11/18/2020
Hey guys just wanted to give you a peek about my acne story for hump day today!~ 💕
I remember noticing my first pimple at 13, my du***ss decided to pop it in my elementary school bathroom 😖 and guess what? It got worse over time 🙃Yes I’ve gone through the teasing, people pointing out my acne, the highs and lows of my self image, feeling unloved or worthless, dermatologists, the unsolicited skincare advice...etc.
Acne is not fun at all. 🤷🏻♀️
I even got that point where I spent so much money on anything that claimed to clear my my acne (mostly at the drugstore because I’m a broke ass b*tch lmao 😅😂). Used pimple patches, Using clay masks everyday & Mario Badescu as a way “to cover up, while drying my skin out”. Even resorted using “natural”/“DIY” skincare. At this point I thought I was skincare pro. 😂🧐 However I still dealt with the dehydration/pH levels going through the roof, access oil production and having to blot my skin every 20 mins. It was soo annoying. I decided to try things recommended by doctors as a way to “cure” it. I felt like I was running out of options. Also I’d still go on the cycle of trying too many products on top of prescriptions at once and that would dry/irritate it even further. I think going into beauty school really hit me in the face because I had a teacher come up to me really sternly and said “you need to clear up your acne”. It felt kind of rude but I knew she just wanted the best for my career as a medical aesthetician. I learnt a lot more about skin overtime then even started to go on my 6 month course of Accutane and it helped so much. Slowly I started to also learn that accutane is not the “end all, be all” to your problems because I had to deal with dry skin, scarring, hair thinning out. I was losing hope again. I had an epiphany where I started taking ingredients way more seriously. However in terms of self esteem I came to learn “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 & 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐲” tbh I still breakout but I know my skin doesn’t reflect my character. For anyone who does still deal with acne, hang in there! You’re strong and it will get better 💚