dumbest shit ever... i honestly feel like i'll be trapped in this stage forever... hating to shave... or washing... or basically looking in the mirror... forever... even if it sounds stupid... it's reality...
wow evrything you guys are going through is exactly like me i got tons and tons of red marks cheeks forehead chin jaw u name the place i got it there im depressed 24/7 grew my hair so long its driving me insane but i dont want to go out to get it cut taking online classes cause i dont want to go on campus some times i look at the mirror and i can stay calm and sometimes i look at it and explode with anger my social life has disintegrated i was a happy funny athletic guy enjoying life till acne and red marks killed me inside it hit me like a tornado 2 years ago i was clear with a zit or 2 a month tht would go away and leave hardly a trace till one day after i had major knee surgery hell was released on my face and and since then been struggling so much to complain about but you guys know it all been through it all aswell but the thing tht drives me crazy is when a family member tells you you gotta learn to deal with it and go out have fun like fuck off so your telling me im fucked OH WELL move on or if i hear another your a good person inside and the outside shouldnt matter i will beat the shit outta them so there face will look just like mine...funny thing is theyll prolly get healed up faster then i willl ahaha anyways sorry about the lack of spelling and punctuation i just needed to type this out thanks.
The worst part is we are so close to being happy yet so far
Well put.
Another thing I hate about red marks is all the ignorant people out there. If you told the average person you have hyperpigmentation, they would be like wtf is that? They have NO IDEA how lucky they are to not be plagued with this. To me this is just as bad as any other handicap, especially in our very judgmental society, but it doesnt get the recognition it deserves.
Yep. People don't understand the toll it takes on you psychologically either, because somedays they are faint and others not, so you feel your confidence is based on them and thus your always checking mirrors etc. It's a complete mind fuck, your mood can be through the roof one day and then lower then it's ever been the next, all based on how these red marks look... I still honestly don't understand how the body can't fix such a minor problem any quicker yet recover from horrible accidents in months.
Ah yes, the pain of those damn red marks. It likes a constant mind game I play with my face. One day my mind will tell me, "oh wow, your red marks are really fading" then I go outside or something, or under different lighting and I realize they still look like crap. It's like I like the feeling of believing something I'm doing to treat them is working, yet I get knocked back to reality when I look at myself in the mirror at a different location.
Oh and I still get the occassional zit, so it's a never ending cycle. While really old marks are fading, some new ones just pop up to take the old one's place. Arggg!!!
I agree with all of you on this topic. Red Marks are far worse than acne and actually think they have completely destroyed my social life altogether. But there is still hope for all of us. I have resorted to many things before to get rid of these and I think I may have found my solution to all of my problems.
1. Stopped shaving altogether. My red marks are under my jaw line and I though that everytime I shaved I would be helping them. Wrong, everytime I shaved it was like starting all over. They wouold be extremely red and stay like that, so that is why I have decided to stop until they are gone.
2. Excercise and drink lots of water. This has helped so much over time. Even though I would get alot of strange looks from stranger at the gym(probably red marks), I have continued to keep going and it has worked its wonders. Drinking water has also helped a little bit.
3. Take vitamins. I have read through many of these threads on acne.org and have discovered the many different vitamins I can take to hopefully speed up the healing process. I take 1x Omega 3 Fish Oil, 2x 400 IU Vitamin E, and 1x 2000 IU Vitamin A every day now. I also will be recieving zinc in the mail real soon so hopefully that will work good. Seriously though these vitamins have really helped and sped up the healing process especially the Vitamin E.
4. Stopped using all acne products containing Benzoyl Peroxide and Salycilic Acid. I have discovered that these red marks were in fact caused by the Benzoyl Peroxide I had. It was Clearasil Ultra Vanishing Cream and contained 10% Benzoyl Peroxide, which undoubtedly left me with these big red marks. Salycilic acid was also not helping me at all. It would just agrravate the red marks and slow down the healing process. So then I just started using products without any of these and my skin isnt as red anymore.
5. Get Sunlight. I know after reading most of these threads that sunlight actually makes red marks last longer, but it doesnt if ur only in the sun for 15 minutes a day. Our skin needs Vitamin D and the best source is the sun itself. As long as you don't get a sunburn on your face, it should helps things a little bit.
Doing all of this has been really effective. I have had these marks under my jawline for months, but after I started doing all of these steps, they have finally changed colors: from red to pink 
. I know this might not help everyone, but it might help a little bit. So keep your heads up because there is hope!!
Shaving does temporarily irritate the red marks however it does exfoliate the skin which is a good idea. Plus not shaving, after a week you begin to look like a hobo no? Lawlerrrrssss
Yeah I do look pretty trashy I guess because I havent shaved in like two weeks lol, but everytime I shave it does the exact opposite. I guess this is because I accidently cut them with my razor. Maybe its time to go get a new razor!
Shaving does temporarily irritate the red marks however it does exfoliate the skin which is a good idea. Plus not shaving, after a week you begin to look like a hobo no? Lawlerrrrssss
Yeah I do look pretty trashy I guess because I havent shaved in like two weeks lol, but everytime I shave it does the exact opposite. I guess this is because I accidently cut them with my razor. Maybe its time to go get a new razor!
mate, exact same situation i'm in. i had annoying acne, but then i got it all solved through antibiotics and whatnot and i was able to shave every day and be a pretty good looking guy with flawless skin, and this was less than 2 years ago. then last christmas (2008), things got worse for some reason and i've been battling it all over again since then.
at the moment, i've got a cluster of red marks either side of my mouth and nose which have been fading okay over the past few weeks, but they're still enough to annoy me. the worst however are these 2 fucking annoying "groups" on my jawline/neck kinda under my ears. i keep wanting to shave my neck (i only do my face atm) because i think not shaving dries and aggravates my skin and causes whiteheads, but everytime i'm gearing myself up for it, i get a spot appear one on of the sides and have to postpone shaving it again! i'm worried about how red it will actually look when i do shave it but i keep telling myself that under thick black hair it looks worse. i'm trying the egg white mask tomorrow on my face and hopefully that should help a bit.
i totally get what you mean about shaving, after doing it it makes everything look a lot worse but then the next day i can see that it's not so bad, it's just because i've been rubbing on my skin and then it will look better, but i dread having to shave again. and the mood thing, i'm glad to see i'm not the only person who feels this way.
i feel like i've been cursed with having to worry about my skin when i see so many people whose skin is fine and have worse habits than me like eating junk food etc, and who are totally oblivious to all these problems. it pisses me off every day that it's one of the first things on my mind and if i think it looks bad, then i will mope around all day but completely the contrary if it's not so bad.
the worst thing is that i'm so ambitious and dead certain of making a name for myself but this disease (as i like to call it) is holding me back so much from being myself and for socialising a lot more and getting to where i want to be. but you just gotta try keep a positive outlook on things. people's eyes aren't wondering around my face like it used to and you do have to be patient and try speed it up in any way you can.
i get myself worked up a lot too by the thought that acne can be cured, but all the big corporations like clearasil are making so much money over bullshit products that nothing will ever be brought out to end all this suffering.
just gotta be positive and limit yourself to the amount of times you look in the mirror.
it works for me yeah. everyone is different though so i don't wanna tell you to go and do it. when i grew my facial hair, it made my skin really dry and itchy and i got spots up all over the place. now i shave and don't have the problem and feel as if i'm actually making progress.
it works for me yeah. everyone is different though so i don't wanna tell you to go and do it. when i grew my facial hair, it made my skin really dry and itchy and i got spots up all over the place. now i shave and don't have the problem and feel as if i'm actually making progress.
Your right I did it and it has worked wonders for me!! My marks are even healing faster now and are starting to blend in with my skin tone!! 
I hate how these marks take such a toll on you mentally and physically almost... one day good, next day bad... damn... makes you forget who you are... do I like what I see in the mirror or can I not stand what I see... it all depends on these damn marks...
I know what you mean man one day they actually looked like they were fading and blending in with the skin and then the next day they look red again!
I know... god damn it!! This is fuckin the worst psychological mind games ever... I love how red marks move backwards progress wise somedays... and you've done NOTHING different... it shoots your hopes down again... I wish I could just fast forward 2 or 3 years of my life... hopefully to see huge fading...
