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| When i was about 14 i started getting a few here or there, nothing much to worry about, till i was mid way through 15, i never want to be 15 again ! .. that when it started to get majorly worse ! .. it got worse and worse, on my face, chest, and back. It had gone from a few black heads to many, whiteheads, deep ones, and deeper still, all over, ones which would take months to brew, before they would even show, just bumps (crysts) - all along my jaw line, and neck, I remember coming home from school, and spending up to a hour a day picking at them, and becoming overwhelemed with them, nothing seemed to work, and no one seemed to have any sympathy, only crude hurtful jokes; and i could do nothing. I remember the best time of the day was getting home from school, and being able to go to cry myself to sleep, to shut myself away from it all; the worst time of the day, was getting up in the morning to see the new ones, and that it wasen't just a nitemare. It felt if it was living on my face. I was at my teather, i become less confident, hiding away, fiding excuses not to see people, to go out, and lead a "normal" 15yr old life. It was making my life a complete depression pit, with no way out in sight.] [ I had gone from a perfectly happy boy, to a complete mess. The only way out that i coudl see was the big "S" god, i hate the thought of that ! .. the days seemed to lag on. The most embassing aspect of it, was admitting to someone else that i had a problem, even talking to a doctor, which i finally pluked up the courage, not too sure if he was going to tell me that i had to sit it out, or don't be so silly paul. Instead he put me on Minocin MR, a powerful Antibiotic, that i later found out is used to treat the plague ! (shit) .. but Good news, after 12 weeks i was born again - CLEAR skin, it was amazing, although confidence just doesn't come back straight away, and as it just was coming to me, the Minocin stopped working ! as the thing with Antibiotics, the germs develop a resistance to it, and stops its effectness .. so it got worse, and it happenned all over again. ] [ Am near the end of my 1st year at college (17yrs old) and the doc, referred me to the dermatolgy department at the hospitail, and the derm, put me straight on Roaccutane 50mg a day. I suffered the effects, dry skin, depression, dry lips, thinning hair, and having to cover my face in all but oil just to keep it from drying out ! :( .. and the worse thing is, it gets worse before it gets better, but it was worth it. 4-5months past, and i didn't have a spot in sight, it was amazing, and it kept that way, i still get spots, and have to look after myself, but nothing compaired to what i used to get, you could say i have a normal teenagers skin :) .. confidence soon came back, and i become my own person, luckily i didn't have any scaring :) although then i started getting them ! .. ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh major panic i can tell you ! .. decided on trying chinese medicine, so i had the yukey brown skinking tea you have to drink, and i learnt that its all down to hormones, which in many ways you can't control, but you can, in the right frame of mind, the key, i found, is to be as relaxed, chilled, and happy as possible, i had been soo tense, and stressed through the acne, that i knew of any different, and this was efecting my acne/homones :( - why you get spots during exames, and stressful situations ! So the good skin came back, and i was a happy bunney i can tell you ! .. yes siree ! ] Since then, i have been taking my max amount of vit E (helps with healing), and vit C, and if you live in England, these anti acne, good complextion tablets from Tesco's they do the trick, for just in case, and keep it in tip top condition ! I am now my own person, happy, confident, content, enjoying life alot more :) |
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