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Y'all are awesome for being so supportive. I saw the esthetician for a consultation today, and she put her hands all over my face. I hate it when that happens. Even though she washed them, she touc...

Woke up to the squeezed forehead zit looking better as expected since it was totally ready to pop when I did it. The cheek thing is still swollen, hard, and red, but I think it's slowly improving. A...

I can't stop squeezing this zit on my cheek because I see a white head, but I can't get anything out. It's a nickel-sized, swollen, beet-red mass. And I have a new cyst forming on my chin. It's so pai...

Thank you for the support, Tracy! My derm suggested that I consider a low dose of Accutane. She says she recommends this for people who have acne that has become "antibiotic-dependent." Although I ...

I don't even know what to do anymore. I developed three new zits throughout the day, so I popped the existing forehead one (think it went okay and will diminish over the next several days) and the che...

Forehead zit is redder and bigger. Side of face is the same. Picked chin/jawline zit is shrinking in terms of swelling, but the redness is worse. Beside my mouth is still about to surface. Potenti...

This is a disaster. The pimple on my forehead is surfacing, so it's red and swollen. It's way bigger than it was yesterday. There's a zit on the side of my face that's red and swollen. The one by ...

I started the 50 milligrams of Minocycline last night. I have a forehead pimple that will soon surface, I fear, as well as a small one that will soon surface fully beside my mouth. I discovered a de...

A year ago, I went off Yaz, which was the only medication I was taking. I basically just wanted to be off all medication. However, my skin freaked out, and I ended up on 100-200 milligrams Minocycli...

It's been a week since the saline injection, and three and a half weeks since the initial event and cortisone shot. I think the indentation is raising a little bit. It may be wishful thinking, but I'l...

I think it got deeper again after I showered this morning. And the rest of my face continues to break out despite being on 75 mg Spironolactone now and 200 mg Doxycycline, plus Retin-A at night. I'm...

Another update. Went in for my routine Spiro bloodwork today. Derm looked at the atrophy from the cortisone shot and suggested a saline injection to break up any remaining cortisone and to promote hea...

Update: It's no longer open, but every night when I wash off my makeup, a layer of skin comes off. (It doesn't bleed, but it stings.) That happened tonight, and I feel like it's deeper. Any idea of...

The scab is finished, I think. A chunk of dead skin lifted up on its own tonight, revealing a deep pink crater of living skin. I'm applying Biafine and am hoping to get a collagen filler next week. Th...

I don't put much stock in specific diets. I know tons of people who follow lifestyles of being gluten-free, dairy-free, vegan, yada yada yada, and their skin is crap. I also know tons of people who ...

I was going to show you a picture from this morning, but the picture attachment feature isn't working. The crater is still deep. Still scabbed in some parts. Showing pink, indented skin in other part...

Update, just in case anyone is still reading this and hasn't gotten tired of my complaining by now. I went to my meeting today. I put on full foundation and concealer and powder and mascara and eyel...

Quick poll for you all. Would you walk around with an open wound on your face? I've been thinking about covering up the redness on the edges with a bit of concealer and just leaving all makeup and p...

Also, each time I dab it to check it and recover it with Biafine, some of the forming tissue rubs off along with the ointment. I'm so close to giving up and becoming a hermit. I might as well be one...

Thanks again. I really appreciate the advice. (I also appreciate everyone for putting up with my anxiety!) I feel like a scab isn't forming because it's deep and seems to no longer be weeping. It ...

I used Biafine 5 years ago when I had a very similar issue, and that's why I'm using it again. The wound is not bleeding, itching, or hurting, luckily. It is just weeping slightly when I wash it at ...

I feel like it's getting worse again. Started Doxycycline last night and am using Biafine religiously for wound healing. I woke up with some yellow crust in a haphazard pattern around the deep wound, ...

Thanks, everyone. It's so deep. I'm afraid it's fully healed, and I'm left with a major puncture wound. I went to the store tonight and put some powder on it to cover the redness. I filled it in a lit...

Since the Neosalus the dermatologist gave me doesn't have any wound healing properties, and since the spot is indented and oozing, I decided to use Biafine instead. Any thoughts on hydrocolloid banda...

Thank you. I think it's deeper than ever, and I'm terrified that the skin will not regrow for months. I need to know that I will be able to cover this with makeup eventually, preferably by next Monday...