newmemberr 0 Posted October 28, 2015 (edited) Okay so basically in 17 years of living I have never had acne. I got my period when I was 12 I didn't start getting pimples till I was 15 and I would only get one cystic pimple at the same time as my period. These pimples we're big but. Besides one pimple my face would be clear and I didn't get them every month so it wasn't a big deal. The start of junior year (I'm a junior rn) about two weeks in I noticed two huge cystic pimples on the top of my forehead and I was freaking out cuz I never had more then one usually. This year has been the worst year ever I have had so much drama with my friends and so much school work so I thought it was because of stress. The next weekend after while I still had the pimples on my forehead I went to this huge party blacked out threw up a bunch and was in bad shape also I wore this headband strapped around my forehead cuz it was a themed party and looking back the head band prob has so much oil and chemicals( I will post a pic) I'm not sure if that's what caused my skin to look absolutely terrible and have breakouts all over my forehead.but I feel like if that was the cause my breakouts would have stopped by now, because that party was a month ago. i kept using spot treatment from cvs but then I eventually broke out all over my forehead like so bad, this has been happening for about two months but there was one week in between were I got my forehead back to normal but then it just went straight back to breakouts. i just went to the dermo and got prescribed doxy and retin a but I'm just so confused about what happened to my skin. I am currently looking at pictures of my skin this summer and about to cry. Never in my life did I dream of my skin being this bad, do you guys think this breakouts will go away or will I just continue to have acne ? I thought if I got my period at 12 and haven't had acne until now then it would just go away because I have had three really bad breakouts in my whole life none of those were nearly as bad or long as the one I am having right now. But do any of you guys have any ideas of what you think might of caused my acne this is the headband that i think might have had alot of oils and chemicals that maybe screwed up my skin and a picture of what my forehead used to look like and what it looks like now Edited October 28, 2015 by newmemberr Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oyinkan98 163 Posted October 29, 2015 (edited) This is completely normal, to just start getting acne. I don't know the particular reason but I think you mentioned that you used the headband to cover the cyst? I think that might have irritated it and caused more. More irritation= more acne. Less irritation= less acne. Edited October 29, 2015 by oyinkan98 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Exning 38 Posted October 29, 2015 If you think the cause was from your headband, maybe treat it from a fungal point on view? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
