Acne is something that many teenagers and adults alike deal with on a daily basis. It is something that effects ones self-esteem and confidence and I’m definitely no stranger to its effects. For me my breaks out started fairly early in life – around 11/12 – when I hit puberty but it only seemed to get worse as a I got older. After my 9th grade year in junior high, I moved to South Carolina where I was dealing with stress from family life on a daily basis also during this time I was on the pill. It wasn’t until my 11th grade year in high school that I came off the pill after being on it for a few years for reasons other than protection, and it was around this time that my acne got extremely bad; so bad that I couldn’t touch my face in certain areas.

It wasn’t until I came off the pill that I realized that the stress from everything that had happened a few years prior had seriously messed up my hormones and that by being on the pill, they stayed some what regular. The absence of those hormones would cause my face to break out in horrible acne as well as cysts that would never come through the skin. I feel horrible about myself and couldn’t bare to look in the mirror. Finally, I got sick of it and had to do something about it so I started searching for acne treatments and ended up going to a dermatologist. I was put on an acne treatment regime that involved a cleanser, moisturizer, Retin-A cream and a pill; I didn’t stick with it for long because it was such a task to keep up with but it did help.

After stopping the regime, I ended up going back on the pill in 2006 which has helped my skin tremendously. I still break out every now and again, and break out before/after my period but for the most part I can feel comfortable looking in the mirror because I know my skin doesn’t look completely horrible. I also started using a Neutrogena cleanser which has helped alot as well. I hope that I will grow out of this acne stage and that I won’t have to deal with it for much longer, but at the same time I think I have to get the rest of my body inbalance before that will ever happen – that’s definitely something I need and want to start working on!

Tags: Beauty

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