Acne Support Group
Having a bad skin day? Year? Life? Join the club. The most common form of acne is known as "acne vulgaris", meaning "common acne." Excessive secretion of oils from the sebaceous glands accompanies the plugging of the pores with naturally occurring dead skin cells (corneocytes) blocking hair follicles. Here you'll find how others are coping with their acne issues, plus new...
Hi, I'm Apple0054. I just joined this site in the hopes that I might be able to connect with some people who can identify with me. I have moderate acne. My 19th birthday is in a few days. and I've dealt with what feels like horrid skin since I was 15. It only gets worse, though it moves from region ro region on my face. In the beginning, it was arround my nose. That left some serious scars. Since then, it's ravaged pretty much every portion of my face. I don't really get acne anywhere else on my body, although very infrequently on my neck. I have really fair skin. and what look like scars are often covered by freckles. but the type of acne I get typically takes days to even become cover-able. I swore to myself that by the time I started college I would be much less reliant on makeup and hats and fake glasses, but it's less true than it was when I was a kid. I have tried literally everything. Countless dermatologist appointments, different perscribed drugs for my skin, homeopathic remedies, cheap solutions, expensive solutions, diet altering lifestyle changes, regular exercise, all to no avail. Here lately, it seems worse than it has ever been. I haven't made eye contact with anyone but my parents for years, and I've been wondering lately, is this just my life? Because if it is, I'm going to require a very talented therapist. No, really, I can deal with knowing that this is the way it will always be for me, but I'd like to know if anyone else has any thoughts?
I can relate though, I wear my hair in a certain way, clothes that compliment rather than show up the condition of my skin more, I took a job that meant I was with minimal amount of people, I barely look people in the eye and avoid big social situations...
Mine has got better since reviewing my diet, so now I know longer eat any dairy as it was really make it worse and giving me painful acne. I drink more water every day, that really helps and I try and stick to a strict skincare routine.
I think its trial and error really, prescription skincare seemed to only work short term for me. So now I have been using much more natural products (with manuka honey and botanical ingredients).