Dealing with ACNE

Oh my GOD. The amount of misinformation and lack of information and tips and bad advice and everything on this subject is just too much to deal with to be able to find out what you gotta do. And I was inspired to make this post when I walked into a friend's bathroom where the lights were bright and I could see absolutely every imperfection and blemish on my face and just ugh.

You can't touch your face.
You can't eat all 80% of food available on the Earth without causing flare ups.
You gotta wash your sheets.
You gotta wash your face.
You can't wash your face TOO much.
You can use cocoa butter!
You can use charcoal dust!
You can't use charcoal dust or cocoa butter.
Always shower after you exercise.
If you shower too much, your skin will produce extra oil to account for the missing amount, causing flare-ups.
If you use half of available acne products you will just dry out your skin, which will also cause flare-ups.
Do not pick off your pimples. This will cause the pimple stuff to go back down into your skin. Wait them out!
If you MUST pop a pimple, you may do so, but only if a dermatologist does it. (wtf?)


Alternatively,
You can touch your face. There is no connection between dirt and acne flare-ups.
There is no evidence your diet plays a factor, either.
You only need to wait for puberty to end, when your hormones will balance.
It's basically all genetics.
Don't delay seeing a dermatologist. All acne is treatable you just can't use anything you've found on the internet because chances are if you found it on the internet it was only designed to take your money.-The Internet.

-The Internet, where cutting through the bullshit is harder than cutting through a tree trunk with dental floss.

This all coming from someone who's been steadily using trusted products with benzoyl peroxide with seemingly insignificant improvement for several months.
It isn't even my face which bothers me the most. It's when I turn around using the side mirror and see my back and physically cringe that I realize something needs to change. And I've become a little tired of getting disgusted by my own back tbh.

Sooooo.... any thoughts? Questions? Comments? Advice? Thanks tanks danke

 

I only have 2 pimples somehow lol one under my left eyebrow and one under my lip. I never touch my face cuz i hate the greasy feeling that i get every time

 

Damn thats a real stuggle! hope you find something that works

 

My girlfriend gets little to no acne.
She gets maybe one or two little blemishes, meanwhile my face is absolutely covered. Nothing works for me, to be honest, and I’ve used benzyol peroxide before which also didn’t help. I think it just depends on the person’s skin type and genetics.

You said that you swam, right? The chlorine in the pool might play a role into that. My friend who use to swim had terrible acne until she stopped. I don’t know if there’s a direct co-relation to that or not, but it’s something to think about.

For me, it’s just genetics and no outside cause. My dad had terrible acne when he was younger and now I do too. I’ve never seen a dermatologist but I plan on it soon.

 

Lol yea I hate my acne. I bet I got more than any of you freaks.

 

I used to have really bad acne. I got advice from a ton of people, used every different face soap or cream you can think of and nothing works. I started taking the pills, looked like I came out of Chernobyl for a full year, and now it's completely gone and I have my beautiful baby face once again!

It really, truly, and I'm not bullshitting you, worked like magic. But you have to suffer from a ton of side effects and even more acne during the treatment.

I guess it depends on the person, but be careful with the creams because there's a full industry of people trying to sell you their expensive "natural" creams and most of them are complete bullshit alternative medicine that doesn't work and only makes it worse. Read about the ingredients!!!

 

I'm all for body acceptance when it comes to things I have no control over (bone structure, height, etc.). But acne is something that I CAN deal with, so giving up isnt an option. Not sure why you would want to accept something you can deal with especially when it hits your self-esteem.
To be clear, acne has not affected me in any way so strongly I've avoided doing things. I've always had high self confidence. But also, I'd really rather not have it at all lol

 

Holy shit