acne woes...
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Consult your dermatologist or any General Practitioner
around you...
Obtain antibiotics...
Tetracycline, Dormycycline...
They all work very well against acne,
sometimes face wash...lotions aint enough...
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Trust me, take organic green. It will flush out all the toxic in ur body and improve ur skin complexion. Dont take too much antibiotic.
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I got a friend that has big acne on the face and even his back. after taking organic green ( form of powder contains all the organic stuff ). He acne all gone. No need to use any cream or take any antibiotic. The organic green flush out all the toxic in your body, not only improve ur complexion but also make u a very healthy person. Feel fresh everyday and also improve ur endurance.
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Hello firered, read your post and i have to say i feel for you deeply. Not only because I've been there (and i'm still there o_O), but also because I've even contemplated suicide (was just a 3-second thought kinda thing
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I'm 19 this year, and i've had severe acne for 2 years. Before my condition, i was a vain person, and thought of myself as fairly good-looking. I was also outgoing and enjoyed meeting new people and making new friends. At the age of 17, i decided that my complexion was catered towards the "flawless-never-get-acne-no-matter-wat-you-do" type, and went on an extremely unhealthy diet. This included a straight 2 days without sleeping, eating only sour-cream potato chips and fried chicken chops, never washing my face more than once a day. The result?
A few small zits on my neck. I thought of them as disgusting and furiously picked them off as i would meet many of my friends later in the day and they would serve as a disfiguration. Everything went downhill from there. My right cheek was infected, but it was nothing compared to now. Slowly, both cheeks were infested with pimples (not cysts, not yet), and i became extremely self-conscious. I gradually lost my friends, as i always found excuses not to hang out with them near my previous school, fearing a chance meeting with my ex-schoolmates and their friends. In short, i became highly anti-social.
When i began my tertiary life, i met my current girlfriend. She was extremely popular, and I felt i had no chance in hell of ever dating her in my current condition (a silly mindset which she laughs at even now). I turned to the only acne treatment i knew then, Oxy. It worked. After 6 months, my face was completely clear and only a few scars remained. No redness, no nothing. I finally got the guts to confess to her, and she accepted me. My clear complexion lasted for approximately 1month, and then it struck again (on a side note, i was using Oxy even when i had no pimples, thinking it'd prevent future outbreaks).
This time, it was more severe, and Oxy couldn't help. It actually healed again after 4-5 months when i started using an oxygen-based cream, but once i halted the treatment it returned. I turned to a doctor, and that was what triggered the most severe acne outbreak in my life. Both my cheeks became extremely swollen and blue-blackish in color. The pus was embedded deep in my skin, and the worst part was that there wasn't a thing i could do about it, there was hardly any pimples on my face, just two big swollen lumps on my cheeks. When i say big, i meant it covered the WHOLE cheek. I drew stares wherever i went, and even heard comments about my skin. I was totally devastated.
Having a girlfriend didn't help. I was constantly paranoid of the way people would view me, and think of me. "Holy @#%$, that freak's her boyfriend?" "The world's so unfair, that acne-dude has such a hawt girl." Were some of the fictional thoughts that went through my head whenever i saw someone stare. She told me she didn't care what others thought, and i shouldn't too, but it was hard to do so. The floor became my best friend as i was constantly looking down, not wanting to meet anyone's stares and hoping i wouldn't draw much attention to myself.
I then turned to my mom, who cured a number of acne sufferers with her facials before. I applied apple-cider vinegar on my face twice a day, and it worked wonders in combination with her facials. She took out the pus, and the swelling subsided dramatically. I was happy, hoping that i was on the road to recovery finally, after 13 months of suffering. I was wrong of course, new outbreaks returned time and time again. I tried changing my diet, eating only healthy stuff. Nah, didn't work at all.
I just wanna let you know that its all in your head, people look because they're curious, and not because they're disgusted. There are some idiotic asses out there who are insensitive though. I had two aunties who commented loudly about my skin, saying it was very cham, which hurt me very deeply. People often associate acne with just the pain and the discomfort, but what makes acne so dreadful is the emotional stress that comes with it.
My girlfriend didn't care about my face when it was real bad. I mean REAL bad, seriously. More often than not, people get angry when you become too self-conscious and turn anti-social. Cheer up! I've tried doxycycline and although it brings some really nasty side effects, making me wanna puke all the time, it helps quite abit. I hope this helped, sorry for the long post. -
yeah man...somehow doxycycline smells horrible....and I sort of get ill taking it sometimes....but when I get giant pimples...its an antidote for me..
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i also had serious ance problem. the ance is like big, red and swollen, like bee stung on my face.
so i drink lots of water, eat fruits, veggies. consult a demerlogist. then took roaccuatane for 1 year. now problem solved. -
mine not so jialat.. as in swollen and stuff. but i oso expereincing some acne thing..
firstly, i dunno wat causes acne.. so i dunno wat to do abt it..
i mean i wash once a day. cuz it isn't that oily. like i wash last night at 11, until now my skin still dry, not so oily..
i dunno if should was 3 times a day. cuz i heard wash to many times will irritate the skin. -
I can really identify with your pain. Me too - been there, done that.
I used to have really good skin till I turned 17 and then the Hellmouth opened. Overnight, I turned into Freddy Krueger, and I'm fairly good-looking. I lost my self-esteem and retreated into myself, while everyone wondered out loud why I looked like a freak.
I started taking antibiotics which gave me gastric for a while until I got used to it, and I took it for about 1.5 years. During that time, my skin alternated between really pristine and really messed up.
I don't even know how my partners managed to look beyond that cos I really hated myself and the way I look. That's the good thing - you realise that people are much kinder and less superficial than you give them credit for.
Anyway, I had pretty good skin till two months ago, when I had my first major outbreak in 2 years! I had to start on antiobiotics again which is not only expensive but really bad for your body in the long run. But I don't have a choice and I'll have to wait it out for 6 months. My skin is pretty clear now but I'm always scared that it will not last, cos that's the usual deal.
In the meantime, I've tried to eat more healthily and cut down on chocolates, which is difficult cos I have a sweet tooth. I know dermatologists and doctors say that chocolates and fried stuff don't cause acne but I believe that for some people, like moi, it does. Prob because the body cannot process this stuff efficiently enough. Also, I try not to take too much of foods which contain iodine, like seafood, because in some people, it triggers a hormone that produces acne.
Like so many of you correctly point out, it is all about keeping your insides clean. If your body is clogged up with crap (literally and figuratively), it will show on your face. So try and eat lots of vege and fruits to keep your digestive tract functioning properly and drink water to flush out the toxins. Also, I'm a believer in the yin and yang of food now. I think you tend to break out when your body is heaty, so try to have a balanced diet, full of antioxidants. I never understood this stuff cos I didn't have the privilege of Chinese heritage, but it seems to make sense. Nowadays, I've started taking cooling tea regularly because I think I'm prone to heatiness. Just take care not to get too yin, cos you'll get other side effects, like nausea. Remember, balance.
Also, I've started taking a supplement that has zinc and other antioxidants. It's called Rebound Silk Skin and it's available at the NHG pharmacies (in polyclinics). I don't know whether it works because I'm on antibiotics as well but I reckon that antioxidants are good anyway, so I may as well stick to it.
All of this means money, and I don't gotta a lot to spare. I hope the investment is worth it, but that remains to be seen. In the meantime, I'm just crossing my fingers. Sometimes, I feel like a fool for suffering like this when most people stop having acne in their teens. But these are different times. Adult acne is a worldwide scourge and millions are affected everywhere. I guess it's because of the food we eat, the stress we experience, the time we lack, and the exercise we don't do.
Cheer up, mate. I know it's hard cos like I said, been there done that. In fact, still doin' it, unfortunately. -
besides u also need to change ur dietary, take plenty of water is the main thing....Originally posted by firered:don't know whether anybody out there has the same problem as me...
20 this yr, had this problem 6 yrs ago when i was 14...somehow cannot cure, keeps coming back, its not your normal occasional pimples, its those red, blotchy kind, whole-face kind, those really sucky ones, my complexion has never been good since then...
ever since a few yrs ago when i reached the growing-up-and-feeling-very-self-conscious stage, i've become very low-esteemed because of how i look, oready not veri handsome, + this problem = shiet
sometime last yr took the "ultimate" medicine, accutane, it really improved abit even though it gave me horrible side effects (cracked lips, dry joints, dry eyes etc.) but i lun..
den went into NS, and stop taking it, then 2 mths ago i suffered from a minor stage of depression due to some ns stuff, and everything start popping up again, and i really look like some kinda skin-disease-strickened kinda bastard...
for those who share the same problem with me if there is any...i wonder how you all cope, cuz me totally no confidence in anything i do that needs interaction with people, things like simple conversation, going out in public and holding ur face high, and taking photographs...i realli realli look horrible in fotos, even though my friends keep telling me it doesnt matter but i've sworn not to take any more pics...becuz i mar them, make them ugly...
for the majority who enjoy good complexion, please take good care of them because its a blessing, not something to be taken for granted, cuz i'd give half of my life juz to have that.
not that i'm very rich either, dun think i've got the money to go for those exp treatment, well u guys know what those beauty things, or laser things, now all those are impossible for me to consider...
i've friends who're good and console and tell me this is not impt, whats impt is what u r inside, i agree up to a certain extent, becuz they dont have what i have, thats why maybe they can say that (the usual theory of the third-person-views), they dun know the feelings of getting stares from strangers, esp in a crowded bus or mrt, i feel like fark becuz everyone's like "wah this guy got serious skin problem", i'm not even surprised if they siam me cuz i'm like a creature to them!
anyway i'm juz ranting, have always daydreamed of looking at least presentable, but now can only dream...
i'm on another course of nimegen, but i know wun be cured completely le cuz too long liao the problem, can only ren ming..
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CHOP off ur HEAD den..
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i'd always got girl attention when i was 17 years old with my looks, it wasnt hard for me to find beautiful girls,but when the fuckin acne came, i feel so sad, so fuckin sad, i always blame god why he had to do this for me, why not the other person why should i ?
its not fair enough when i saw a teenagers went out with their friends, and i just slept in my bedroom, i dont have any self confidence, i'm working now, but with my job, i have to met so many people, and God granted me this acne, so pathetic...
so damn pathetic, when the teenagers enjoy their time, and i couldnt do what teenagers do, walking around, take a photo, go to mall, have a beautiful girlfriend, beacouse i dont have self confidence, i told my mom that i want to go to study in other city, but of course the reason its not for study, but beacuse im afraid to meet with my friends in senior high school, and also all my ex girlfriends. but now im in love with one girl in jakarta, when my looks was ok, we ussualy go together to watch movies, play counter strike, dll, but i left her and go to other city because idont want her to see my fuckin face, she never see my face with that fuckin acne, she always remember with my great looks, and i left her with the memory that i still looks like that, i dont have any courage to meet her, and i missed her sweet seventeens anniversary just beacuse my fuckin damn hell looks. im afraid that she couldnot accept my looks. now i never turn my handphone on, she always sms me, and i dont want to lie to her, and pretend like i stil have that great looks.
so pathetic....
i dont have any reason to live anymore, but if i die i dont want her to see my fuckin looks. just want her to remember me when we went out together...
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hey u in NS rite... go to ur neighbourhood clinic ask the doctor to write a letter of recommendation to ur MO n refer u to NSC to treat ur skin problem.. u tell ur doc tat sometimes the pus or pimples hurt n ur skin is quite itchy..make the doc to tink tat it's very jiat liat n then once u got the letter n ur MO approval, u can treat ur skin problem FOC at NSC...
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dumbdumb:: There are many factors that cause acne, but through my personal experience, I'd point out a few very important ones. Hope it helps in preventing your condition from becoming as bad as mine/any other severe acne sufferers here.
Picking on your face.
This is, IMHO, the most devastating course of action. It WILL cause your face to break out horrendously. Trust me, I picked on a single one and the whole area got infested. If you absolutely have to squeeze a pimple, make sure it is ripe, and don't continue if you feel pain when squeezing it. Quickly disinfect after squeezing.
Eating Binge? Think twice.
It took me almost two years to realise this, but your diet does affect the condition of your acne. Potato chips, chocolates, fast food, and even high amounts of sugar. These will cause outbreaks if taken in excessive amounts.
Late Nights/Lack of Sleep.
Speaks for itself. Get a good rest, at least 8 hours, and 12-1am the latest. Your body repairs itself during 11-3am, and if you miss out on that period, well, wait for tomorrow i guess
Miss it every night, however, and prepare to reap the "rewards".
Finally, please seek medical attention from the NSC (National Skin Care Center) asap. They can treat your infection much more effectively when it is mild, preventing it from leaving any permanent scars. (That's what the doc told me when he say my face no cure liao, sure got scars, lol).
Eh, and remember the usual routines loh. Wash face GENTLY, dab dry with a clean towel, drink lots of water, blah blah...
Hope this does something to prevent any future outbreaks for you, good luck in your fight against this scourge. -
try going to SGH national skin center maybe there are still some hopes... hope u will recover soon...Originally posted by firered:don't know whether anybody out there has the same problem as me...
20 this yr, had this problem 6 yrs ago when i was 14...somehow cannot cure, keeps coming back, its not your normal occasional pimples, its those red, blotchy kind, whole-face kind, those really sucky ones, my complexion has never been good since then...
ever since a few yrs ago when i reached the growing-up-and-feeling-very-self-conscious stage, i've become very low-esteemed because of how i look, oready not veri handsome, + this problem = shiet
sometime last yr took the "ultimate" medicine, accutane, it really improved abit even though it gave me horrible side effects (cracked lips, dry joints, dry eyes etc.) but i lun..
den went into NS, and stop taking it, then 2 mths ago i suffered from a minor stage of depression due to some ns stuff, and everything start popping up again, and i really look like some kinda skin-disease-strickened kinda bastard...
for those who share the same problem with me if there is any...i wonder how you all cope, cuz me totally no confidence in anything i do that needs interaction with people, things like simple conversation, going out in public and holding ur face high, and taking photographs...i realli realli look horrible in fotos, even though my friends keep telling me it doesnt matter but i've sworn not to take any more pics...becuz i mar them, make them ugly...
for the majority who enjoy good complexion, please take good care of them because its a blessing, not something to be taken for granted, cuz i'd give half of my life juz to have that.
not that i'm very rich either, dun think i've got the money to go for those exp treatment, well u guys know what those beauty things, or laser things, now all those are impossible for me to consider...
i've friends who're good and console and tell me this is not impt, whats impt is what u r inside, i agree up to a certain extent, becuz they dont have what i have, thats why maybe they can say that (the usual theory of the third-person-views), they dun know the feelings of getting stares from strangers, esp in a crowded bus or mrt, i feel like fark becuz everyone's like "wah this guy got serious skin problem", i'm not even surprised if they siam me cuz i'm like a creature to them!
anyway i'm juz ranting, have always daydreamed of looking at least presentable, but now can only dream...
i'm on another course of nimegen, but i know wun be cured completely le cuz too long liao the problem, can only ren ming.. -
Originally posted by SelfConscious:
lol i picked at it.. =(
[b]dumbdumb:: There are many factors that cause acne, but through my personal experience, I'd point out a few very important ones. Hope it helps in preventing your condition from becoming as bad as mine/any other severe acne sufferers here.
Picking on your face.
This is, IMHO, the most devastating course of action. It WILL cause your face to break out horrendously. Trust me, I picked on a single one and the whole area got infested. If you absolutely have to squeeze a pimple, make sure it is ripe, and don't continue if you feel pain when squeezing it. Quickly disinfect after squeezing.
Eating Binge? Think twice.
It took me almost two years to realise this, but your diet does affect the condition of your acne. Potato chips, chocolates, fast food, and even high amounts of sugar. These will cause outbreaks if taken in excessive amounts.
Late Nights/Lack of Sleep.
Speaks for itself. Get a good rest, at least 8 hours, and 12-1am the latest. Your body repairs itself during 11-3am, and if you miss out on that period, well, wait for tomorrow i guess Miss it every night, however, and prepare to reap the "rewards".
Finally, please seek medical attention from the NSC (National Skin Care Center) asap. They can treat your infection much more effectively when it is mild, preventing it from leaving any permanent scars. (That's what the doc told me when he say my face no cure liao, sure got scars, lol).
Eh, and remember the usual routines loh. Wash face GENTLY, dab dry with a clean towel, drink lots of water, blah blah...
Hope this does something to prevent any future outbreaks for you, good luck in your fight against this scourge.
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but i don't go for chocolate stuff and potato chips and stuff. seldom eat them
my friend sleep late but they no problem.. but i'll take your advice abt the sleeping though. thanks
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You're welcome
Sleeping really does affect though. Your friends probably have really good genes. I have a few friends who won't even get a single pimple no matter what they do to their health/face Yeah, its unfair..
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life is unfair, sometimes its the genes. work hard on taking care of your face. see a DOC ASAP !!!!!!!!!!
if anyone wants, can message me, i can recommend to you the DOc i went to. -
me too.... when I was about 20. acne outbreak so bad a taxi uncle even mentioned something like coz my parents doing some hanky panky then i get this...
my face was so bad that i have to put a towel on my pillow coz when i wake up, the pus would get my face stuck on the pillow and if i pull away too hard, the wound would tear...
i took the accutane tingy for 9 months, had several jabs on the face to dissolve the dead meat on my face... so painful that the doc had to ask 2 nurses to hold me down coz i was fighting with them already. blood test taken every 2 to 3 months... recovered but face still even like old tampines road...
there's a joke i always tell my friends when they ask me what happened. I'll tell them I dun use to have dimples so I ask God for some, he heard wrongly and gave me some pimples.... when God realised I had asked for dimples he cured my face, now due to the dead meat near the corner of my mouth, I really have dimples when i smile.... but then, ren ming that I'll never have the olay type of clear smooth skin.... luckily my ah lao sees beyond my face value... phew!!
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Read all those posts above, really kinda scares me coz i'm still young (16). Just wanna get some suggestions. When i touches my skin, it feels smooth. But when i look at it in the mirror it's awful.My question is : How do you get off the mark (bluish red) of healed pimple? it really pisses me off sometimes. i don't even dare to look at my face in the mirror nowadays. And because i'm having my education here overseas , simply can't recognize any of those products which u guys mentioned. Any good and easy way to let those marks diminish ?
O yea btw, i have this friend who used to suffer from severe pimples as well. He told me he ate 6 tomatoes in a day and an additional 2 to wash his face. His complexion is as clear as the blue sky rite now. Just can't stand the taste of tomato really, esp the sour ones Is it true that when you gets older, acne problem'll gradually decrease?
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Read all those posts above, really kinda scares me coz i'm still young (16). Just wanna get some suggestions. When i touches my skin, it feels smooth. But when i look at it in the mirror it's awful.My question is : How do you get off the mark (bluish red) of healed pimple? it really pisses me off sometimes. i don't even dare to look at my face in the mirror nowadays. And because i'm having my education here overseas , simply can't recognize any of those products which u guys mentioned. Any good and easy way to let those marks diminish ?
O yea btw, i have this friend who used to suffer from severe pimples as well. He told me he ate 6 tomatoes in a day and an additional 2 to wash his face. His complexion is as clear as the blue sky rite now. Just can't stand the taste of tomato really, esp the sour ones Is it true that when you gets older, acne problem'll gradually decrease?
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check out thisOriginally posted by InvicibilitY-:Read all those posts above, really kinda scares me coz i'm still young (16). Just wanna get some suggestions. When i touches my skin, it feels smooth. But when i look at it in the mirror it's awful.My question is : How do you get off the mark (bluish red) of healed pimple? it really pisses me off sometimes. i don't even dare to look at my face in the mirror nowadays. And because i'm having my education here overseas , simply can't recognize any of those products which u guys mentioned. Any good and easy way to let those marks diminish ?
O yea btw, i have this friend who used to suffer from severe pimples as well. He told me he ate 6 tomatoes in a day and an additional 2 to wash his face. His complexion is as clear as the blue sky rite now. Just can't stand the taste of tomato really, esp the sour ones Is it true that when you gets older, acne problem'll gradually decrease?
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firered..... are u stressed or bothered abt some problems u are facing? sometimes maybe emotional problems or stress can affect ur complexion too I guess......
hmm... relax... maybe u lack sleep or wat.. sometimes sleep does wonders to skin.. I am not referring to sleeping for 15-16 hours on only one particular day.. but sleeping well for a long period of time!!
and dun overuse those beauty products or solutions that claim they are good even for the most sensitive skins.. sometimes u dun even noe u have overused those products and harm ur skin instead..
use that particular brand or solution only if u think after abt a week/ 2 weeks of using, ur skin actually improves!
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Thanks dude. Are neutrogena products good? it claimed to be approved by the erm dermatologist.
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Neutrogena... Hmm. It doesn't seem to work much for me. You can try it out, but i'd recommend direct medication from a derma
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hoh really. Which product consist of BP? Heard it's good for treatment. ashamed to see a derma