Acne: How does it affect your lives?

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10 comments, last by Anri 10 years, 6 months ago
Both my sister and I had pretty bad acne while my brother never had anything at all really. My sister is 4 years older than me so she went through it before I did it. At first I never did get any. Always washed my face and took care of my skin my entire life so everyone kept saying I would never get it. I didn't think I'd have a case of it either until I turned 17. It all of a sudden popped up. Kept taking of my skin like normal and didn't worry. But it kept popping up, it kept spreading, then it became worse. I fought with it until I was 19. I kept eating normal and "healthy" like everyone says you have to do. I changed all kinds of soaps, everything to see if that would help. Nothing. It finally started to have a personal affect on my life at around 19. I didn't want to look at myself, I had no confidence in myself and no motivation at all. Finally my sister told me about how she fixed her issue when she had a horrible case. She told me to go see a doctor that specializes in that type of stuff only and she promised they'd have something for me.

So I made an appointment. They looked me over asked me questions and I answered them. The they said "ok, we have a pill we can put you on. For women it does have serious side affects if they're pregnant and they listed the side affects for men. I had to get a blood test every month before I went back before they could write a new prescription. They then literally said "this pill is almost like a magic pill. You take these pills once day for about 3 months and I will just about guarantee you your acne will be clear and you'll have literally no issues the rest of your life." So I took it, not expecting much or believing what they claimed. Three months later? I was 100% acne free! Three years later? I am still 100% acne free.

I never believe in a "magic pill" but to this day I swear this pill is almost like a magic pill. It fixed all of my issues with acne just like that with zero extra effort from me to take care of my skin. Just the Normal wash, no special soap nothing. I still to this day am amazed at how fast a simple pill fixed all my issues.

I can't remember what it is called now for some reason, and the pill is very rarely prescribed to women due to the side effects that can happen, but they do prescribe it to some men when they agree to a blood test every month.
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The nightmare from our teenage years...totally destroyed my social life! O_O

I think drinking plenty of water and eating healthy is the way to go...

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