Me and My… Painful acne journey

I’m sorry if I seem uninterested

Or I’m not listenin’ or I’m indifferent

Truly, I ain’t got no business here

But since my friends are here

I just came to kick it

Alessia cara (Song: Here)

Wow just felt a shiver. It was like I scrapped an old wound, looking back still hurts. I decided to write about acne because I know a lot of you would definitely relate.

My skin started breaking out pretty early. I was in the sixth grade when my face was almost covered with zits. When we are young we don’t really get bothered that much. But as I grew older it became more painful. Bigger pimples now covered my face. Thankfully I was in a girls school so there was no pressure of impressing anybody. But you know girls do bitch alot.

The idea of perfection of any teenager is someone they see on TV. So I used to get a lot of comments saying “OMG it must pain alot”, “have you tried using xyz treatment?” (The suggestions never ended) “Oh! Poor you, Do you get your period on time”, “don’t you drink water?”, “You don’t wash your face do you?” And whatever else you can imagine. This acne was painful both physically and mentally.

Thankfully I’m at a better place now, having tried every treatment (and failing all those miserably). I did go to the dermatologist if you ask. Been given two types of tablets, four creams and two liquids to wipe my face I was irritated to hell. Whenever a big pimple occurred I just wanted to pop it. You know that temptation right. I just wanted it to disappear. But as you know it just made it worse.

I remember once I was at my brother’s annual function and I accidentally peeled the skin of a pimple and it started bleeding. A lot. My handkerchief was covered in blood spots, my hands dirty in blood and that was not the first time that it was happening. Tell me how much more could a child of 13 years old take?

 

I don’t have a picture of me in 8th grade, but this still shows what I was going through. I hope you don’t focus on the big ass pimple on the nose.

I got frustrated. I hated myself. Whenever I looked in the mirror I used to curse myself for how I look. But then one fine day I decided to stop and acknowledge. I took a step back and stopped all medications. Mom brought a bottle of a solution called astringent. I used to apply twice a day. This was the first thing that seemed to work on my acne. It was a ray of hope. And let me tell you drinking more water didn’t contribute to anything but excessive peeing.

Then being a Biology student I had high hopes from puberty. The only thing I wanted to hit myself with (laughing emojis). I grew, learnt more about the real beauty. The beauty of the mind and the inside (if you all are thinking). My friends encouraged me whenever I felt low. My mum supported me always telling me I am beautiful and it’ll all be fine one day. And today whosoever is going through the same I want to tell you that you are beautiful and your acne scars don’t define your personality. Even if nobody compliments you, you do it for yourself. Your compliments should matter the most to you.

 

This is me from college second year. I still have scars on my face. But I’m a little more confident dealing with them. You are not alone. Trust me.

All this boosted me and encouraged me to feel better about myself. I learnt that time does heal everything you just gotta Be calm and wait for some time. Coz trust me the best is yet to come. I learn that I don’t need validation from anyone and neither do you. All we need is a daily dose of an I love u, from ourselves, to ourselves.

I feel you. Sometimes we have to edit photos to look prettier, face tune them to feel smoother (at least virtually satisfying ourselves), listen and try all the remedies that exist. But I promise you, it will go away. Give it some time. Personally I never use makeup to cover my acne, majorly because I have strict parents (drinking blog reference if you wanna know how strict they are.. yep I am a shameless plugger) and also because I break out even more when I cover it. But to all you beauties out there who can flawlessly cover the pimples and scars and snatch their faces, hands down ladies and gents I am your fan (Kiss emojis).

At the end of the day just know if you love yourself the way you are you won’t feel bad about anyone commenting. (Also use astringent if you can it works wonders) Yooo i forgot…Rose water. Dude I am not even kidding if you spray rose water on your face twice a day the glow you’ll get is unbelievable. Your skin will look healthier I promise. (I’m using it, you too should give it a shot)

 

Ignoring the sun kissed moment, my skin looks pretty healthy here. I’m proud of myself. And I’m proud of you coz I know you can pull it off.

If I come across any other amazing remedy that works for oily skin (like mine) I will update you for sure (fist bump).

Until next time, Adios amigos.

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