With 8 out of 10 teens experiencing acne
you'd think its a very ordinary thing to experience, however it doesn't make it any more pleasant to
deal with.
I had acne for 4 years, 3 of
them it was bad.(Before/After Pictures at the end.)
I have also done a very in depth Video on YouTube of My Acne Story and Things I wish I had of known. Watch it Here
Below includes my own personal opinions and experiences which I feel could help others who are struggling or getting a hard time with their skin.
I have also done a very in depth Video on YouTube of My Acne Story and Things I wish I had of known. Watch it Here
Below includes my own personal opinions and experiences which I feel could help others who are struggling or getting a hard time with their skin.
1. "Its not that bad"
*Eye Roll* Gee thanks for that,
It can really hurt when some ones says "it’s not that bad", it
makes you think your being dramatic over nothing. While they might be
trying to make you feel better it can often sound insensitive at the same time.
Acne affects everyone differently and everyone reacts differently sometimes
people that have never experienced it don't understand, a tiny
comment can hurt.
2. "Go to the Doctors"
I wish the Doctor could just wave a magic wand and cure acne, but they can’t
plus I hated going.
Several times I fought back the tears at the doctors, being told “it’s
not that bad” because “your good at covering it with makeup, so why worry? I
wanted to explode. I'm sure no offence was meant but every time my Mum would
make me go (god bless her she done everything and anything she could to help
me) I got a sickly feeling, I always felt the Doctor never listened or really
cared they just gave me the next acne solution on the list. I even went private
to get a dermatologist, it wasn’t worth the money either. In the end, I
believed you know your own body and what will work, for me I finally figured
out hormones was the cause.
3. "Why do you wear makeup; doesn’t
that make it worse?" 
I remember thinking how amazing it would be to not wear any makeup to
school and to have the confidence not to care what I looked like.
Makeup was like a mask for me I didn't feel pretty or normal without it, looking back I realise I had a horrible mindset. Fast forward to when my skin actually cleared and I stopped wearing makeup daily to school. I loved it and I weirdly felt empowered, I was finally doing something I wanted to do for years.
Heads up people Makeup can’t cause acne alone. A few breakouts and full blown acne are completely different. Once you stop wearing a product your skin will clear up relatively fast were as with acne it doesn't make a difference.
Makeup was like a mask for me I didn't feel pretty or normal without it, looking back I realise I had a horrible mindset. Fast forward to when my skin actually cleared and I stopped wearing makeup daily to school. I loved it and I weirdly felt empowered, I was finally doing something I wanted to do for years.
Heads up people Makeup can’t cause acne alone. A few breakouts and full blown acne are completely different. Once you stop wearing a product your skin will clear up relatively fast were as with acne it doesn't make a difference.
4. "It’s only acne you could have it a
lot worse"
Right now, all we want is for you to understand acne sucks and while it
isn’t life threatening, it can be mentally draining to deal with. I won’t sugar
coat it, I cried more times than I would like to admit over my
skin. Then one day I just got to the stage were I thought frig this, instead of
letting it get me down why not research and educate myself as much as I could
about it instead.
5. "You use to many products on your skin that's why you have
acne"
Holddddd up... firstly I know my own skin, secondly each of these
products do a different little job, I've researched them obsessively and
it may seem like a lot but if they’re helping why care?
6. "Woah look how much better your skin looks"
I know your trying to be nice and make me feel good by complimenting me and
that’s lovely it really is, but it also highlights my failed efforts and thinking you didn’t notice it when it was really bad, but you really did...
7. "Have you been eating a
lot of chocolate? You should Drink more water"
I’ve tried cutting out junk food, stopped eating dairy turned to goat’s
milk (and hated it) I’ve made food diaries, recorded everything I’ve
eaten, pushed myself to drink over 2L every day, took progress pictures every morning for a year, spent excessive amounts on
vitamins and minerals, even went to a Crystal healer to find out if an allergy
was causing my acne, and the result? A tiny difference in my skin, nothing
worth going to such extreme lengths for, and let me tell you - it was
exhausting.
8. "You’ll grow out of it"
We all know eventually our acne will go away... it has to, right? I
surely can’t be an 80-year-old who still has acne can I? At the moment, what I
want more than anything is to have nice skin. Research new tips and ideas with
me don’t just say a generic response and let that be that.
9. "You should wash your face more"
Hmm you’d think I’d never thought of that…
10. "Have
you tried Proactive."
I’ve tried Neutrogena, Dual, Garnier, Simple, Epiduro, Retina A, Prescription
Acne tablets, Dermalogica, Benzoyl Peroxide Gel, Stridex, Salicylic acid
creams, the list could go on forever, it was through constant trial and error
(which bear in mind took weeks to see if a product made a difference) until I
found exactly what worked for my skin. Acne.org Regimen – Simple, to the point
management, and with the help of hormone tablets and sticking to this and Mario
Badescu Products, I finally found something that made a difference
