Hope your having a good day, I am definitely feeling the pressure as midterms are creeping up. But right now, I'm just taking a little break between studying and wanted to share something very close to my heart.
This post is going to be a little different than my typical post but I wanted to share with my experience with acne with you guys. To give you an idea of my skin, I have acne prone, oily, extremely sensitive and dehydrated skin (phew what a mouthful!). Growing up, it had always been so frustrating to have people telling me to take better care of my skin. Since I had cystic acne throughout high school while all of my close friends had perfectly smooth skin, I struggled with confidence. I also hated when people just assume that since I have acne, I need to wash my face more or eat less junk food. So over the years I have tried numerous products, medication and basically anything I could get my hands on to "cure" my acne.
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Fast forward to the present, I have made peace with my skin. It is by no means perfect, I still have facialists and family friends throwing advice at me every now and then but I am in a happy place. I have learnt to control my cystic acne, reduce my scarring and learnt how to apply my makeup naturally to cover up my acne without masking my face.
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Vivian - I commend you on coming to peace with your skin. I know exactly how you feel. As a teenager going through puberty I never had breakouts or skin issues but now for the past few years I have been struggling with adult acne. It's horrible! The past few months have been my worse - especially around my jawline and neck {of all places}. I did the mistake of trying to apply topical medicine on my acne thinking that it would help my skin get rid of it quicker, that was a huge mistake! My skin was so angry, I broke out even more! I have however learned to control it and my lower face and neck are looking almost as smooth as a baby behind!
ReplyDeleteI didn't mean to rant, but I do understand where you are coming from and how you feel. You are not alone and like I stated at the beginning, I do commend you for coming to terms with having acne. You're a beautiful girl and kudos to you!! ;)
Aw thank you for the sweet comment! Glad to hear that you found what works for you! Skin is something that is so different form person to person, there isn't a miracle cure that could work for everyone. I love how you have so much to "rant" about, because I think its a topic I can rant about all day too =D
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