Acne self-esteem issue....help?!


Question: I want to feel good about myself, but it's so hard. My acne gets to me...I've been to a dermatologist, used creams, used proactive, but can't afford to keep using it, gave up on modern medicine and tried home treatments, nothing keeps it under control. I'm not asking for skin tips or treatment, I know I have no control over my acne and jus have to live w/ it. I just want to know how to feel beautiful when all I see r ppl w/ perfect skin. It's so frustrating, I mean, I don't feel comfortable wearing certain clothes cuz they show the bumps on my chest, and I wear my hair down in my face all the time, so ppl don't have to see my skin, no matter how hot and uncomfortable it is. It's just rly hard to deal with. I need a mental change, cuz it rly is hard to deal with the fact that u can't control something and u have to live with it.


Answers: I want to feel good about myself, but it's so hard. My acne gets to me...I've been to a dermatologist, used creams, used proactive, but can't afford to keep using it, gave up on modern medicine and tried home treatments, nothing keeps it under control. I'm not asking for skin tips or treatment, I know I have no control over my acne and jus have to live w/ it. I just want to know how to feel beautiful when all I see r ppl w/ perfect skin. It's so frustrating, I mean, I don't feel comfortable wearing certain clothes cuz they show the bumps on my chest, and I wear my hair down in my face all the time, so ppl don't have to see my skin, no matter how hot and uncomfortable it is. It's just rly hard to deal with. I need a mental change, cuz it rly is hard to deal with the fact that u can't control something and u have to live with it.

What I've learned to do when i feel negitive about my self (everyone does sometimes) is to focus on something i like about myself or to buy a new outfit. I try to realize everthing is not about looks all time also,Other people probaly don't notice your acne as much as you think they do, you never know. I bet there's plenty of people who think your beautiful,you just have to think it too.

I've always been taught that its not whats on the outside that matters its the inside. If you can learn to love yourself and be a lovely person you will get there. People with perfect skin can be really horrible, friends and family that count will love you no matter what x

you are not alone. acne is difficult for anyone to deal with, young or old.

if i could give one piece of advice, its that you should cherish people who realize beauty is within and who will be your friends no matter what anyone looks like.

think of it this way, if you can learn to screen out the superficial culture we live in, which is not easy to do, you will be 10000x ahead of the game of life. Look at blind people - do they generally seem happy? hell yeah!!! lets all shoot to think like them.

i am 25 and have dealt with acne since i was about 14...i was always very self conscious and exhibited much of the same behavior you did...to be honest...the only person that cares about your skin, is you...i have never come into contact with anyone that has stared at me like i was an alien or anything of that nature..even as an adult i don't get the kind of reaction that your brain tricks you into thinking you get from people...

it sounds silly but it's true..stay positive about yourself..once i realized that no one was looking at me, it was all good :) and if you are starting to feel down about yourself , meditate on it..find a positive statement about yourself and just think about it.. they say fake it til you make it for a reason..eventually you start to believe it... much luck to you and be good to yourself...

ps- wearing your hair in your face and covering up areas of acne don't help..the skin needs to breath and you are just aggravating the area with oil from hair, sweat from clothes, etc..

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